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Time travelers tense test a 10 question journey through the past

You can do this test before using the book to help you choose what to
study. Choose the correct answer, A, B or C, for each question. When
you have finished, check your answers by clicking "Check Answers"
button. The key tells you which units are most important for you.

1. I ____ to the park yesterday afternoon.

'Went' is the past simple form of 'go'. The past simple is used for completed actions in the past.

2. Which sentence correctly uses the past continuous tense?

The past continuous tense ('was/were + verb-ing') describes actions in progress at a specific time in the past.

3. She ____ a book before she went to bed.

The past perfect ('had + past participle') shows an action completed before another action in the past.

4. Which sentence is grammatically correct?

'Had already eaten' correctly uses the past perfect to show an action completed before another past action.

5. While I ____ my homework, the phone rang.

The past continuous describes an action in progress when another action interrupted it.

6. They ____ to the cinema after they finished their work.

'Went' is the past simple form of 'go', suitable for a completed action in the past.

7. Which sentence uses the past simple correctly?

'Walked' is the correct past simple form of 'walk'.

8. Before the rain started, ____ outside.

Past continuous describes an ongoing action interrupted by another.

9. He had already left ____ I arrived.

'When' is the correct conjunction to show the timing relationship between the two past actions.

10. Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect?

The past perfect ('had + past participle') correctly shows an action completed before another in the past.

Topics:

Present tenses

Past tenses 1

Present perfect

Present tenses 2

Future 1

Future 2

Countable and uncountable nouns

Referring to nouns

Pronouns and referencing

Adjectives and adverbs

Comparing things

The noun pharse

Modals 1

Modals 2

Reported speech

Verb + verb patterns

Likelihood based on conditions 1

Likelihood based on conditions 2

Presositions

Relative clauses

Ways of organising texts

The passive

Linking ideas

Showing your position in a text

Nominalisation in written English