B1 English Grammar Test – Past Tenses multiple-choice questions

1.The Romans … to Britain in 54 BC.

2.We were strolling in the park when suddenly it … .

3.I was watching TV while the kids … in the garden.

4.She was writing a letter while her husband … .

5.I … the guitar at 9 o’clock yesterday.

6.Einstein … a paper on the general theory of relativity in 1916.

7.Carol was eating a banana while Sandy … his home task.

8.He … the Nobel Prize in literature in 1954.

9.I … home at 7 p.m. yesterday.

10.The boy … to music when the door bell rang.

11.I woke up at 7 a.m., ironed my clothes and … out.

12.Marian … Mary two years ago.

13.We … to Australia last year.

14.My cat … with a toy when I called it.

15.Pavarotti … his last performance at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

16.Beethoven … his first piece of music when he was 12.

17.I put my coat on and … a look in the mirror.

18.I was going to a supermarket when the fire … out.

19.Bill … football at 10 o’clock yesterday.

20.Henry … to his cousin while his wife was reading a newspaper.

21.Steven … the first book when he was four years old.

22.We went to Hyde Park and then we … in a restaurant.

23.David Beckham … for Manchester United from 1993 to 2003.

24.Jill wiped the table after supper, took a shower and … to bed.

25.Lincoln … the 16th President of the United States in 1860.

26.I was sitting in the café when my phone … .

27.I was listening to music when my mom … my room.

28.I was trying to concentrate when suddenly my girlfriend … me a fright.

29.I was reading a book while the children … .

30.The first Derby … place in May 1780.