WorksheetsPast Tenses Quiz
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins
Which sentence is in the past perfect tense?
She studied all night.
She was studying all night.
She had studied all night.
She studies all night.
What is the function of the past continuous in this sentence? I was reading when the lights went out.
To show a completed action
To show an action that was in progress and got interrupted
To describe two finished actions
Which sentence is in the past simple?
They had gone home.
They were going home.
They went home.
Choose the correct sentence that uses past perfect for an earlier action:
She left before he called.
She had left before he called.
She was leaving before he called.
She leaves before he calls.
What is the main use of the past perfect?
To describe a past habit
To describe an action in progress
To describe an action that happened before another action in the past
To describe a future plan
Which sentence uses past continuous correctly?
We watched TV when she arrived.
We had watched TV when she arrived.
We were watching TV when she arrived.
We are watching TV when she arrived.
By the time we arrived, they __________.
leave
were leaving
had left
left
While we __________ dinner, the lights went out.
were having
had had
have
had
I __________ my homework before I watched TV.
was finishing
finish
had finished
finished
When I was a child, I often __________ in the river near my house.
swim
swam
had swum
was swimming
We __________ a movie when my phone suddenly died.
watched
had watched
were watching
had been watching
She __________ already __________ the door when I called her.
was / locking
had / locked
locked / had
is / locking
I __________ to call you, but I didn't have time.
wanted
was want
had want
wanting
After he __________ lunch, he went back to work.
finish
was finishing
had finished
finishes
