Past Tenses

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przemek16315

•almost 4 years ago

Question 1

Multiple Choice

10 points

What tense is used in the sentence: I had been waiting for you for 2 hours last time!

Past Simple

Past Continuous

Past Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect

Question 2

Multiple Choice

10 points

What tenses are used in the sentence: Marry was having a bath, when she heard a strange noise.

Past Perfect, Past Continuous

Past Continuous, Past Simple

Past Simple, Past Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect, Present Perfect

Question 3

True/False

10 points

This sentence is grammatically correct: By the time I went to the cinema, the film had already started.

A.True

B.False

Question 4

True/False

10 points

This sentence is grammatically correct: My family didn't spend last Christmas at home.

A.True

B.False

Question 5

True/False

10 points

This sentence is grammatically incorrect: When I got back home, everyone had left.

A.True

B.False

Question 6

Multiple Choice

10 points

What tenses are used in the sentence: Mike had been working out for half an hour, and he didn't get tired.

Past Simple, Past Continuous

Past Perfect, Past Simple

Past Perfect, Past Continuous

Past Perfect Continuous, Past Simple

Question 7

True/False

10 points

This sentence is grammatically incorrect: What were you doing yesterday at 6 p.m.?

A.True

B.False

Question 8

Multiple Choice

10 points

What tense is used in the sentence: When I was a child I used to wake up early and make some pancakes for breakfast.

would

used to

past simple

past continuous

Question 9

Multiple Choice

10 points

Which ending matches best? My mum was making lunch, while ...

my dad was watching TV.

my sister tidied her bedroom.

my brother had done his homework.

my grandparents came with a visit.

Question 10

Multiple Choice

10 points

Which ending matches best? Before I learnt how to speak English ...

I had been going to a language school.

I had taken private lessons.

I watched lots of English films with the subtitles.

I was starting an English course with a native speaker.

Question 11

Multiple Choice

10 points

Which ending matches best? In my childhood, mum ...

used to read out bedtime stories.

would read out bedtime stories.

wouldn't to read out bedtime stories.

didn't used to read out bedtime stories.

Question 12

Multiple Choice

10 points

Which ending matches best? My dad was fixing a car, when ...

Katie came home.

Frank was riding his bike.

the children didn't did anything.

everyone had gone out.

Question 13

Short Answer

10 points

What happened first in this sentence? Before I went to bed, I had had a shower.

Question 14

Short Answer

10 points

What happened first in this sentence? Susan had bought the ingredients before she made the soup.

Question 15

Short Answer

10 points

What happened first in this sentence? Before Mark made his bed, he had got up.

Question 16

Short Answer

10 points

What happened first in this sentence? Jenifer came to the clothes shop on sales, but the skirt had been already sold.

Question 17

Ordering

10 points

Put the words in the correct order to make a sentence.

the house?

gone out

Had she

when mum

entered

Question 18

Ordering

10 points

Put the words in the correct order to make a sentence.

when

What was

she doing

the mobile

rang?

Question 19

Ordering

10 points

Put the words in the correct order to make a sentence.

Mike

hadn't been

there.

Mike's house

George

, but

went to

Question 20

Ordering

10 points

Put the words in the correct order to make a sentence.

sleep in

weekend.

Marry

wouldn't

every