Граматичний тест "Past Tenses"

Grammar Test “Past Tenses”

Past Simple, Past Perfect, Past Continuous, Past Perfect Continuous

I.Choose the correct tense form (Past Simple or Past Perfect).

1.By the time we arrived at the cinema, the movie (started / had started).

2.She (did / had done) her homework before she went out with her friends.

3.I (saw / had seen) that film last year.

4.When he got to the station, the train (left / had left) already.

5.We (visited / had visited) the museum before, so we didn’t go again.

6.He (forgot / had forgotten) to bring his passport, so he couldn’t board the plane.

7.They (had finished / finished) dinner and then watched a movie.

8.After she (had written / wrote) the letter, she mailed it.

9.The teacher (had started / started) the lesson when the late students came in.

10.I (read / had read) that book when I was a teenager.
 

II.Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense form (Past Continuous or Past Perfect Continuous).

1.She ________ (study) for three hours when her friends arrived.

2.They ________ (wait) at the bus stop when it started to rain.

3.He ________ (work) at the company for five years before he finally got promoted.

4.I ________ (drive) to work when the accident happened.

5.The children ________ (play) outside all afternoon, so they were very tired.

6.While we ________ (walk) through the park, we saw a wedding.

7.She ________ (cook) dinner when the phone rang.

8.He ________ (train) for months before the marathon.

9.They ________ (argue) for over an hour when I entered the room.

10.I ________ (read) a book when the lights went out.