This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Talking About The Past – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Talking About The Past Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Il y a quatre jours? A) 14 months ago. B) 14 years ago. C) 4 weeks ago. D) 4 days ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4 days ago. 2. What's the past tense for BE? A) Is/are. B) Been. C) Was/ were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was/ were. 3. To express uncertainty about something in the past A) Must + have + pp. B) Would. C) Past perfect. D) Past perfect continuous. E) Could/ may / might + have + pp. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Could/ may / might + have + pp. 4. What ..... your best friend's name when you were in high school? A) Is. B) Did. C) Are. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 5. How do you write VER in English? A) Love. B) Hate. C) Watch. D) Enjoy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Watch. 6. Select the correct negative form of the sentence: "I was at the library yesterday." A) I weren't at the library yesterday. B) I was not at the library yesterday. C) I wasn't at the library yesterday. D) I were not at the library yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I wasn't at the library yesterday. 7. Last year ..... very hard. 2019 should be better. A) Is. B) Are. C) Am. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 8. To express complete action in the past A) Past simple. B) Past continuous. C) Past perfect. D) Past perfect continuous. E) Would. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past simple. 9. Choose the correct words to complete the sentence.John ..... like Mary, but he doesn't now. A) Used to. B) Didn't use to. C) Use to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Used to. 10. Adam would read Doraemon comics when he was on holiday. A) Something that is usual or familiar. B) An action in the past. C) A state in the past. D) The process of something becoming familiar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An action in the past. 11. The past form of "make" is ..... A) Maked. B) Make. C) Made. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Made. 12. Which word correctly completes the sentence: "Roberta ..... at the party last night." ? A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 13. Life has definitely been interesting so far. 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. 14. What ..... he ..... (watch) on television when you arrived? A) Was / watching. B) Were / watching. C) Was/ watch. D) Were / watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was / watching. 15. I think my parents ..... this car because of the color. A) Has choose. B) Chosen. C) Choosed. D) Chose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chose. 16. What's the past tense for ENJOY? A) Enjoys. B) Enjoied. C) Enjoyed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enjoyed. 17. When they ..... , the concert ..... A) Were arriving / already began. B) Arrived / had already begun. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrived / had already begun. 18. Cross out the incorrect word in each sentence:Your friends was at the museum yesterday. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 19. You ..... your teeth about half an hour ago. A) Brushed. B) Have brushed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brushed. 20. ULA ..... WORK FOR THE DAY WHEN THE EMAIL ..... A) WAS LEAVING/HAVE ARRIVED. B) WAS LEAVING/ARRIVED. C) LEFT/HAD ARRIVED. D) HAD LEFT/WAS ARRIVING. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WAS LEAVING/ARRIVED. 21. I ..... a car at 18. A) Had. B) Haved. C) Have. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 22. The nurses' strike ..... the current waiting time for minor surgery by two to three weeks. A) Increased. B) Has increased. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has increased. 23. Choose the correct question:a) Were we having lunch at 12:00? b) Was we having lunch at 12:00? c) Were we have lunch at 12:00? d) Was we have lunch at 12:00? A) Were we having lunch at 12:00?. B) Was we having lunch at 12:00?. C) Were we have lunch at 12:00?. D) Was we have lunch at 12:00?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were we having lunch at 12:00?. 24. Cecilia was in the forest with the Scouts when a giant bear ..... their food. A) Take. B) Took. C) Was taking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Took. 25. Only one British female astronaut ..... time on a space station. A) Spent. B) Has spent. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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