Тест "Past Tenses (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect"

Form 8. Past Tenses (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect)

Choose the correct answer:

1. When I ... to school, I ... a lot of my classmates.

a) went; saw

b) was going; had seen

c) was going; saw

d) had gone; saw

2. The students ... the test by 11:30 a.m. and at 11:30 a.m. they ... lunch in the canteen.

a) have done; had

b) did; were having

c) had done; had

d) had done; were having

3. Monica ... home, ... dinner and then ... to do her homework.

a) came; had; began

b) came; had; begin

c) came; was having; had begun

d) had come; was having; began

4. I ... Mike if somebody ... at the door.

a) asked; had knocked

b) had asked; knocked

c) asked; knocked

d) had asked; had knocked

5. Vicky ... that Pete ... a new car.

a) had noticed; bought

b) noticed; bought

c) noticed; had bought

d) noticed; was buying

6. While Nick ... his little brother ...  his bike.

a) slept; was riding

b) slept; rode

c) was sleeping; was riding

d) was sleeping; had ridden

7. We ... dinner when Dan ... home.

a) were having; had come

b) were having; came

c) had; came

d) had had; came

8. I ... the police after I ... a broken car.

a) called; saw

b) had called; saw

c) called; had seen

d) was calling; was seeing

9. Yesterday Chris ...  his wallet and he ...  for it the whole evening.

a) had lost; looked

b) lost; looked

c) was losing; was looking

d) lost; was looking

10. Last Monday Ann ... her old friend who ... in Kyiv before.

a) met; lived

b) met; had lived

c) had met; was living

d) had met; had lived

11. When the phone ... my colleagues ... out a very important project.

a) rang; worked

b) was ringing; worked

c) rung; were working

d) rang; were working

12. At that time yesterday Max ... mushrooms which he ... in the forest.

a) cooked; had gathered

b) was cooking; gathered

c) was cooking; had gathered

d) cooked; had gathered

Keys:

1C, 2D, 3A, 4A, 5C, 6C, 7B, 8C, 9D, 10B, 11D, 12C