This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Talking About The Past – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Talking About The Past Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She ..... up all night studying for the test. A) Stay. B) Stayed. C) Staied. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stayed. 2. They ..... (take) shelter in a bookshop. A) Taken. B) Took. C) Was taking. D) Were taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Took. 3. Soon Hong ..... (leap) off the bus when it ..... (move). A) Leapt, moved. B) Was leaping, was moving. C) Was leaping, moved. D) Leapt, was moving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leapt, was moving. 4. Cross out the incorrect word in each sentence:You was / were at the movie theater on Friday. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 5. Denise had to leave school early on Wednesday because she ..... her driving test. A) Took. B) Was taking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was taking. 6. Today's trains are powered by electricity but in the past, steam trains were powered by ..... A) People pushing them. B) Horses. C) Burning coal. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burning coal. 7. How ..... your day? A) Been. B) Were. C) Was. D) Be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 8. To express interrupted action in the past A) Past simple. B) Past continuous. C) Past perfect. D) Past perfect continuous. E) Must + have + pp. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past continuous. 9. We [have lived] / [lived] in Canada for a few years but have since moved to Mexico A) Have lived. B) Lived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lived. 10. I ..... someone if I could borrow their pen. A) Never would asked. B) Never used to ask. C) Would always ask. D) Would asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would always ask. 11. ..... you ..... home on Saturday? (stay) A) Did/stayed. B) What/ stay. C) Did/ stay. D) How/ stayed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did/ stay. 12. What is the past of the verb:EAT A) Eated. B) Ate. C) Aet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ate. 13. He ..... (ask) us to keep an eye on his house as he ..... (go) to Bangkok for a holiday. A) Was asking, was going. B) Was asking, went. C) Asked, was going. D) Asked, went. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asked, was going. 14. ..... you in LA last weekend? A) Were. B) Was. C) Wasn't. D) Weren't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 15. What is the past form of 'will'? A) Could. B) Would. C) Should. D) Might. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would. 16. Jim ..... on the early flight the next morning so he made his excuses and left the party before midnight. A) Left. B) Was leaving. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was leaving. 17. She was writing an e-mail when ..... A) The Internet was stopping working. B) The Internet stopped working. C) The Internet wasn't stopped working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Internet stopped working. 18. How do you write GUSTAR in English? A) Use. B) Grow up. C) Like. D) Live. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Like. 19. Things have certainly changed-tehre ..... loads of small shops around here when I was young. A) Would be. B) Used to be. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Used to be. 20. Andy ..... with Jess. A) Broke up. B) Broked up. C) Break up. D) Breaked up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broke up. 21. Last week, I ..... in Istanbul A) Were. B) Was. C) Wasn't. D) Weren't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 22. Which of the sentences qre correct? A) I played baseball last night. B) I did play baseball last night. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I played baseball last night. 23. I'm sorry sir, I [have not found] / [did not find] your cat yet. I hope you find it soon! A) Have not found. B) Did not find. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have not found. 24. Paco ..... the time because his watch ..... working. A) Hadn't know / had stopped. B) Didn't know / was stopping. C) Didn't know / had stopped. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't know / had stopped. 25. We learn history to ..... A) Find out what happened in the past. B) Gossip about the people involved. C) Learn about it and answer the exams. D) Talk about different topics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Find out what happened in the past. 26. What's the past tense for USE? A) Uses. B) Use to. C) Used. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Used. 27. I [have gotten] / [got] tickets yesterday to see Harry Styles in Germany! A) Have gotten. B) Got. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got. 28. Which of these questions is correct? A) Was she finish her homework last night?. B) Were she finish her homework last night?. C) Was she finished her homework last night?. D) Did she finished her homework last night?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was she finished her homework last night?. 29. What does "past" mean? Choose the best answer. A) A point in time that is happening now. B) A point in time that will happen next. C) A point in time that has already happened. D) A point in time that will happen tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A point in time that has already happened. 30. Choose the correct words to complete the sentence.What did you ..... like doing when you were young? A) Used to. B) Didn't use to. C) Use to. D) None of the above. 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