past tense Interview Questions and Answers
Ques:- Long ago people _____ little about those minerals.
A. knew
B. have known
C. had known
D. will know
Ques:- He met me with the bird in his hand. It _____ curiously at me.
A. would look
B. should look
C. was looking
D. has been looking
Ques:- Why _____ you go the plant? I _____ no time?
A. didn’t/had
B. didn’t/hadn’t
C. did/hadn’t
D. will/have
Ques:- When he _____ home I _____ him the book.
A. came/showed
B. has come/has shown
C. comes/showed
D. came/shall show
Ques:- The train _____ at 8.30 p.m. today, but as a rule it _____ at 8.00 p.m. sharp.
A. has left/ has started
B. have left/starts
C. left/has started
D. left/started
Ques:- When she _____ they _____ and he left the house.
A. comes/would quarrel
B. has come/quarreled
C. came/quarreled
D. had come/quarreled
Ques:- I knew that he _____ the same paper each morning.
A. bought
B. is buying
C. buys
D. was bought
Ques:- It was dark and cold. At one moment he thought that he _____ his way.
A. loses
B. was lost
C. will lose
D. had lost
Ques:- I _____ to do it but I _____ no time. I was very busy.
A. wanted/had
B. would want/have
C. have wanted/shall have
D. wanted/has
Ques:- He evidently _____ his shoes for a very long time. They were worm out.
A. was wearing
B. had been wearing
C. are wearing
D. were wearing
Ques:- Last summer we _____ a trip to Houston.
A. will be making
B. shall make
C. are making
D. made
Ques:- One day the boys found a man in the forest. He _____
A. was dying
B. had died
C. had been dying
D. will die
Ques:- While the gentlemen _____ the recent events, the ladies _____ about the weather.
A. were discussing/were talking
B. have discussed/have talked
C. being discussed/being talked
D. are discussing/was talking
Ques:- Turning I found my father sitting beside me on the sofa. I said “How _____ you _____ here?â€
A. did/get
B. was/getting
C. does/get
D. has/been getting
Ques:- They _____ breakfast at 7 and _____ home at eight.
A. had/left
B. had/leave
C. have/left
D. had/had left
Ques:- So, the invisible man _____ into the shop and _____ down.
A. came/walked
B. will come/walked
C. comes/would walk
D. comes/walked