Контрольна робота по темі Past Simple, the Past Continuous,

1. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple, the Past Continuous,

the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect Continuous Tense.

1) The boys ... (to play) volleyball on the beach yesterday.

2) They ... (to play) volleyball from 9 to 11 yesterday morning.

3) By 5 o'clock yesterday their team ... (to play) two games of volleyball.

4) Den ... (toplay) volleyball for ten minutes yesterday when he suddenly ... (to twist) his ankle.

5) At that time Ron ... (to listen) to music in his room and ... (not to hear) the doorbell.

6) The secretary ... (to talk) on the phone for twenty minutes when the door ... (to open) and her boss ... (to come) into the

room.

7) Peter ... (to drive) towards the airport last Sunday when he suddenly ... (to remember) that he ... (to leave) his passport at

home.

8) We ... (to go) to a cafe after we ... (to meet) Sally.

9) When David ... (to return) home yesterday his wife ... (to cook) the chicken which she ... (to buy) in the supermarket the

day before.

10) It ... (to be) midnight and Linda ... (to sleep) hut John ... (to lie) sleepless because he ... (to think) about the words his chief

... (to tell) him at the end of the working day.

2.Find mistakes and correct them.

1) Greg and Bob had looked for their dog for two hours before they found it sleeping under a bench in the park.

2) We had been boating in the lake at 10 o'clock yesterday morning.

3) She finished cooking dinner by the time her children returned from school.

4) When Henry opened the door of the living room, his little brother watched cartoons on TV.

5) Sally took a piece of paper and had written her phone number on it.

6) We were driving for six hours before we saw a small hotel beside the road.

7) After my friends left I washed the dishes and switched on the TV set.

8) What had you been doing at the moment the fire broke out?

9) How much was your camera costing a year ago?

10) What were Nelly doing while you were doing the ironing