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Past Tenses Explanation and Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does Leonardo DiCaprio do?

a)

Actor, producer and director.

b)

Actor, director and writer.

c)

Actor, director and philanthropist.

d)

Actor, producer and activist.

2.

When did Dicaprio star in Titanic?

a)

1997

b)

1998

c)

1996

d)

1999

3.

What did DiCaprio do before Titanic?

a)

He acted in TV shows.

b)

He was acting in one movie.

c)

He had acted in other movies.

d)

He had acting in Romeo and Juliet

4.

Had he won any awards before the Oscar for The Revenant?

a)

No, that had been the first award.

b)

Yes, he had won many other awards before.

c)

Yes, he was winning the Golden Globe.

d)

No, he didn’t win any award before.

5.

What happened first?

a)

When he won the Oscar, he had already won the Golden Globe.

b)

When he won the Golden Globe, he had already won the Oscar.

c)

When he had won the Oscar, he had won the Golden Globe.

d)

When he had won the Golden Globe, he had already won the Oscar.

6.

You use the Simple Past to talk about:

a)

Actions that happened in the past for a long time.

b)

Actions that happened in the past and continue in the present.

c)

Actions that started in the past and continue for a period of time in the past

d)

Actions that finished in a specific moment in the past.

7.

You use the Past Perfect to talk about:

a)

A past action before another past action.

b)

An action that started in the past and continue in the present.

c)

An action that started and continued for a long time in the past.

d)

An unfinished action that continued for a period of time in the past.

8.

When I graduated from high school,

a)

I have already passed the final exams.

b)

I was passing the final exams.

c)

I passed the final exams.

d)

I had passed the final exams.

9.

I went to San Andres in 2015, before that moment,...

a)

I haven’t seen the ocean.

b)

I hadn’t seen the ocean.

c)

I didn’t saw the ocean.

d)

I didn’t see the ocean.

10.

Before I could travel to the US, I _________ my visa.

a)

I was getting

b)

I had gotten

c)

I was got

d)

I was gotten

11.

Past Continuous is used to talk about:

a)

An action in progress in the past.

b)

Two simultaneous actions in the past.

c)

A finished action before another finished action.

d)

An action in progress interrupted by another action in the past

12.

When I _______ in the US, I _______ in a university.

a)

was lived - was worked

b)

had lived - had worked

c)

lived - worked

d)

was living - worked

13.

I _____ in North Carolina for a year. When I _________ there, I _______ my second year of my Masters degree.

a)

Was living - was living - was finishing

b)

Lived - was living - finished

c)

Had lived - was living - had finished

d)

Was lived - had lived - finished

14.

When I _____ in first semester, I ______ 6 classes and I _______ for many hours.

a)

Studied - was taking - was studied

b)

Did was - was taking - was studying

c)

Was - took - had to study

d)

Was studying - had taken - had studied

15.

When I ________ to San Andres, I ______ the natural acquarium and when I _________ I _______ beautiful fish.

a)

visited - had gone - swam - had seen

b)

went - had visited - was swimming - was seeing

c)

traveled - went - was swimming - saw

d)

Had traveled - had gone to - had swimming - had saw

16.

Yesterday when I ______ home, I ______ that I ______ my keys because I _______ them to my mom last weekend.

a)

got - noticed - didn’t have - had given

b)

arrived - realized - hadn’t - was given

c)

entered - had seen - hadn’t had - had gave

d)

went - had noticed - haven’t had - have gave

17.

Are you ready to use the Past Tenses?

a)

Absolutely ready!

b)

Yeah, let’s do it!

c)

I’m ready, what’s next?

d)

Let’s use the Past Tenses now!