This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Talking About The Past – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Talking About The Past Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. After I ..... my license, I ..... across the U.S. with my sister. A) Was getting / have driven. B) Got / drove. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got / drove. 2. We still hold meetings in the old manor house, which ..... on the same spot for over 200 years. A) Stood. B) Has stood. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has stood. 3. I can't believe it! I thought you [have brought] / [brought] the snacks! A) Have brought. B) Brought. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brought. 4. J'ai compris A) I learnt. B) I took. C) I put. D) I understood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I understood. 5. Since then, a lot of new people ..... in the area and the old social structures have gradually been changing. A) Have come to live. B) Came. C) Was coming. D) Were coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have come to live. 6. The first ultra-realistic AI videos appeared ..... the start of 2023. A) In. B) On. C) At. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At. 7. J'ai bu A) I saw. B) I played. C) I drank. D) I said. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I drank. 8. What's the past tense for WANT? A) Wants. B) Wanted. C) Wont. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wanted. 9. He was hanging the laundry when it started to rain. A) Past simple. B) Past continuous. C) Present perfect. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past continuous. 10. My family moved to this neighborhood a few years ago. 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. 11. "I ..... at home yesterday, my sister ..... at work, my brother ..... in the balcony and my parents ..... in the living room yesterday." A) Were / were / was / was. B) Was / was / were / were. C) Were / was / were / was. D) Was / was / was / were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was / was / was / were. 12. Cross out the incorrect word in each sentence:There wasn't any good movies on. A) Wasn't. B) Weren't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weren't. 13. I USED TO GET SO ANNOYED WITH HIM. HE ..... THINGS. A) ALWAYS LOST. B) HAD ALWAYS LOST. C) WAS ALWAYS LOSING. D) HAS ALWAYS BEEN LOSING. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) WAS ALWAYS LOSING. 14. ..... it ..... (rain) when you left? A) Was / raining. B) Were / raining. C) Is /raining. D) Are / raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was / raining. 15. Before the advent of satellite television viewers didn't ..... a very wide selection of channels. A) Used to have. B) Use to have. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use to have. 16. Select the sentence which talks about the past. A) We are all going to watch the football match now. B) All of us will go to watch the football match tomorrow. C) They watched a football match at the stadium today. D) I am watching the football match on the television. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They watched a football match at the stadium today. 17. They ..... their homework. A) Have finished. B) Finished. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have finished. 18. Regular verbs in past ..... A) They are all different. B) End with-ed. C) End with-ing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) End with-ed. 19. What's the past tense for GET? A) Got. B) Geted. C) Gotten. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got. 20. Is this sentence correct?He didn't finish his dinner. A) YES. B) NO. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) YES. 21. Choose the correct words to complete the sentence.When Vikings lived, people ..... drive cars. A) Used to. B) Didn't use to. C) Use to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't use to. 22. Marie Curie was one of the most important ..... in the last century. A) Scientists. B) Scientifics. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scientists. 23. Beethoven ..... some of the most accomplished symphonies you will ever listen to. A) Has written. B) Wrote. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrote. 24. Which tense is used for something that happened before and after a specific time in the past? A) Present perfect. B) Future in the past. C) Past simple. D) Past continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past continuous. 25. What's the past tense for DO? A) Does. B) Done. C) Did. D) None of the above. 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