Control work for the 10th grade

Put the verbs in correct tenses: Past Continuous or Past Simple:

1. She _____ (play) computer games at 5 o’clock yesterday.

2. Last spring the flood ______ (destroy) half of the town.

3. He ______ (be) badly hurt during the earthquake.

4. The girl _____ (read) her book the whole morning yesterday.

5. They______ (launch) the spaceship in 1995.

6. What you _____ (do) when ____(start) raining?

7. We _____ (walk) in the park with our neighbors friends.

8. they _____(do) a crossword puzzle or their homework when you ____(come) in?

9. Where ____they (stand) when you ____ (see) them?

10. What Linda _____(do) when I _____ (come) back?

11. Where _____ they (work) at 5 p.m. yesterday at the grocery?

12. She ____ (cook) dinner when the earthquake ____ (shake) the town.

13. The fire _____(destroy) most of the buildings while he _____(sleep).

14. When they _____(travel) around the country they ____(see) a tornado far away.

15. The girl _____ (shake ) with laughter when her mother _____ (come)in.

16. It ____(rain) heavily when she _____( leave) flat without her umbrella.

17. Where you _____ (stand) when you _____ ( hear) a terrible scream?

18. When we _____(find) the puppy it ______(shake) like a leaf in the corner of the street.

19. He ______(write) about disasters when I ______(phone) him yesterday in the afternoon.

20. They _____ (cook) in the cozy kitchen when our relatives ______ (return) form their trip home.

21. When you _______(phone), I ______(play) a new computer game.

22. When the teacher _______(come) into the classroom, Bob ______(make) fun of Ann.

23. It ______(rain) when he _______(get) up yesterday morning.

24. He ______(tell) his friends a frightening story when somebody _______(knock) at the door.

25. I _______(see) that Julia ________(write) a letter in her bedroom.

26. While I _______(work) in the garden, I _______(find) a white little kitten.

27. Yesterday he ______(return) home only at half past eight and ______(be) very tired.

28. She ______(bring) letters to her friends in time.

29. Then she ______(stand) up and _______(leave)the room at once.

30. Her parents _______(watch) TV while she _____ (wash) up in the kitchen.

Put the verbs in Past Perfect or Past Simple:

1. When we ______(come) she already ______(translate) that important article.

2. He ______(call) his friend before he _______(leave) the office.

3. We ______(do) the task by 4 o’clock yesterday without anybody’s help.

4. He ______(change) his mind by that time already and everything was quite calm and stable.

5. I ______ (return) by 10 o’clock yesterday in the morning with all my purchase.

6. She never _____ (hear) the song before the concert.

7. What she ______(translate) before the film______(begin)?

8. He ______(write) three invitation cards by the time I ______(come) back.

9. Who _______(learn) the words by Friday last week?

10. It ______(finish) snowing by 8 o’clock in the evening.

11. By 5 p.m. the rain ______(stop) and they easily ______(go) to the hiking in the park.

12. When they _______(arrive) at the cinema, the film _____(begin) already.

13. When she ______(come) to the station, the train ______(leave) already.

14. The girl _____(do) her homework before she ______(go) to the park.

15. Tom ______(do) already his work when his mother _______(call) him.

16. We _______(be) very pleased to see Alice again. We _____(not see) her for three years.

17. Mike ______(play) chess badly yesterday, he ______(play) never chess before.

18. She ______(give) it to the messenger boy by the time her family members _______(return) from the shop.