Question 1

Which sentence uses the past perfect tense correctly?

Accepted Answer

She had finished her homework before dinner.

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She finishes her homework before dinner.

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She was finishing her homework before dinner.

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She finished her homework before dinner.

Question 2

Which sentence is in the past continuous tense?

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They were playing soccer when it started to rain.

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They had played soccer before it rained.

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They played soccer when it started to rain.

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They are playing soccer when it started to rain.

Question 3

Which sentence correctly uses the past simple tense?

Accepted Answer

He walked to school yesterday.

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He had walked to school yesterday.

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He was walked to school yesterday.

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He is walking to school yesterday.

Question 4

Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect tense?

Accepted Answer

By the time she arrived, we had already left.

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By the time she was arriving, we left.

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By the time she had arrived, we were leaving.

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By the time she arrives, we have already left.

Question 5

Which sentence is an example of the past continuous tense?

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I was reading a book when the phone rang.

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I have read a book when the phone rang.

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I had read a book when the phone rang.

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I read a book when the phone rang.

Question 6

Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect continuous tense?

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They had been studying for three hours before the test began.

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They studied for three hours before the test began.

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They have studied for three hours before the test began.

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They were studying for three hours before the test began.

Question 7

Which sentence is in the past simple tense?

Accepted Answer

She visited her grandmother last weekend.

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She had visited her grandmother last weekend.

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She is visiting her grandmother last weekend.

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She was visiting her grandmother last weekend.

Question 8

Which sentence correctly uses the past continuous tense?

Accepted Answer

While I was sleeping, my brother was playing video games.

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While I slept, my brother was playing video games.

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While I was sleep, my brother played video games.

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While I had slept, my brother was playing video games.

Question 9

Complete a sentence in the correct form: Ann .....(fly) to New York City when she... (meet) her old friend on board.

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was flying, met

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flew, had met

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flew&#44; met

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was flying, was meeting

Question 10

Complete a sentence in the correct form: Last week they ... (not have) a soccer practice because of the weather.

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didn't have

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were not having

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hadn't had

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hadn't

Question 11

Complete a sentence in the correct form: Why ... you (miss) the classes last Monday ?

Accepted Answer

did you miss

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you missed

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you had missed

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had you missed

Question 12

Complete a sentence in the correct form: When I ... (get) back home, my brother... already (leave).

Accepted Answer

got, had left

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had got, had left

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had got, left

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got&#44; left

Question 13

Complete a sentence in the correct form: While we... (write) the Maths test, our teacher... (observe) our progress.

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were writing, was observing

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were writing, was observeing

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wrote, was observing

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wrote, observed

Question 14

Complete a sentence in the correct form: Last night I... (eat) dinner, then ... (have) a shower and ... (go) to sleep really early beacuse I was exhausted.

Accepted Answer

ate, had, went

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ate, had, gone

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eaten, had, went

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ate, was having, went

Question 15

Complete a sentence in the correct form: Paul ...(study) for several hours yesterday.

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was studying

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studied

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was studing

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were studying

Question 16

Complete the sentence using the correct verb form: Kora and Jill ...(work) together for years before they became friends.

Accepted Answer

had worked

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worked

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has worked

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was working

Question 17

Complete the sentence using the correct verb forms: They ... (travel) to Europe twice before they ...(turn) 25.

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had travelled, turned

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have travelled, turned

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had travelled, had turned

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travelled, turned

Question 18

Complete the sentence using the correct verb forms:

It ... (get) dark, and I ... (walk) fast. Suddenly, a stranger ... (stop) me in the middle of the street.

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was getting, was walking, stopped

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was getting, walked, stopped

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got, walked, stoped

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was geting, was walking, stoped

Question 19

Complete the sentence using the correct past verb forms:

While I ... (search) for a secure spot, my hands ... (tremble).

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was searching, were trembling

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was searching, were trembleing

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searched, trembled

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searched, were trembling

Question 20

Complete the sentence using the correct past verb forms:

While we ... (talk) we ...(see) Peter on the other side of the room.

Accepted Answer

were talking, saw

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was talking, seen

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were talking, had seen

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have talked, have seen

Question 21

Complete the sentence using the correct verb form:

Betty...(not work) all day yesterday.

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wasn't working

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didn't work

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weren't working

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didn't worked

Question 22

Complete the sentence using the correct past verb forms:

When I ...(arrive) home, I ...(take) off my shoes and then I ...(relax) on the sofa.

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arrived, took, relaxed

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was arriving, was taking, was relaxing

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arriving, taked, relaxed

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have relaxed, took, relaxed

Question 23

Complete the sentence using the correct verb forms:

When we ... (get) to Edinburgh we ... (not can) find a good hotel.

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got, couldn't

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had got, can't

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have got, couldn't

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got&#44; can't

Question 24

Complete the sentence using the correct verb forms:

He ...(bring) me some chocolates for my birthday, but I ...(not accept) them.

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brought, didn't accept

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bringed, didn't accept

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had brought, hadn't accepted

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brought, hadn't accepted

Question 25

Complete the sentence using the correct verb forms:

Kim finally ... (carry) her son upstairs as he ... (be) half asleep.

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carried, was

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was carrying, was

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caried, was

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carryed, was

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