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Past Tenses

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"A két fél aláírta tegnap a szerződést."

"The two parties ___________ the contract yesterday."

a)

have signed

b)

signed

c)

had signed

d)

were signing

2.

"2008-ban, a gazdasági válság alatt számos cég csődbe ment."

"During the economic crisis in 2008, several companies _________."

a)

banrupted

b)

have bankrupted

c)

went bankrupt

d)

have gone bankrupt

3.

"Mikor fizetted be a jövedelemadódat?"

"When _______ your income tax?"

a)

have you paid

b)

you have paid

c)

did you paid

d)

did you pay

4.

"Ők eladták a céget, majd a pénzt újabb vállalkozásokba fektették be."

"They ________ the company, and then they ________ the money into new enterprises."

a)

had sold / invested

b)

sold / had invested

c)

had sold / were investing

d)

sold / invested

5.

"Nem kötöttem alkut az üzletvezetővel, mert 15% jutalékot kért."

"I didn’t _________ the deal with the business manager because he asked for 15 % _________."

a)

strike / dividend

b)

hit / mortgage

c)

hit / dividend

d)

strike / mortgage

6.

"We _________ the safety regulations when a lightning ________ into the building."

a)

discussed / was striking

b)

were discussing / striking

c)

were discussing / struck

d)

discussed / struck

7.

"I ________ whether you could spare a copy for me."

a)

was wondered

b)

were wondering

c)

was wondering

d)

wondered

8.

"Action in progress at a specified past time" is a situation used with:

a)

Past Simple

b)

Past Continuous

c)

Past Perfect

d)

Present Perfect

9.

Which sentence is an example for "Planned events that did not take place"?

a)

I was going to visit them last weekend.

b)

I was visiting them last weekend.

c)

I went to visit them last weekend.

d)

I had visited them last weekend.

10.

Which action describes past events in chronological order?

"The earnings of the corporation _______ to decline, and therefore, the Executive Team ______ a marketing consultant."

a)

had started / hired

b)

started / hired

c)

have started / hired

d)

started / was hiring

11.

"He was fired in January." "What had he done?" "_________"

a)

He looked for another job.

b)

He hadn't showed up a couple of times.

c)

He was doing nothing.

d)

He hasn't done his job properly.

12.

"I had sold six tickets by the time she came." is an example for:

a)

An experience that is not finished and can be repeated in the future.

b)

Events in chronological order.

c)

Background action.

d)

A repeated experience that lasted until some point in the past.

13.

"Szerveztünk tavaly egy osztálytalálkozót, mert ezer éve nem láttuk egymást azelőtt."

"We organized a class reunion last year because we ________ each other for ages."

a)

haven't seen

b)

didn't see

c)

hadn't seen

d)

weren't seen

14.

"We __________ a tax rebate last February because the company had paid too much tax."

a)

received

b)

have received

c)

had received

d)

were receiving

15.

"We _______ all the famous sights on the first day of the trip."

a)

had seen

b)

were seeing

c)

have seen

d)

saw

16.

"The headquarters of the company __________ located in the suburban building for over thirty years, then it moved to the city centre."

a)

has been

b)

was

c)

had been

d)

has being

17.

"The police _____ the man last Thursday who ______ from prison two weeks earlier."

a)

had arrested / escaped

b)

arrested / escaped

c)

have arrested / had escaped

d)

arrested / had escaped

18.

"By the time we _______, the budget meeting _______"

a)

arrived / has already started

b)

have arrived / already started

c)

arrived / had already started

d)

had arrived / already started

19.

I _____ the chance to speak to the manager when I was in the office.

a)

didn't have

b)

don't have

c)

hadn't had

d)

haven't had

20.

"_________ safety helmets when the inspection visited them?"

a)

Were the employees wearing

b)

Did the employees wear

c)

Have the employees worn

d)

Had the employees worn