English Language Quiz

Many years ago, students in England … school when they were twelve years old.

• A were leaving

• B left

• D leave

• C was leaving

The teacher was sitting at the front of the room when the caretaker … in.

• A come

• B was coming

• C came

• D was came

‘What did your mother do before you moved here?’ ‘My mother … Science to grown-ups.’

• D teached

• C was taught

• B was teaching

• A taught

The students … when the teacher fell but he kept on talking.

• D giggle

• A was giggling

• B giggled

• C giggling

Hi, John. I … in the staffroom having my lunch when I remembered to call you.

• A am

• B was being

• C were

• D was

‘What was happening when the bell rang?’ ‘The students … in the library and the cleaner was washing the floor.’

• B was sat

• A were sitting

• C was sitting

• D sat

As I was walking to the bus stop, my mother … to me why I had to be home early.

• C explains

• D was explained

• B explained

• A were explaining

My great-grandmother … in a factory during the war.

• C works

• D has worked

• A worked

• B is working

I left the books … you need for your class on the table in the living room.

• C who

• A where

• B which

The library, … we always go to revise, was closed at the weekend.

• C where

• B which

• A when