NAME……………………………………………………………..

TEST PAPER

1. Provide the Past Simple and the Past Participle for the following verbs:
INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE
FALL
HIDE
KNOW
THINK
WAKE

2. Choose the correct item:

 He wanted to sunbathe alone, so he went to a deserted/crowded/silent beach.
 The strong wind made the small boat rock/lift/blow from side to side.
 We’re trying to socialize/include/improve working conditions in this office.
 John is going to change/retire/reassure next year as she’s tired of working.
 I can’t eat low-fat/junk/fussy food because I’m trying to lose weight.
3. Fill in the correct word from the list: many, much, a few, a little, some:
A: How…………………cheese do you need?
B:Just…………………We only have……………..eggs left, though.
A:Okay. I’ll buy…………….., then. How……………….shall I get?
B: I think six will be enough.

4. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect or the Past Simple:
A: What’s the matter, Bill?
B: I…………………………………….(hurt) my arm.
A: Oh, when………………………………(you/do) that?
B: I …………………………….(do) it yesterday when I was playing football.
A: Is it still painful?
B: Well, it…………………………………..(hurt) a lot when it ………………………..(happen).
A:………………………………………………(you/see) a doctor yet?
B:Yes, I ……………………………………..(go) last night but I …………………………
(not/break) any bones and I just need to rest.
A: No football for you for a while, then!
B: Oh, I don’t know about that! I ………………………………………….(never/injure) myself
playing football before. Besides, I’m sure I’ll be okay in a few days.

5. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect
 A:……………………………(they/finish) painting the house when you …………………
(return)?
B:Yes, and they …………………….……(also /fix) the roof.

 A:What…………………(happen) to Cathy?
B: Well, she…………………….(play) in her room and I ……………………….(cook)
dinner, when, suddenly, I……………………..(hear) a noise coming from kitchen. I
………………..(run) and ……..…………………..(discover) that
Cathy…………………….(just/put) her China doll in the washing machine.
A:Oh, dear!...............................(hurt) herself?
B: No, thank goodness, but she was upset because her doll…………………….(break)
and we had to throw it away!

 By the time Vicky woke up, the children……………………………(already/make)

breakfast.

 Diana…………………………..(never/see) an elephant before she went to Africa.

 John had just finished eating when the doorbell……………………………..(ring).