Past Forms Multiple Choice Test

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English
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8th Grade - University
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Alejandra Rodríguez
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20 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The telegraph _________ the best way to communicate abroad before telephone was developed.
was been
were being
was being
had been
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1B
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The Great Pyramids are tombs that __________ over 5,000 years ago in Egypt.
built
were built
was built
had been built
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1B
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
It is believed that many people died during the years the Great Pyramids _____________ ready for the Kings.
were getting
got
were gotten
had gotten
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1B
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The structure of the pyramids __________ slowly. They went from platforms to massive constructions.
had been evolving
were evolved
evolved
had evolved
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1B
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1B
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The idea of linking computers to share information ___________ in the US in the 1940s.
started
was start
was starting
has started
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1D
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Only academics and technical experts _____________ the networks developed in the early 1980s.
had used
used
had using
were using
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1D
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
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