Grammar Quiz

Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous Quiz


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Her eyes were red so I knew she ______

A. had been crying

B. cried


It is believed that the earthquake _____ their equipment.

A. was broking

B. had broken

C. had been breaking


At this time yesterday, I _____ an essay.

A. wrote

B. was writing

C. had written

D. were writing


She ______ at that company for a year when she met James.

A. didn’t work

B. had been working

C. worked

D. was working


They live __ the school.

A. on

B. in

C. at

D. by


By the time we ____ to the cinema, the film had already started.

A. got

B. get

C. had got

D. had been getting


She _____ from school in 2001.

A. graduated

B. had graduated

C. was graduating


“I was writing an e-mail when our computer broke down”

A. Similar to “Our computer broke down before I wrote an e-mail.”

B. Similar to “I had started writing an e-mail and then our computer broke down.”


The children ______ in the garden while their parents were watching them

A. played

B. had played

C. were playing

D. play


They live __ 10 Park Road.

A. at

B. on

C. by

D. in


At that moment, he wasn’t tired even though he ______ football for 2 hours.

A. play

B. was playing

C. had been playing

D. had played


I realized I _______ any money with me.

A. had not been bringing

B. brought

C. hadn’t brought

D. wasn’t bringing


The door is __ the left side of the building.

A. on

B. in

C. at

D. bye


What’s that floating __ the water?

A. on

B. in

C. at

D. by


I heard a knock at the front door so I ____ to answer it.

A. went

B. was going

C. had gone

D. had been going


We have to stop __ the supermarket on the way home.

A. on

B. at

C. in

D. for


I fell as I _______ for the bus.

A. ran

B. was running

C. had run

D. had been run


The school is __ Bay Street.

A. at

B. on

C. in

D. for


The planes _______ for about an hour and they _____ about 300 miles when something happened.

A. had flown / had been travelling

B. flew / were travelling

C. had been flying / had travelled

D. flew / travelled


It depends __ what you want to do.

A. on

B. at

C. in

D. by


She _________ the idea for the story of a wizard at magic school while she _________ on a train to London.

A. was getting / travelled

B. had gotten / had been travelling

C. got / was travelling

D. had gotten / had travelled


She _________ English for years by the time she went to Canada.

A. had been learning

B. learned

C. had learned


We ________ for hours when we finally reached a decision.

A. talked

B. had been talking

C. had talked

D. were talking


I was happy to see her, because we ________ each other for years.

A. saw

B. were seeing

C. hadn’t seen


The writer, J K Rowling, __________ (already / write) several stories and books, but this was the first book that was published.

A. had already write

B. already wrote

C. had already written

D. already had wrote




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