English Grammar Quiz: Past Continuous, Past Simple, Past Perfect

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb: She ________ (read) the book when the phone rang.

• is reading

• was reading

• were reading

• readed

Choose the sentence that uses past continuous tense: A) I ate breakfast at 8 am. B) I was eating breakfast at 8 am. C) I have eaten breakfast at 8 am.

• D) I will eat breakfast at 8 am.

• A) I ate breakfast at 8 pm.

• B) I was eating breakfast at 8 am.

• C) I have eaten breakfast at 8 am.

Which sentence uses past perfect tense? A) She went to the store. B) She had gone to the store. C) She is going to the store.

• A) She went to the store.

• C) She is going to the store.

• D) She will go to the store.

• B) She had gone to the store.

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb: They ________ (play) football when it started raining.

• was playing

• were playing

• will play

• played

Choose the sentence that uses past simple tense: A) I have been studying for the test. B) I was studying for the test. C) I am studying for the test.

• B) I was studying for the test.

• C) I am studying for the test.

• D) I will be studying for the test.

• A) I have been studying for the test.

Which sentence uses past perfect tense? A) He had finished his homework before dinner. B) He finishes his homework before dinner. C) He is finishing his homework before dinner.

• C) He had been finishing his homework before dinner.

• B) He finished his homework before dinner.

• A) He had finished his homework before dinner.

• D) He has finished his homework before dinner.

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb: By the time we arrived, they ________ (leave).

• leaved

• will leave

• had left

• was leaving

Choose the sentence that uses past continuous tense: A) I was cooking dinner when the doorbell rang. B) I cook dinner every night. C) I have cooked dinner already.

• C

• B

• I am cooking dinner right now.

• A

Which sentence uses past simple tense? A) They had already left when we arrived. B) They have already left when we arrived. C) They were already leaving when we arrived.

• C

• D

• A

• B

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb: When I arrived, they ________ (wait) for over an hour.

• waits

• were waiting

• was waiting

• waited