Past Forms Multiple Choice Test

The telegraph _________ the best way to communicate abroad before telephone was developed.

• was been

• were being

• was being

• had been

The Great Pyramids are tombs that __________ over 5,000 years ago in Egypt.

• built

• were built

• was built

• had been built

It is believed that many people died during the years the Great Pyramids _____________ ready for the Kings.

• were getting

• got

• were gotten

• had gotten

The structure of the pyramids __________ slowly. They went from platforms to massive constructions.

• had been evolving

• were evolved

• evolved

• had evolved

Kings _________________ in hidden tombs until robbers started sacking the precious goods inside the pyramids.

• were being buried

• had been buried

• hadn't been buried

• weren't being buried

The idea of linking computers to share information ___________ in the US in the 1940s.

• started

• was start

• was starting

• has started

Only academics and technical experts _____________ the networks developed in the early 1980s.

• had used

• used

• had using

• were using

Before 1989, regular people _____________ to the use of the internet.

• hadn’t accessed

• had accessed

• accessed

• didn't access

Before the Eiffel Tower was opened to visitors on May 6^th, 1989, Gustave Eiffel _______________________ in its construction for about two years.

• had working

• was working

• had been working

• had been worked

Before the Eiffel Tower became a national landmark, many Parisians ______________ the tower’s construction.

• were protested

• had protested

• had protest

• protest