TEST PAPER

A.Choose past simple, past continuous or past perfect to complete the sentences below.
(3 points)
It was Sunday afternoon. I.....................(watch)
a cookery program on TV when I..................(realise) how hungry I was. But of course I was
hungry; I ...................(eat) anything since lunch, and I .................(run) a race in the morning.
“Biscuits!” I ............(think) . My mother .......................(give) me a jar of delicious home-made
biscuits.
I .......................(go) into the kitchen, ...................(open) the fridge and .....................(pour) some
milk in a big glass. Then I ........................(look) for the kitchen chair but it ....................(be)
there: somebody .......................(take) it away. And there were no biscuits in the biscuit jar:
somebody ...................(eat) them all! I was sure I .......................(put) the jar there the previous
day, and I ................................(eat) only one cookie. It was very strange.
A few minutes later, I ................................(drink) my glass of milk when I ......................... (hear)
a loud noise coming from the dining room. I ..............................(go) there quickly and
I ........................(open) the door. I couldn’t believe my eyes. An enormous
monkey ...............................(eat) the biscuits excitedly on the kitchen chair.
B.Identify the tenses of the verbs in bold: (2 points)
1. She was lying in her bed when the phone rang.
2. During the war they killed many people.
3. I will show you my new house some time next week.
4. Last night I slept in my bed for the first time.
5. She never speaks about her future .
6. My friend hadn’t seen me for many years when I met him last week.
7. Has your dog ever bitten anyone?
8. Shakespeare wrote a lot of plays and poems.
9. Denise met your uncle last Friday.
10. Joan has broken four windows since she was born.

C. Use the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets: (2 points)

1. Sebastian ___________(arrive) at Susan´s house a little before 11 a.m., but she

___________(not/be) there. She ___________(study) at the library.
2. The fireman ___________(rescue) a 75-year-old woman who ___________(be)
trapped on the second floor of the burning building.
3. ___________(you/do) any shopping yesterday?
 Yesterday Jane ___________(fall) and ___________(hurt) herself when she
___________(ride) her bicycle.
4. What ___________(Peter / do) when you ___________(knock) on his door?

B.Ask questions with each of the question words! (2 points)

a. I went to my friend’s place yesterday because I didn’t have anything else to

do. (where, when, why)
b. We go to the Italian restaurant about once a week. (how often, where)
(1 point is granted)