This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Talking About The Past – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Talking About The Past Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To emphasize the results of an activity in the past A) Past simple. B) Past continuous. C) Past perfect. D) Past perfect continuous. E) Could/ may / might + have + pp. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past perfect. 2. Choose the correct words to complete the sentence.When Vikings lived, did people ..... watch TV? A) Used to. B) Didn't use to. C) Use to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use to. 3. The incidence of street crime ..... by five per cent in the last two months. A) Has risen. B) Has been rising. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has risen. 4. How do you write HACER in English? A) Do. B) Have. C) Want. D) Wear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do. 5. My cousin ..... a touching letter before going home. A) Writes. B) Written. C) Wrotes. D) Wrote. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wrote. 6. " ..... you at home last night? Yes, I ..... here in my living room. What about you?" A) Was / was. B) Was / were. C) Were / was. D) Were / were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were / was. 7. Julius Ceasar won a medal in a competition last week. A) Completed past time. B) Past time that continues up to now. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Completed past time. 8. What does this mean?Hier soir A) Last week. B) Yesterday. C) 2 days ago. D) Last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Last night. 9. Oh yes, I [have known] / [knew] they have been in love with me since last month. A) Have known. B) Knew. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have known. 10. Her parents ..... her new shoes for her birthday. A) Buy. B) Buys. C) Buyed. D) Bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bought. 11. What is the correct word to use in this sentence: "You ..... a student at that time." ? A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 12. What is the past form of 'should'? A) Would have. B) Could have. C) Might have. D) Should have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Should have. 13. The restaurant ..... very busy, but luckily we ..... a table A) Was / 'd reserved. B) Had been / reserved. C) Was / reserved. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was / 'd reserved. 14. How do you write METERSE in English? A) Ride. B) Fight. C) See. D) Get into. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Get into. 15. Choose the correct words to complete the sentence.When Vikings lived, why did children ..... work like adults? A) Used to. B) Didn't use to. C) Use to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use to. 16. They tried to make me go to rehab, but I ..... no. A) Said. B) Say. C) Sayed. D) Says. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said. 17. Who can tell you amazing stories about life in the past? A) An archaeologist. B) A priest. C) The teacher. D) A shoopkeeper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An archaeologist. 18. I started a band the year before last. A) Completed past time. B) Past time that continues up to now. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Completed past time. 19. Many of the survivors ..... in the fields when the earthquake struck. A) Worked. B) Were working. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were working. 20. Choose the correct form of the question:a) Was she at the meeting last night? b) Were she at the meeting last night? c) Was she at the meeting last night at? d) Were she at the meeting last night? A) Was she at the meeting last night?. B) Were she at the meeting last night?. C) Was she at the meeting last night at?. D) Were she at the meeting last night?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was she at the meeting last night?. 21. ..... you ..... (go) out Friday night? A) Where/go. B) Where/went. C) Did/go. D) Did/went. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did/go. 22. Which one is about an action that happened in a time that is not finished? A) I have washed my clothes by hand this morning. B) I washed my clothes by hand last week. C) I was washing my clothes by hand when my mum came. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I have washed my clothes by hand this morning. 23. How did Meg spend her weekend? A) Yes, I did. I worked all day. B) No, I didn't. I didn't go anywhere. C) She went to a karaoke bar and sang with some friends. D) He stayed at home and studied for a test. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She went to a karaoke bar and sang with some friends. 24. Nous? fini A) Sommes. B) Ont. C) Avons. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Avons. 25. Where ..... you yesterday? A) Was. B) Did. C) Does. D) Were. 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