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Test Paper

1. Choose between Past Continuous or Past Simple

 It ______________________ (rain) when we __________________ (come) out of the
shopping center.
 She ______________________ (have) a beautiful dream when the alarm clock
________________ (ring).
 I _________________(eat) while you _____________(watch TV).

2. Look at this picture of a town showing the route for a race. Now fill the gaps using the : across,
along, at, down, in front of, past, from, under, through, up.

a) The race starts _________ the Town Hall. The runners go ________ the Town Hall and they run
________the main square, to the river. Then they run over New Bridge and they go ________the
road beside the river for about 200 yards. They go ________ the theatre and ________Castle
Hill. They turn right ________ the castle, and they go ________ Steep Hill. Then they go
________the tunnel ________the river, and they finish at the station.
b) You are on the street and two strangers stop you and ask you for directions. Help them using
prepositions of movement.
A:1 Excuse me, how can I get from the Railway Station to the New Bridge ?
A2: Sorry, could you tell me how to get from the Sleep Hill to the Town Hall ?
3. Complete the sentences using Past Continuous

1)He (map) _______ _______ the city last year.

2) The scouts (walk) _______ _______ on the Appalachian Trail when it began to rain.
3) Eddie: Which sign were you looking for? Tommy: I (look) _______ _______ for the "Ranger
Station" sign.
4) Last Friday at ten o'clock, the boss (pay) _______ _______ the workers.
5) Hannah (sew) ______ _______ costumes for the play; she finished them.
6) The retirees (go) _______ _______ on a bus trip last September; they wanted to see Yosemite.
7) Mildred: What did you want to find in that store? Harriet: I (hope) _______ _______ to find a
souvenir, but there were none that I liked.
8) Red ants (bite) _______ _______ our ankles yesterday until we used insecticide.