Past Tenses Test 3
| Question 1 | 
I _____ to do it but I _____ no time. I was very busy.
| A | wanted / has | 
| B | want / had have | 
| C | wanted / had | 
| D | would want / have | 
| E | have wanted / shall have | 
| Question 2 | 
- What luck! I haven’t seen you for ages.
- When _____ we _____ last time?
| A | did / meet | 
| B | have / met | 
| C | had / met | 
| D | did / met | 
| E | will / meet | 
| Question 3 | 
In the summer of 1868, Melville Bell _____ on a lecture tour in the USA and Canada.
| A | goes  | 
| B | had gone  | 
| C | went | 
| D | have gone | 
| E | has gone | 
| Question 4 | 
He _____ his work before you came.
| A | finished  | 
| B | finishes  | 
| C | has finished | 
| D | had finished | 
| E | finish | 
| Question 5 | 
Why _____ he go to Great Britain last month?
| A | did  | 
| B | was  | 
| C | will | 
| D | had  | 
| E | has | 
| Question 6 | 
Did you _____ or _____ the potatoes?
| A | mince / peeled | 
| B | minced / peeled | 
| C | minced / peeling | 
| D | peels / minced | 
| E | mince / peel | 
| Question 7 | 
When she _____ they _____ and he left the house.
| A | had come / quarreled | 
| B | came / quarreled | 
| C | has come / quarreled | 
| D | comes / would quarrel | 
| E | came / had quarreled | 
| Question 8 | 
- Who had left the room by the time I came yesterday?
| A | Tom did | 
| B | Tom does | 
| C | Tom had | 
| D | Tom has | 
| E | Tom was | 
| Question 9 | 
Neither your parents nor I _____ very glad of the fact that you failed your Math exam.
| A | has been  | 
| B | have been | 
| C | were | 
| D | was  | 
| E | are | 
| Question 10 | 
What _____ you _____ at 5 p.m. yesterday?
| A | did / do | 
| B | have / been doing | 
| C | would / do | 
| D | were / doing | 
| E | will / do | 
| Question 11 | 
Who _____ to see me last week?
| A | comes  | 
| B | will come | 
| C | came | 
| D | has come | 
| E | have come | 
| Question 12 | 
They didn’t believe him and _____ to laugh.
| A | begin  | 
| B | begins  | 
| C | began | 
| D | had begun  | 
| E | have begun | 
| Question 13 | 
Children didn’t _____ to school because it _____ Sunday.
| A | went / was | 
| B | go / were | 
| C | have gone / was | 
| D | gone / was | 
| E | go / was | 
| Question 14 | 
The train _____ at 8.30 p.m. today, but as a rule it _____ at 8.00 p.m. sharp.
| A | has left / starts | 
| B | left / started | 
| C | left / has started | 
| D | has left / has started | 
| E | have left / starts | 
| Question 15 | 
The moon _____ and it _____ surprisingly light at night yesterday.
| A | is rising / is | 
| B | rose / was | 
| C | had risen / was | 
| D | was rising / were | 
| E | rose / had been | 
| Question 16 | 
Who _____ him yesterday?
| A | has seen | 
| B | did see | 
| C | saw | 
| D | have seen | 
| E | sees | 
| Question 17 | 
He _____ nobody about his secret that day.
| A | don’t tell  | 
| B | tell  | 
| C | didn’t tell | 
| D | told  | 
| E | doesn’t tell | 
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