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Past Tense

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which tense is this?

"I had been falling for 30 minutes" (Loki)

a)

Simple Past

b)

Past Continuous

c)

Past Perfect

d)

Past Perfect Continuous

2.

Which tense is this?

"Mozart wrote more than 600 pieces of music in his lifetime of only 35 years."

a)

Past Simple

b)

Past Continuous

c)

Past Perfect

d)

Past Perfect Continuous

3.

Which tense is this?

"Mum was driving around the town when my dad called her."

a)

Simple Past

b)

Past Continuous

c)

Past Perfect

d)

None of the above

4.

Which tense is this?

"When we went out, it had already stopped snowing."

a)

Past Simple

b)

Present Simple

c)

Past Perfect

d)

Past Perfect Continuous

5.

Anna _____(wash) her clothes when the phone rang.

a)

washes

b)

was washing

c)

washed

d)

had washed

6.

I _____(just/start) my work when the boss called me.

a)

just start

b)

had just started

c)

am just starting

d)

had been just starting

7.

There ____(be) an accident this morning.

a)

was

b)

was being

c)

had been been

d)

None of the above

8.

Steve _____(dancing) for 3 hours before the police arrived.

a)

danced

b)

was danced

c)

had dancing

d)

had been dancing

9.

Finally, Amelia ____(come) downstairs, the guest ____(wait) for 30 minutes.

a)

came, was been waiting

b)

comes, will wait

c)

was coming, were waiting

d)

came, had been waiting

10.

My grades ______(go up) in my high school after going to a cram school.

a)

went up

b)

goes up

c)

was going up

d)

had been going up

11.

Eren didn't answer the phone because he ______ (take) a shower at that time.

a)

took

b)

was taking

c)

had already taken

d)

had been taken

12.

I ____(think) if you could explain this math problem.

a)

thought

b)

were thinking

c)

was thinking

d)

had thought

13.

They _____(have) a party when it started raining.

a)

was having

b)

had

c)

had had

d)

were having

14.

I ____(never/be) to UK before my high school started.

a)

never be

b)

was never

c)

had never been

d)

had been never been

15.

The bully _____(laugh) at my mistake yesterday.

a)

laughed

b)

was laughing

c)

had laughed

d)

had been laughing