Past Tenses Test 2
Question 1 |
I couldn’t imagine what ___ to her.
A | had happened |
B | has been happened |
C | will happen |
D | has been happening |
E | happens |
Question 2 |
He felt that he ___ it wrong.
A | has made |
B | made |
C | will make |
D | was made |
E | had made |
Question 3 |
I ___ my homework when my mother came.
A | already did |
B | have already done |
C | had already done |
D | has already done |
E | already do |
Question 4 |
Turning I found my father sitting beside me on the sofa. I said “How ___ you ___ here?”
A | do/get |
B | did/get |
C | does/get |
D | was/getting |
E | has/been getting |
Question 5 |
Last summer we ___ a trip to Houston.
A | made |
B | has made |
C | are making |
D | shall make |
E | will be making |
Question 6 |
He ___ barely ___ of him until that evening.
A | had/heard |
B | has/heard |
C | was/heard |
D | did/hear |
E | didn’t/hear |
Question 7 |
She ___ in Tashkent five years ago.
A | had lived |
B | lived |
C | has lived |
D | live |
E | have lived |
Question 8 |
We ___ English, so I know it a little.
A | were learning |
B | learned |
C | learns |
D | should learn |
E | were learning |
Question 9 |
Yesterday at this time it ___ .
A | had snowed |
B | snows |
C | snowed |
D | was snowing |
E | had been snowing |
Question 10 |
We ___ he ___ ill.
A | did not know/was |
B | knew/am ill |
C | knew/will be |
D | had known/is |
E | were known/be |
Question 11 |
The plane ___ at 4 and it ___ us 20 minutes to get there.
A | was landing/was taking |
B | was landing/took |
C | landed/took |
D | lands/was taken |
E | has landed/is taking |
Question 12 |
We ___ the station by 5 o’clock yesterday.
A | shall reach |
B | were reaching |
C | had reached |
D | reached |
E | would reach |
Question 13 |
The Browns ___ out of town last Sunday and ___ a good time there.
A | were going/had |
B | went/are having |
C | went/had |
D | are going/were having |
E | goes/has |
Question 14 |
Before answering the telephone, he ___ the table
A | would be laying |
B | was lying |
C | had laid |
D | lay |
E | has laid |
Question 15 |
Who ___ at the meeting yesterday?
A | speak |
B | speaks |
C | spoke |
D | had spoken |
E | will speak |
Question 16 |
He met me with the bird in his hand. It ___ curiously at me.
A | looks |
B | was looking |
C | has been looking |
D | would look |
E | should look |
Question 17 |
Nick ___ yesterday.
A | will not come |
B | hadn’t come |
C | didn’t come |
D | hasn’t come |
E | came not |
Question 18 |
I knew that he ___ the same paper each morning.
A | was bought |
B | buys |
C | is buying |
D | bought |
E | had bought |
Question 19 |
He asked the children who ___ the book.
A | tore |
B | tear |
C | tears |
D | had torn |
E | will tear |
Question 20 |
Who ___ on a hike yesterday?
A | did go |
B | will go |
C | has gone |
D | went |
E | had went |
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