FORM:

NAME:
DATE:
TEST PAPER
Fill the blanks with the correct tense of the verb between brackets:
1. The water……………………………………………. (boil), can you turn it off?
2. I’m sorry, you can’t see her now. She……………………………… (have) a shower.
3. They always……………………………………………….. (have) dinner at this time.
4. I…………………………. (be) so happy! I ………………………….(have) a party tonight.
5. Water…………………………………………………… (boil) at 100 degrees Celsius.
6. I …………………………………………..(see) my girlfriend tonight.
7. What ……………………………. (you think) about?
8. He……………………… naughty these days. She ………………(not be) usually like that.
9. Speak louder, please! I ……………………….(not hear) what you ……………………(say).
10. Yummy…the cake…………………………………… (taste) so good!
11. What ……………………….(she do)? Well, she………………………… (taste) that pizza.
12. “Hey, what ………………(you do)?” “I……………… (smell) these beautiful flowers.”
13. Oh, he always………………………. (tell) me the same jokes. My father…………(hate) that.
14. The Danube…………………………. (flow) very fast because of so much rain.
15. We…………………………………. (go) at the baker’s a few minutes ago.
16. “ (You send) ……………………………the mail?” “Yes, I just …………………(send) it.”
17. I…………………………………………… (lose) weight.
18. What …………………………(he do) when he…………………. (see) you yesterday?
19. I………………………………… (listen) to loud music for half an hour!
20. My father ……………………………..(have) this car for only one year.
21. What ……………………………………………..(he talk) about for so long?
22. Mary………………… (be) in the kitchen since she ……………………….……(come).
She…………………………….. (cook) for three hours.
23. How long ………………………………………………(Paul wait) for the train?
24. It’s almost 3 p.m. I …………………………(call) you this morning but you didn’t answer.
25. My cousin……………………………………… (work) very hard recently.
26. When……………………………………… (Paul and Sue meet)?
27. I……………………………………. (not receive) any e-mails so far.
28. She is very exhausted, she……………………………… (work) all day long.
29. “When……………………. (you do) your homework, Dan?” “I
…………………………………..(not finish) it yet, but I ……………………………(write) it
since I ……………………………….(arrive).”
30. Her little sister………………………. (collect) napkins for a long time. She already
…………………………………(have) one hundred last week.
31. How long ………………………………………….(they be) here?
32. Since they last …………………………..(visit) me, they……………………. (see) so many
wonderful places.
33. Excuse me, where you ………………………….(find) this very nice bag?
34. When I………………………. (be) young, I ……………………(want) to become an
engineer.
35. Jane…………………………………….. (wait) for her friend when she…………………..
(see) her cat under a car.
36. At this time yesterday I……………………………………… (cycle) in the park.
37. What ………………………… (you do) when I ………………………….(phone) you?

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38. Everybody ……………………………(have) fun when suddenly the lights ………………..
(go) out.
39. “……………………. (You see) her at the concert last night?” “Of course I ……………….
(do) .
40. ………………………………(You watch) TV when the guests…………………… (arrive)?
41. She………………………….. (laugh) when she ………………….(tell) us the joke. That’s
why we …………………………….(not understand) anything.
42. When I first……………………… (meet) him, he………………… (try) to find a job as an
accountant.
43. The radio was on, but nobody…………………………………… (listen) to it.
44. His grandfather……………….. (fall) asleep while he ………………..(listen) to the news.
45. He …………………….(try) to change a light bulb when he ……………………(fall) off the
ladder and…………………………….. (break) his arm.
46. When I…………………………. (come) in the office, the manager……………………..
(talk) on the phone, his secretary ………………………….(type) a letter and another man
……………………………………..(wait) on the chair in front of the desk.
47. Who …………………………(you talk) to when I……………….. (meet) you in the street?
48. When I ………………………(phone) him, he……………………………. (already buy) the
tickets for the show.
49. By the time Maddie ……………………….(notice), her two little children
………………………….. (paint) the cat.
50. Hardly ……………………………….(she close) her bag when her mobile phone
………………..(ring) again.
51. No sooner………………………… (the doctor leave) than the old lady
………………………….(call) him again.
52. Her grandfather……………………………….. (work) in the army for forty years before he
…………………………………….(retire).
53. When I……………………….. (talk) to him he ………………….(be) exhausted because he
………………………………………(train) for three hours.
54. Before the teacher…………………………………. (come in) the
pupils…………………………… (copy) the homework from one another for half an hour.
55. When the man………………………. (see) the fire in the forest he………………. (call) the
firefighters.
56. When the firefighters……………………………….. (arrive), the
people……………………… (try) to put out the fire for a long time.
57. Jennifer ………………………..(explain) for five minutes when she………………………
(realize) everybody……………………………………. (leave).
58. They ………………………….(be) friends for five years before they…………………… (get
married).
59. He ………………………………(stop) the car the moment he ……………………..(hear)
that strange noise.
60. I …………………………………(come by) as soon as I……………………….( finish ) my
paper.
61. I …………………………………(come by) after I……………………….( finish ) my paper.
62. She told me that she…………………………(wait) for me when I …………………………..
(come) back from holiday on Sunday.