This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Talking About The Past – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Talking About The Past Quiz 9 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Before, Until, The moment that A) Past simple. B) Past continuous. C) Past perfect. D) Past perfect continuous. E) Would. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past perfect. 2. What is the past ofEAT, GIVE and TAKE? A) ATE. GAVE, TOOK. B) ATE, GAVED, TAKED. C) ATE, GIVE, TOOK. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ATE. GAVE, TOOK. 3. We ..... a film when we ..... a strange noise outside. A) Were watching / heard. B) Watched / were hearing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were watching / heard. 4. We ..... (play) video games yesterday at 3 o'clock A) Was. B) Were. C) Were playing. D) Was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing. 5. Cross out the incorrect word in each sentence:They at the theater last night. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 6. The past form of "get" is ..... A) Get. B) Getted. C) Got. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Got. 7. While Tina ..... to work, she ..... her purse. A) Cycled / was dropping. B) Was cycling / dropped. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cycling / dropped. 8. Rewrite the sentences using was, wasn't, were, or weren't:He went to a baseball game 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: D) He was at a baseball game. 9. To talk about past habits A) Would. B) Past continuous. C) Past perfect. D) Past perfect continuous. E) Could/ may / might + have + pp. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would. 10. While we ..... (get) ready to go out, our neighbour ..... (pay) us a visit. A) Got, paid. B) Got, were paying. C) Were getting, were paying. D) Were getting, paid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were getting, paid. 11. She ..... up all night studying for the test. A) Stay. B) Stayed. C) Staied. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stayed. 12. They ..... (take) shelter in a bookshop. A) Taken. B) Took. C) Was taking. D) Were taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Took. 13. Soon Hong ..... (leap) off the bus when it ..... (move). A) Leapt, moved. B) Was leaping, was moving. C) Was leaping, moved. D) Leapt, was moving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leapt, was moving. 14. Cross out the incorrect word in each sentence:You was / were at the movie theater on Friday. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 15. Denise had to leave school early on Wednesday because she ..... her driving test. A) Took. B) Was taking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was taking. 16. Today's trains are powered by electricity but in the past, steam trains were powered by ..... A) People pushing them. B) Horses. C) Burning coal. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burning coal. 17. How ..... your day? A) Been. B) Were. C) Was. D) Be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 18. To express interrupted action in the past A) Past simple. B) Past continuous. C) Past perfect. D) Past perfect continuous. E) Must + have + pp. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past continuous. 19. We [have lived] / [lived] in Canada for a few years but have since moved to Mexico A) Have lived. B) Lived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lived. 20. I ..... someone if I could borrow their pen. A) Never would asked. B) Never used to ask. C) Would always ask. D) Would asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would always ask. 21. ..... you ..... home on Saturday? (stay) A) Did/stayed. B) What/ stay. C) Did/ stay. D) How/ stayed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did/ stay. 22. What is the past of the verb:EAT A) Eated. B) Ate. C) Aet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ate. 23. He ..... (ask) us to keep an eye on his house as he ..... (go) to Bangkok for a holiday. A) Was asking, was going. B) Was asking, went. C) Asked, was going. D) Asked, went. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asked, was going. 24. ..... you in LA last weekend? A) Were. B) Was. C) Wasn't. D) Weren't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 25. What is the past form of 'will'? A) Could. B) Would. C) Should. D) Might. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would. ← 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