Question

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

Answer 1

Ответ:

was lying

was watching

heard

came

went

picked up

headed for

opened

saw

was searching

was

dropped

was carrying

crashed

turned

saw

examined

remembered

left

were

passed

said

got

understood

didn't do

saw

travelled

showed

drew

visited

lived

entered

already begun

finished

b

c

a

a

d

c

a

a

c

a

Объяснение:

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