Test. "Past Simple, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous Tenses".

Test. "Past Simple, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous Tenses".

Choose the most suitable answer for gaps below.

Вопрос 1

I was very late. When I arrived the conference _____.

1. was already starting

2. started

3. had already started

Вопрос 2

When he heard the police knocking on the door, he ____ under the bed.

1. hid

2. was hiding

3. had hidden

Вопрос 3

The police arrested him because he _____ a gun.

1. had carried

2. was carrying

3. carried

Вопрос 4

After the police arrested him, he said that he _____ anything wrong. 

1. didn't do

2. wasn't doing

3. hadn't done

Вопрос 5

When he said that he loved me, I knew that he _____. 

1. lied

2. was lying

3. had lied

Вопрос 6

I looked at him and I knew he _____ in a fight, because he had a black eye.

1. had been

2. was

3. was being

Вопрос 7

He pulled out a gun and everybody _____ away.

1. ran

2. was running

3. had run

Вопрос 8

When I was a child, we _____ anywhere at weekends; it was boring.

1. were never going

2. never went

3. had never gone

Вопрос 9

When he retired he _____ in the company for more than 50 years.

1. was being

2. was

3. had been

Вопрос 10

We had the accident because I _____ to the road.

1. wasn't paying attention

2. hadn't paid attention

3. didn't pay attention

Вопрос 11

Sab Than, prince of Zodanga, ____ (have)  her _____ (hide) in the city and ______ (have/fall) madly in love with her.

1. has ...... hidden ............ has fallen

2. had ....... hidden ……. had fallen

3. was ...….hid ……. was falling

Вопрос 12

I ____ (have) finally _____ (find) love.

1. had …. found

2. have ….found

3. had …. find

Вопрос 13

Could he _____ (have/desire) that if he ______ (have/ love) me?

1. has desired …… had loved

2. have desired....... had loved

3. have desire ……. has loved

Вопрос 14

Why _____ (have) you ______ (involve) the boy in this?

1. had …… involved

2. had …… involving

3. have ….. involved

Вопрос 15

My work _____ (have/ attractive) a lot of attention lately.

1. have attracting

2. has attracted

3. had attracted

Вопрос 16

We lay still, and then I too heard what ______ (have/attractive) her attention.

1. has attracted

2. had attracting

3. had attracted

Вопрос 17

They all pretended they ______ (have/not/hear).

1. haven't hear

2. had not heard

3. have not hearing

Вопрос 18

I ________ (have/ run) a project with Nimah Amin and her sister, Raina, since you arrived.

1. had run

2. have been running

3. had been run

Вопрос 19

"What have you ______ (be/ do) tonight?" she asked.

1. was doing

2. been doing

3. been done

Вопрос 20

I've just been informed that the manuscript of my memoirs, which I thought _____(have/ lose), ______ (have arrive)at my publisher's office.

1. has been lost, has arrived

2. had lost, has been arriving

3. had been lost, has arrived