Past Tenses - Quiz
  • 1. Yesterday, I __________ (go) to the library to study.
A) had gone
B) had went
C) went
D) have gone
E) had goed
  • 2. She __________ (watch) TV when I called her.
A) was watch
B) has watched
C) had watched
D) have watched
E) was watching
  • 3. By the time we arrived, the train __________ (leave).
A) had left
B) leaved
C) have left
D) had leaved
E) has left
  • 4. They __________ (play) soccer for two hours before the rain started.
A) has been playing
B) had been playing
C) has been played
D) have been played
E) had left
  • 5. Last night at 8 p.m., he __________ (eat) dinner.
A) had eaten
B) were eating
C) was ate
D) ate
E) was eating
  • 6. While we __________ (walk) in the park, it started to rain.
A) had been walking
B) had walked
C) were walking
D) had walked
E) were walked
  • 7. Before he moved to the city, he __________ (live) in a small town.
A) had lived
B) lived
C) will have live
D) has lived
E) had live
  • 8. She __________ (read) that book before the test.
A) has read
B) was reading
C) had read
D) had reading
E) were read
  • 9. At 6:00 yesterday, I __________ (drive) home from work.
A) drove
B) were driving
C) was driving
D) had driven
E) had been drive
  • 10. They __________ (study) all morning before the exam.
A) were studied
B) was studying
C) had been studying
D) studied
E) had study
  • 11. By the time the teacher entered, the students __________ (clean) the classroom already.
A) have cleaned
B) were cleaning
C) cleaned
D) had cleaned
E) cleaned
  • 12. While I __________ (clean) the room, my brother was sleeping.
A) was cleaning
B) have cleaned
C) cleaned
D) had cleaned
E) was cleaned
  • 13. We __________ (not/visit) that place before last summer.
A) have visited
B) visited
C) were visiting
D) was visited
E) hadn't visited
  • 14. He __________ (wait) for an hour before the doors opened.
A) waited
B) was waited
C) were waiting
D) had been waiting
E) have waited
  • 15. She __________ (cook) when the guests arrived.
A) was cooking
B) were cooking
C) have cooked
D) had been cooking
E) cooked
  • 16. We __________ (already/eat) when she offered us food.
A) had already eaten
B) has read
C) was already reading
D) read
E) was reading
  • 17. They __________ (have) dinner when the lights went out.
A) was having
B) had
C) were having
D) has had
E) had had
  • 18. Before I got home, I __________ (call) my mom.
A) were calling
B) have called
C) called
D) had called
E) was calling
  • 19. They __________ (run) for 30 minutes before it started raining.
A) runned
B) had been running
C) was running
D) were running
E) have run
  • 20. While she __________ (paint), her phone rang.
A) was painting
B) were painting
C) has painted
D) painted
E) had painted
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