Name: …………………………………………………………………….

Grade: ……………………………………………………………………..

TEST PAPER

1. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the verbs in brackets: Past

Simple affirmative, negative or interrogative:

a. My friend ………………………………………………………………..……….(not to come) to my

birthday party last night.

b. ……………………………………………………………………………………….…(Jane/ find) her dog

after all yesterday afternoon ?

c. We ……………………………………………………………………….………….(forget) to buy bread

for dinner yesterday.

d. She ……………………………………………………………………………………(give) her sister a

very nice bracelet last Christmas.

e. Some of my classmates …………………………………………….………………(not to do)

their homework yesterday.

f. ………….……………………………………………………………………………………….…..(you/ send)

Matt that interesting e-mail last night?

2. What were they doing at …..?

a) 5 p.m. yesterday?

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

b) … 10 pm yesterday ?

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

c) … 8 o’clock yesterday morning

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 d) … noon yesterday?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

3. Fill in the blanks with Past Simple or Past Continuous:

a. They ……………………………………………………………….……… (look) at a nice jacket when

they ……………………………………………………….…………..(see) the woman stealing the skirt.

b. As I …………………………………………………………….…..(try) to catch my dog in the park,

I ……………………………………………………… (find) a wallet next to a bench last weekend.

c. Jim’s mother …………………………………………………………………………………….…….(prepare)

dinner while Jim …………………………………………………………………………………(set) the table.

d. He …………………………………………………………………………..…………..(hear) a frightening

scream while …………………………………………..………..(walk) his dog last night.

e. The children ………………………………………………………………………………..…………(watch ) a

horror movie when their father…………………………………………….………..(come) home.

f. The teacher…………………………………………………………………………………..……………..(read)

“Cinderella” fairy tale while the children ………………………………………………………..…….

(listen) attentively.

4. Past Simple : definition.

5. Past Continuous: definition.