Assessment work of using The Past Simple and The Past Continuous Tenses

Form 7

Name(full)_______________ Date(full)_____________________ Form___________

Assessment work

1. Match the words

• interesting a. reports

• chat b. strips

• local c. message

• cartoon d. advice

• weather e. horoscopes

• text f. shows

• TV g. articles

• celebrity h. news

• daily i. guide

• beauty j. gossip

1. Choose the correct word.

• stray • members • idea • record • proud

1. Fred came up with a great______!

2. The Animal Watch club helps_____ animals.

3. Our teacher was very____ of her students.

4. The athlete broke the world____ for the 100 m race.

5. There are 200 _____in our club.

1. Fill in the gaps with: on, with, off.

• We must use those eggs soon before they go___ .

• Go_____ .I’m listening to you.

• That blouse goes really well ___ your skirt.

• My alarm clock went____ at 7 o`clock .

1. Put the verbs in the past continuous.

1. Bob _____ (play) football in the park at 10 am this morning.

2. Mark _______ (send) e-mails until 11 pm last night.

3. He_______ (recover) in hospital for two weeks after his fall.

4. Jane______ (read) the newspaper when the phone rang.

5. Tom _______ (watch) TV when Jane arrived.

5. Put the verbs in the past simple or the past continuous.

• Kate ____ (cook) breakfast when she______(hear) a noise in the garden.

• Jim _______ (read) a newspaper when the fire _______(start).

• My parents _______ (watch) TV while I______(sleep).

• When Joe ______ (see) the lion, he _____(run) away.