This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Talking About The Past – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Talking About The Past Quiz 13 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. IT LOOKS AS IF HE ..... AGAIN. HIS EYES ARE ALL RED AND PUFFY. A) HAD BEEN CRYING. B) IS CRYING. C) CRIED. D) HAS BEEN CRYING. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) HAS BEEN CRYING. 2. Is this sentence correct? He saved the shot. A) YES. B) NO. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) YES. 3. Maria and Eduardo ..... at school, they ..... at the movies. A) Were-was. B) Was-wasn't. C) Weren't-were. D) Were-were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weren't-were. 4. While Christian Nodal ..... , Angela Aguilar joined him on stage. A) Was performing. B) Performed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was performing. 5. Brendan was surprised to find the gas tank empty as he ..... the truck twice that week. A) Had only been using. B) Had only used. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had only used. 6. Choose the correct words to complete the sentence.When Vikings lived, people ..... walk everywhere. A) Used to. B) Didn't use to. C) Use to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Used to. 7. He's really much more handsome in the flesh than I ..... A) Thought. B) Have thought. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thought. 8. To describe what someone was doing at a particular point in time A) Past simple. B) Past continuous. C) Past perfect. D) Past perfect continuous. E) Could/ may / might + have + pp. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past continuous. 9. This country ..... the latest influx of political refugees. A) Has been welcoming. B) Has welcomed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has welcomed. 10. Intervention was urgently required-the starving children ..... weaker by the day and there was little sign of an end to the drought. A) Grew. B) Were growing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were growing. 11. To describe parallel actions A) Past simple. B) Past continuous. C) Past perfect. D) Past perfect continuous. E) Would. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past continuous. 12. When John ..... home, we told him what ..... earlier that afternoon. A) Had got / was happening. B) Got / had happened. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got / had happened. 13. At midnight Mr Rochester ..... the stairs and went into his bedchamber. A) Had climbed. B) Climbed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climbed. 14. By the time the concert started, fans ..... all the tickets. A) Had already bought. B) Bought. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already bought. 15. What's the past tense for FIGHT? A) Fighted. B) Fought. C) Fights. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fought. 16. How do you write USAR in English? A) Do. B) Have. C) Want. D) Wear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wear. 17. I ..... she was your best friend. A) Thoght. B) Thoughted. C) Thinked. D) Thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thought. 18. Someone ..... me anonymously yesterday. A) Call. B) Caul. C) Calls. D) Called. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Called. 19. YOU KNOW THAT BOOK YOU ..... ME ABOUT LAST WEEKEND? WELL, I ..... IT. LOOK. A) WERE TELLING/HAVE BOUGHT. B) WERE TELLING/HAD BOUGHT. C) TOLD/HAD BOUGHT. D) TOLD/WAS BUYING. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) WERE TELLING/HAVE BOUGHT. 20. The staff ..... to be paid weekly but now they receive a monthly salary. A) Were used. B) Used. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Used. 21. To describe a past action, already started and continued up to another action or time in the past A) Past simple. B) Past continuous. C) Past perfect. D) Past perfect continuous. E) Would. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past perfect continuous. 22. What is the PAST of this sentence:Mary is busy and she goes to bed. A) Mary was busy and she went to bed. B) Mary is busy and she went to bed. C) Mary was busy and she goed to bed. D) Mary was busy and she go to bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mary was busy and she went to bed. 23. Faten ..... up and then ..... a shower before 5 am all of last week. A) Wakes ; takes. B) Woken ; taken. C) Was wake; was take. D) Woke ; took. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Woke ; took. 24. "When I ..... a child, ..... an amazing square close to my house ..... many kids there. I played a lot with them!" A) Was / there was / There were. B) Was / there were / There was. C) Were / there was / There were. D) Were / there were / There was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was / there was / There were. 25. They ..... the game three years back. A) Have won. B) Won. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Won. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesTalking About The Past Quiz 1Talking About The Past Quiz 2Talking About The Past Quiz 3Talking About The Past Quiz 4Talking About The Past Quiz 5Talking About The Past Quiz 6Talking About The Past Quiz 7Talking About The Past Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books