John Pauls School

JHS
English Test Unit 1 Part 1

Name: _______________________
Class: ________________________

Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use the Simple
Past. Watch the punctuation and form sentences or
questions. (10 points)
Example: ____ she ____ (surf) the Internet?
Answer: Did she surf the Internet?
1. I______ (do) my Mathematic homework yesterday.
2. ______Susan ______ (go) to England by plane?
3. They _______ (visit) a farm two weeks ago.
4. Jenny and Peggy ______ (not/ help) their brother.
5. The children _______ (not/to be) at home last weekend.
6. When ______you _______ (design) this wonderful skirt?
7. My mother _______ (not/crash) into the van.
8. The boys _______ (take off) the mudguards of their bicycles.
9. ______ you ________ (phone) your aunt last week?
10.
He ______ (not/drink) milk at school.

Combine these words to write questions in Simple Past.

(10 points)
1. Anna / the window / open
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2. she / home / walk
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3. you / in the garden / work

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4. you / a song / sing
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5. she / on a chair / sit
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6. you / the castle / visit
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7. Jenny / the door / lock
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8. she / happy / be
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9. Greg / the ball / kick
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10.
the car / at the corner / stop
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Fill in the blanks with the words given by using Simple

Past. (20 points)
rob
vanish
enter
fail
smile
need
request
look
dash
appear
chase
search
question
arrive
want
abandon
neglect
receive
identify
storm

The State Bank

This morning at 8:33, someone ________ (1)the State Bank downtown. The
thief ________ (2)the bank and stated that he ________ (3) all their money.
The thief ________ (4) but ________ (5) very tired. The tellers seemed
worried. The thief _______ (6) the money he _________ (7), asked to be
excused, then ________ (8) out quickly as the door revolved. He ________ (9)
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down the street and screeched away in a damaged car that rattled,
squeaked and smoked. It _________ (10) that he really ________ (11) the
money. The police soon __________ (12). They barreled and _________ (13)
down the street. They ________ (14) and _________ (15) bystanders, but the
thief __________ (16). The police ________ (17) to catch him. Investigators
__________ (18) the case and _________ (19) to do anything else. The money
was never recovered and the thief _____ never __________ (20) the report of
the incident ended.

Fill in the missing words into the gaps. (20 points)

Infinitive

Simple Past

Past Participle
Gone

Buy
Choose
Cut
Spent
Kept
Drink
Brought
Fell
Sell
Lent
Lay
Blessed
Hit
Rewritten
Sit
Understand
Forgiven
Wept
Paid
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space provided below! Minimum 30 sentences. (40
points)
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 Good Luck