1 Grammar task
A) Open the brackets: Past Simple or Past Continuous?
A funny story
Last night I was alone at home. I 1 (lie) on my bed and I
2 (watch) TV when I 3 (hear) a strange noise. The
noise 4 (come) from the kitchen. I 5 (go) downstairs,
6 (pick up) a heavy vase from the table and 7 (head
for) the kitchen. I 8 (open) the door very slowly. Then I
9 (see) someone. He 10 (search) in the fridge. I
11 (be) so frightened that I 12 (drop) the vase I
13 (carry) and it 14 (crash) onto the floor. The
man 15 (turn) towards the door and I 16 (see) his face. It
was my husband!
Score: ___/16
B) Open the brackets: Past Perfect or Past Simple?
1 By two o'clock the teacher 1 (examine) all the
students.
2 On my way to school I 2
(remember) that I
3 (leave) my report at home.
3 My friends 4 (be) glad to hear that I 5 (pass) all the
exams successfully.
4 Lanny 6 (say) that he 7 (get) his education in Cape
Town.
5 The teacher 8 (understand) that Helen 9
(not do) her homework.
6 All the passengers 10
(see) at once that the old man
11 (travel) a great deal in his life.
7 Nick 12
(show) the teacher the picture which he
13 (draw).
8 During the holidays my friend 14 (visit) the village where he
15 (live) in his childhood.
9 When they 16
(enter) the hall, the performance
17 (already / begin).
10 Michael 18 (finish) his homework by seven o'clock
yesterday.
C) Choose the right variant.
1 The weather last week.
a) is good b) was good c) were good d) are good
2 Why late this morning?
a) did you b) was you c) were you d) you were
3 I television yesterday.
a) didn’t watch b) didn’t watched c) wasn’t watched d) didn’t watching
4 What at 11.3 yesterday?
a) were you doing b) was you doing c) you were doing d) did you do
5 Jack was reading a book when the phone .
a) ringing b) ring c) was ringing d) rang
6 I saw Lucy and Steve this morning. They at the bus stop.
a) waiting b) waited c) were waiting d) were waited
7 They (eat) everything by the time I arrived at the party.
a) had eaten b) ate c) were eating d) eaten
8 Nobody came to the meeting because Angela to tell people about it.
a) forgot b) had forgotten c) forget d) was forgotten
9 He was very nervous on the plane because he had never flown .
a) just b) already c) before d) ever
10 I was sorry that I nicer to him.
a) wasn’t b) didn’t be c) am not d) hadn’t been