Past Tenses Quiz
English multiple-choice grammar quiz about Past Tenses
Preview:
Mrs Bright was doing the shopping while her husband __________ in the garden.
A. planted trees
B. had planted trees
C. was planting trees
When he retired he _____ in the company for more than 50 years.
A. was
B. had been
C. was being
The police arrested him because he _____ a gun.
A. carried
B. was carrying
C. had carried
He pulled out a gun and everybody _____ away.
A. ran
B. was running
C. had run
When I was a child, we _____ anywhere at weekends; it was boring.
A. never went
B. were never going
C. had never gone
When they arrived at the police station, he said that he _____ anything wrong.
A. didn’t do
B. wasn’t doing
C. hadn’t done
I looked at him and I knew he _____ in a fight, because he had a black eye.
A. was
B. was being
C. had been
I was very late. When I arrived, the conference _____.
A. was already starting
B. started
C. had already started
Tom _______ for a walk after he _______ his homework.
A. went; had done
B. had gone; did
C. went;was doing
D. was going; did
When he said that he loved me, I knew that he _____.
A. lied
B. was lying
C. had lied
When he heard the police knocking on the door, he ____ under the bed.
A. hid
B. had hiden
C. were hiding
I _____ to the road and we crashed.
A. didn’t pay attention
B. wasn’t paying attention
C. hadn’t paid attention
How many English books (read/she) _____ before she (go) ___ to London?
A. had she read / went
B. had she been reading / went
C. had she read / /had gone
D. have you read / went
A famous singer _____ (live) here before we bought the house.
A. lives
B. has lived
C. had lived
D. was living
Kim ___ her bike when Peter saw her yesterday.
A. was ride
B. was riding
C. were riding
D. is riding
