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Abe's Talk: Past Tenses Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I went to the school yesterday.

a)

AFFIRMATIVE

b)

NEGATIVE

c)

QUESTION

2.

The baby didn't cry last night.

a)

AFFIRMATIVE

b)

NEGATIVE

c)

QUESTION

3.

Did you see a good movie last month?

a)

AFFIRMATIVE

b)

NEGATIVE

c)

QUESTION

4.

Did Sarah eat pizza in the morning?

a)

AFFIRMATIVE

b)

NEGATIVE

c)

QUESTION

5.

what is the Auxiliary used for simple past tense?

a)

did

b)

do

c)

done

d)

make

6.

What is the question form of the sentence: I played with my dog.

a)

I did not play with my dog?

b)

did I play with my dog?

c)

did you play with my dog?

d)

did my dog play with me?

7.

What is the negative form of the sentence: We cried with those songs.

a)

we never cry with those songs

b)

we did not cry with those songs

c)

we were not crying with those songs

d)

we did not cried with those songs

8.

What is the past form of the verb; Wear

a)

weared

b)

wearing

c)

wore

d)

wored

9.

I _________________ my car when I was young.

a)

have crashed

b)

crashed

c)

had crashed

d)

will crash

10.

I ________________ my teeth this morning.

a)

had brushed

b)

have brushed

c)

brushed

d)

brush

11.

I _________________ to Oregon twice last year

a)

have been

b)

has been

c)

went

d)

was going

12.

The film wasn't very good. I _____ it very much. (enjoy)

a)

Don't enjoy

b)

Doesn't enjoy

c)

Didn't enjoy

d)

Will not enjoy

e)

Am not enjoy

13.

Past Perfect is used for ...

a)

saying the facts and situations in the past

b)

mentioning the events having happened first actions in the past

c)

talking how long the action was in progress in the past

d)

for results in the past

14.

We use ... to show the event stopped one activity. For longer activities we use ... .

a)

Past Perfect\Past Simple

b)

Past Continuous\Past Simple

c)

Past Simple\Past Perfect

d)

Past Simple\Past Continuous

15.
Which tense is this?
"Mozart wrote more than 600 pieces of music"
a)
Past Simple
b)
Past Continouos
c)
Past Perfect
d)
Past Perfect Continuous
16.
Which tenses are these?
"When we arrived, he had already gone home."
a)
Past Simple, Past Perfect
b)
Past Perfect, Past Simple
c)
Past Simple, Past Perfect Continuous
d)
Past Perfect, Past Perfect
17.
I invited Rachel to the party, but she couldn't come. She ___________ to do something else.
a)
had been arranging
b)
had arranged
c)
arranged
d)
was arranging
18.
At 5 o'clock yesterday  I _____ dinner.
a)
had
b)
had had
c)
was having
d)
had been having
19.

Time indicators of Past Simple?

a)

Today

b)

Yesterday

c)

Then

d)

In 2008

e)

Yet

20.

Time indicators:

While, then, at that moment. Which tense do they suit?

a)

Present Simple

b)

Past Continuous

c)

Past Simple

d)

Present Perfect

21.

In 2005 my brother ______ the school, but my sister ________ it one year earlier.

a)

started, finished

b)

started, had finished

c)

had started, finished

d)

had started, had finished

22.

When I was a student at university, I ___________ how to drive due to I ___________ my driving school.

a)

had known, had finished

b)

knew, finished

c)

had known, finished

d)

knew, had finished

23.

A decade ago Neil _______ his wife. They _________ each other till that meeting.

a)

had met, had known

b)

met, had known

c)

met, hadn't knew

d)

met, hadn't known

24.

I ____ my work at six o'clock yesterday.

a)

finish

b)

finished

c)

finishes

d)

was finishing

25.

He was ______while his mother ______.

a)

washing / was cooking

b)

washed / cooked

c)

washes / is cooking

d)

wash / cook

26.

My grandfather ___ in his old house for ages before he moved in with us.

a)

had been lived

b)

has living

c)

had been living

d)

has been live

27.

I ___ with my problem for weeks before I found a solution.

a)

had been cope

b)

has been cope

c)

had been coping

d)

has been coping

28.

How ___ before you found the buried treasure?

a)

had you been digging

b)

had you been dig

c)

has you been digging

d)

has you been dig

29.

The young man ___ since he was a child.

a)

has be surfed

b)

had been surfing

c)

had been surf

d)

have been surfing

30.

WHAT ARE THE SIMPLE PAST FORMS OF THE TO BE VERB?

a)

AM / IS / ARE

b)

BEEN / BEING

c)

WAS / WERE

d)

BOUGHT / BROUGHT

31.

THIS IS THE PLURAL FORM OF THE TO BE VERB IN THE PAST...

a)

WENT

b)

WAS

c)

WHERE

d)

WERE

32.

ALAN .......... MY BEST FRIEND WHEN I WAS 6.

a)

ARE

b)

WAS

c)

WERE

d)

IS

33.

The sentence "She combed her hair in the morning" in the negative form is:

a)

She didn't combed her hair in the morning.

b)

She combed not her hair in the morning.

c)

She not combed her hair in the morning.

d)

She didn't comb her hair in the morning.

34.
I ___
a)
were
b)
wer
c)
was
d)
wase
35.
you ___
a)
wer
b)
were
c)
was
d)
wase
36.
Paul __ my friend
a)
were
b)
been
c)
wered
d)
was
37.

Fill in the blank:

My father ................. sick last week.

a)

was

b)

is

c)

are

38.

Fill in the blank with correct "Past Be form"?

How many monkeys ......... there on the tree?

a)

are

b)

were

c)

will be

39.

Fill in the blank with correct Question Word:

......................was the party yesterday?

a)

How much

b)

How long

c)

How often

40.

Negative statement for the below sentence:

"Last week, the weather was cold and rainy."

a)

How was the weather last week?

b)

The weather wasn't cold and rainy last week.

c)

Was the weather cold and rainy last week?

41.

Answer choices:

Which one of these sentences uses "be form" correctly?

a)

Today, Amar are in France.

b)

Yesterday, we were absent from class.

c)

She is happy in yesterday's party.

42.

I suddenly remembered that I __________ my keys.

a)

forgot

b)

had forgotten

c)

was forgetting

d)

used to forget

43.

While Diana ________ her favourite television programme, there was a power-cut.

a)

watched

b)

had watched

c)

was watching

d)

would watch

44.

Tom _________ in the house at the end of the street.

a)

used to live

b)

would live

45.

Who _________ the car at the time of the accident?

a)

used to drive

b)

drove

c)

had driven

d)

was driving

46.

David ________ Japanese food before, so he knew what to order.

a)

had eaten

b)

ate

c)

was eating

47.

I ________ some shopping yesterday, when I saw that Dutch friend of yours.

a)

was doing

b)

did

c)

would do

d)

had done

48.

What exactly _________ when I came into your office yesterday?

a)

did you do

b)

were you doing

c)

did you used to do

d)

had you done

49.

I felt very tired when I got home, so I _____ straight to bed.

a)

went

b)

was going

c)

had gone

d)

had been

50.
Ann .......(finish) her homework and ...(go) to visit her friend.
a)
finished, went
b)
finished, goed
c)
had finished, went

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