Diagnostic Test 8th grade

1. Use the Past simple in the following statements.

a) Jane _____________ (to watch) a film yesterday.

b) He _______________ (not to carry) a box to school.
c) ___________________ (they/to help) their father last week?
d) John and Amy __________ (to swap) books in class.
e) I ______________ (not to talk) to Andrew in the English class.
f) _____________ (Susan/to dance) with Peter?
g) The boys______________ (to try) to play football in the playground.
h) The teacher __________________ (not/to plan) a school trip with us.
i) She _______________ (to wash) her hair.
j) She____________ (to study) his English verbs for the test.

2. Put the following verbs in the Past Continuous.

1. Who ________________________ (you/to play) tennis with?

2. I ________________________ (not to listen) to Tom on the phone.
3. ________________________ (he/to fix) that broken light bulb?
4. ________________________ (she/to sleep) when we arrived?
5. We ________________________ (to phone) them, when they rang the doorbell.
6. I ________________________ (to do) my homework.

3. Use the past continuous to write sentences.

1. My friends / play / basketball / . ________________________________

2. Juliana / run / the park / . _____________________________________

3. Sheila and Thomas / walk / their dog / . _________________________

4. The Stewart family / have / a picnic / . _________________________

5. Alex and Mike / play / football / . _______________________________

6. Aunt Rose / paint / . _____________________________

7. they / paint / their bedroom /. __________________________________

8. he / watch / TV / ? ___________________________________________

9. it / rain / not / . ___________________________________________

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10. we / write / not / a letter / . ____________________________________

11. your mother / listen / to music / ? ______________________________

4. Ask questions, beginning with what, where or who.

1. ___________________________________________________________?
My friends were watching a concert.

2. ___________________________________________________________?
Andy was standing at the bus stop near the park entrance.

3. ___________________________________________________________?
He was waiting for his girlfriend.

5. Fill in the gaps with the past simple in the correct form.

A) Last Sunday there 1___________ (be) some clouds in the sky, but it 2___________ (not
/ be) cold. So, the Griffins 3___________ (decide) to go out. They 4___________ (have) a
picnic in the countryside and the children 5___________ (play) with Brian. They
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___________ (spend) a happy afternoon together. Stewie and Meg 7___________ (not /
want) to go back home.

B) Fivel Stewart 1___________ (surprise) her brother on his last birthday. She
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___________ (invite) close friends and 3___________ (plan) a birthday party for him.
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___________ (there + to be) many cakes and Fivel 5___________ (not / forget) to buy an
ice cream cake, Booboos favourite. Everybody 6___________ (eat), 7___________ (drink)
and 8___________ (sing) Happy birthday. Booboo 9___________ (enjoy) his party very
much.

6. Make sentences in the past continuous. Supply the missing words.

1. 8 oclock yesterday / Steve / get / ready to go out / .
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2. His parents / not prepare / dinner / .
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3. What / you / study / the school library / ?
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7. Underline the correct form of the verbs in the Past Simple.

Infinitive Past Simple Infinitive Past Simple

run ran / runned open openned / opened
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sing singed / sang drive droved / drove

write writed / wrote study studyed / studied
stop stopped / stoped swim swimmed / swam
dance danced / dancing paint painted / paint

8. Choose the correct option in the Past Simple.

a. Thats a nice man. Where do you meet / did you meet him?
b. Did Samantha study / Samantha study in her room last night?
c. What restaurants did you try / did you tried in Las Vegas?
d. We werent / wasnt very lucky with the weather.
e. Yesterday I rode / ridden my longboard all the way to my house.
f. Im sad because Richard doesnt want / didnt want to teach me.
g. Last year John was driving / drove to Russia.

9. Choose the correct sentence in the Past Simple.

9.1 Are you sad?

a. Were you sad? b. Was you sad?
9.2 I watch a lot of movies.
a. I watching a lot of movies. b. I watched a lot of movies.
9.3 The actress plays her role very well.
a. The actress played her role well. b. The actress is playing her role well.
9.4 I live in Luanda.
a. I dont live in Luanda. b. I lived in Luanda.
9.5 Do you eat hamburgers?
a. Did you eat hamburgers? b. Do you ate hamburgers?

10. Complete these sentences with the Past Simple or the Past Continuous.

1. Jack _________ (have) dinner in Jamie Olivers restaurant when Kate _______ (phone)
him and _______ (ask):
2. What _______ you _______(do) yesterday at nine? I _______ (try) to call you but you
_________ (not answer)!
I _________ (eating) a delicious meal with my family in Fifteen.
3. When Jack _______ (meet) Jamie Oliver, he ________ (ask) people their opinion about
the restaurant.
4. Jamie Oliver ________ (open) his restaurant in 2002.

11. Circle the correct option: Past Continuous or Past Simple?

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1. Stella hanged out / was hanging out with her friends when they saw / were seeing a car
accident.
2. While Paul was playing / played football with his brother, his parents were reading /
read the newspaper.
3. Sarah waited / was waiting for her friends after school when she found / was finding 5
on the ground. She was / was being happy so she decided / was deciding to buy a coke.
4. Drake was doing his homework / di his homework when his parents came /were
coming with his new skate.
5. Jamie was riding / rode his bike when he broke / was breaking his leg.
6. The cats were running /run after the rats while I was cleaning / cleaned the yard.