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Past Tenses Quiz

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which sentence is in the past perfect tense?

a)

She studied all night.

b)

She was studying all night.

c)

She had studied all night.

d)

She studies all night.

2.

What is the function of the past continuous in this sentence? I was reading when the lights went out.

a)

To show a completed action

b)

To show an action that was in progress and got interrupted

c)

To describe two finished actions

3.

Which sentence is in the past simple?

a)

They had gone home.

b)

They were going home.

c)

They went home.

4.

Choose the correct sentence that uses past perfect for an earlier action:

a)

She left before he called.

b)

She had left before he called.

c)

She was leaving before he called.

d)

She leaves before he calls.

5.

What is the main use of the past perfect?

a)

To describe a past habit

b)

To describe an action in progress

c)

To describe an action that happened before another action in the past

d)

To describe a future plan

6.

Which sentence uses past continuous correctly?

a)

We watched TV when she arrived.

b)

We had watched TV when she arrived.

c)

We were watching TV when she arrived.

d)

We are watching TV when she arrived.

7.

By the time we arrived, they __________.

a)

leave

b)

were leaving

c)

had left

d)

left

8.

While we __________ dinner, the lights went out.

a)

were having

b)

had had

c)

have

d)

had

9.

I __________ my homework before I watched TV.

a)

was finishing

b)

finish

c)

had finished

d)

finished

10.

When I was a child, I often __________ in the river near my house.

a)

swim

b)

swam

c)

had swum

d)

was swimming

11.

We __________ a movie when my phone suddenly died.

a)

watched

b)

had watched

c)

were watching

d)

had been watching

12.

She __________ already __________ the door when I called her.

a)

was / locking

b)

had / locked

c)

locked / had

d)

is / locking

13.

I __________ to call you, but I didn't have time.

a)

wanted

b)

was want

c)

had want

d)

wanting

14.

After he __________ lunch, he went back to work.

a)

finish

b)

was finishing

c)

had finished

d)

finishes