This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Talking About The Past – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Talking About The Past Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. News is coming of an incident in Parliament. A group of armed men ..... the building and is holding hostages. A) Surrounded. B) Has surrounded. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has surrounded. 2. Write each sentence in its negative form:Brendan's parents were doctors. A) Brendan's parents weren't doctors. B) Brendan's parents isn't doctors. C) Brendan's parents wasn't doctors. D) Brendan's parents not doctors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brendan's parents weren't doctors. 3. Phil stood at the door soaked from head to toe; he ..... in the rain. A) Had been running. B) Was running. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been running. 4. Which tense is used to talk about something that was true for some time in the past? A) Past simple. B) Future in the past. C) Present perfect. D) Past continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past simple. 5. Is "used to" used properly in this sentence?When I was younger, I used to be much shorter than I am now. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 6. " ..... you tell me what's going on? My parents ..... talking to me and I ..... hear you." A) Could / was / could. B) Was / were / could. C) Could / were / couldn't. D) Were / weren't / couldn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could / were / couldn't. 7. Anna hurt her wrist 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. I REMEMBER THAT CONCERT. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME ..... THE BAND PLAY ALIVE. A) I'VE SEEN. B) I'D SEEN. C) I WAS SEEING. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I'D SEEN. 9. Popeye is the most famous ..... A) Sailor. B) Sailer. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sailor. 10. For stative verbs A) Past simple. B) Past continuous. C) Past perfect. D) Past perfect continuous. E) Would. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past simple. 11. Amira ..... pictures of her rented dress. A) Taked. B) Took. C) Tooked. D) Takes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Took. 12. She ..... a teacher in the 1970s. What is the correct word? A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 13. No I ..... I was in San Francisco A) Were. B) Was. C) Wasn't. D) Weren't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't. 14. I grew up in a house that ..... to my great grandfather. We ..... it now because it was too big for my small family. A) Belonged/ sold. B) Was belonging/ have sold. C) Belonged/ have sold. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Belonged/ have sold. 15. Which tense is used to talk about something that started in the past and continues in the present? A) Present perfect. B) Past simple. C) Past continuous. D) Future in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present perfect. 16. A storm ..... (break) out while Tina and Mei Ling ..... (shop). A) Broken, shopped. B) Was breaking out, shopped. C) Broke, were shopping. D) Broken, were shopping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broke, were shopping. 17. What's the past tense for HAVE? A) Had. B) Has. C) Haved. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 18. How do you write VIVIR in English?? A) Grow up. B) Use. C) Like. D) Live. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Live. 19. She [has moved] / [moved] to Italy last January. She said it was too cold in the Netherlands for her to stay. A) Has moved. B) Moved. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moved. 20. He ..... happy with the result. A) Weren't. B) Wasn't. C) Isn't be. D) Not be. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wasn't. 21. Frank ..... an actor in the 1990s. Which word is correct? A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 22. We ..... much less beef recently because of the crisis, but we think it's safe to start again now. A) Eat. B) Have been eating. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have been eating. 23. How do you write CRECER in English? A) Use. B) Grow up. C) Like. D) Live. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grow up. 24. What is the past ofIS, ARE and GO? A) Was, were, went. B) Was, where, went. C) Was, were, goed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was, were, went. 25. What did Nick do on Saturday? 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. 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