Grammar Quiz

Past Continuous Tense & Past Modals Quiz


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While I was ironing my shirt, I … it

A. was burning

B. burnt


I can’t believe Jim hasn’t arrived yet. He … taken the wrong train.

A. must have

B. might have


I don’t find my notebook. I … left it at home.

A. can’t have

B. might have


The students were talking when the teacher … the class

A. was entering

B. entered


The teacher was angry because some students … football in the class when he came in

A. played

B. were playing


At 8.30 today I … driving to work

A. am

B. was


You … been ill yesterday. Jessie saw you at the bowling alley

A. can’t have

B. could have


We … about our school when he came in

A. talked

B. were talking


Nobody came to the meeting. The date … been incorrect on the invitation.

A. might have

B. must have


I didn’t receive your email. You … sent it to the wrong address.

A. must have

B. can’t have


You … fed your dog. He has been hungry all day.

A. must have

B. can’t have


When we …

A. watched TV, dad was arriving home

B. were watching TV, dad arrived home

C. were watching TV, dad was arriving home


The windows are broken, so the thieves … got in through that window

A. might have

B. must have


While I was drinking tea, I … a glass

A. was broking

B. broke


At 8.30 today I … driving to school

A. was

B. am


What

A. were you doing when the storm started

B. were you doing when the storm was starting


… you doing your homework at six o’clock last night?

A. did

B. were

C. do

D. are


I don’t know where they went, but they … gone to Paris od Italy

A. could have

B. must have


Was he not … his homework?

A. doing

B. did


I was reading a newspaper … I heard a noise

A. when

B. while


While I … in my room, my sister … home

A. studied / left

B. studied / was leaving

C. was studying / left

D. was studying / was leaving


Everyone … outside when the car arrived

A. was waiting

B. were waiting


I was doing my homework when the stone … the window

A. hitted

B. hit

C. was hitting


I have no idea why she married him. He … been the only man available

A. might have

B. must have


My father … a novel while I … TV

A. was reading / was watching

B. read / watched

C. was reading / watched

D. read / was watching




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