Тест "Времена группы Past" 8 класс

TEST

PAST TENSES

(8 form)

1. Choose the correct tense

1. She looked tired. She … (planted/was planting/had been planting) flowers all morning.

2. I … (was playing/played/had played) volleyball when the ball hit my head.

3. His clothes were smudgy because he … (finished/had finished/was finished) painting the walls.

4. When I was five my parents … (were buying/bought/had been buying) a piano for me.

5. Kim … (was dancing/danced/had danced) when her husband opened the door.

6. He … (cut/was cutting/had been cutting) the grass for an hour when suddenly the lawn-mower broke down.

7. First I … (had taken off/took off/was taking off) my coat, then I went to the bathroom.

8. She forgot everything she … (had studied/was studying/studied) at a driving school.

9. Mary … ( ate, had been eating, had eaten, was eating) all the sweets before her brother came home.

10. Jane left work very late because she …( was typing, typed, had been typing, had typed) letters all day

1. Put the verbs into the correct past tense.

Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous.

to take

1. Greg didn’t answer the phone because he … a shower.

12. I couldn’t find my umbrella, but then I remembered that my sister … it to school.

13. Frank … the candle and walked downstairs.

1. We … the exam for 2 hours when a policeman entered the room.

to wash

1. I saw Sam in the kitchen. He … his hands.

2. They … their windows last spring.

3. By the time I came home Jane … already the dishes.

4. His wife … the mushrooms since the early morning, so he decided to help her.

to do

1. By midnight he … all the work.

2. I … my homework when you phoned.

3. Dad … that crossword since morning.

4. She … her hair and left for work.

1. Join the sentences using the words in brackets. Mind the tenses

1. Ann made a salad. She cut her finger.(as)

2. Liz fed the baby. Then John arrived (already….when).

3. We bought the tickets. Then we went to the theatre. ( before ).

4. I worked in the garden. Betty called me. ( when ).

5. Pam watched TV. Her mum cooked (while).

6. The kids went to bed. Steve came home (by the time).