This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Talking About The Past – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Talking About The Past Quiz 11 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What time ..... Sara ..... this morning? A) Did; arrive. B) Was ; arrive. C) Was ; arriving. D) Does ; arrives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did; arrive. 2. Is this sentence correct? He go to the supermarket yesterday. A) YES. B) NO. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NO. 3. How ..... you ..... (spend) your last birthday? A) Did/spend. B) Did/spent. C) Did/spended. D) Much/spend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did/spend. 4. Rewrite the sentences using was, wasn't, were, or weren't:He didn't go to work yesterday A) He wasn't in class yesterday. B) He wasn't at work yesterday. C) Was Tony at home yesterday?. D) He was at a baseball game. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He wasn't at work yesterday. 5. Select the correct word: "There ..... lots of people in town." A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 6. Select the best word to complete the sentence."Our class had a very difficult math exam ..... Friday." A) IN. B) YESTERDAY. C) LAST. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) LAST. 7. We don't use ..... to talk about past states. A) Used to. B) Would. C) Get used to. D) Be used to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would. 8. Thomas ..... when the mailman ..... the doorbell. A) Slept / rang. B) Was sleeping / rang. C) Slept / was ringing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was sleeping / rang. 9. Yesterday, a week (month, year) ago, last (month, year, weekend, Monday) night, the day before yesterday, two days (months, years) ago A) Past simple. B) Past continuous. C) Past perfect. D) Past perfect continuous. E) Would. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past simple. 10. J'ai fait A) I read. B) I saw. C) I went. D) I did. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I did. 11. Choose the correct word: "We ..... in college together." A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 12. Cross out the incorrect word in each sentence:They wasn't at the restaurant last night. A) Wasn't. B) Weren't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weren't. 13. We use ..... to talk about the process of something becoming familiar. A) Used to. B) Would. C) Get used to. D) Be used to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Get used to. 14. I ..... many books this year. A) Readed. B) Reed. C) Read. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Read. 15. We ..... football with friends yesterday. A) Played. B) Plays. C) Plaid. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Played. 16. Ellos estaban vendiendo libros A) They were selling books. B) They was selling books. C) They wasn't selling books. D) They weren't selling books. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were selling books. 17. We use ..... to talk about actions we did regularly in the past but don't anymore. A) Used to. B) Would. C) Get used to. D) Be used to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Used to. 18. Enzo has enjoyed writing for pleasure since he started high school. 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: B) Past time that continues up to now. 19. The past form of "buy" is ..... A) Buyed. B) Bought. C) Did buy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bought. 20. What's the past tense for GROW? A) Grew. B) Growed. C) Grown. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grew. 21. How do you write AMAR in English? A) Love. B) Hate. C) Watch. D) Enjoy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love. 22. To describe the cause of something 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: D) Past perfect continuous. 23. Which word goes in the blank?In the past, people ..... talk to family or friends in faraway places, as there were no phones. A) Could. B) Couldn't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couldn't. 24. Cross out the incorrect word in each sentence:Roberta was / were at the party last night. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 25. I ..... to school this morning because I have a flat tire. A) Walk. B) Walks. C) Walked. D) Walken. 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