I.

Use the past simple or past progressive to complete the sentences

1. Putra ……………(fall) off the ladder while he ……………(paint)
the ceiling.
2. Last night I …………… (read) in the bed when I suddenly
…………… (hear) a scream
3. ………………( you watch) tv when I ……………..(call) you ?
4. Audi ……………(wait) for me when I ……………(arrive)
5. i……………………( not drive) very fast when the accident
…………………(happen)
6. I …………………(break) a plate last night i………………(wash)
the dishes when it ……………………(slip ) out of my hand
7. Tom……………….(take) some photos when i………….(play) in
the garden
8. We ………………… (not go) out because it……………….(rain)
9. What……………..(you do) last week ?
10. i……………… (see) carol at the party. She…………….(wear) a
new dress.
11. The cell phone ……………..(ring) when I ………………. (take) a
shower
12. It ………………….(begin) to rain when I …………..(walk) home.
13. We ……………. (see) an accident when we………….(wait) for the
bus
14. The children ……………….(sleep) all night
15. The car………………(make) stranger noises all the way home

II. Question about tenses, fill this blank with the correct answer (score 1)
1. By ths weekend , they………… this salary (receive)
2. Don’t phone at 9 a.m. tomorrow, because you……………. This
meeting (attend)
3. After you………this news,you will go home (hear)
4. They…………….badminton before my friend buy basketball (will
play)
5. After you had kissed this girl, you…………….. her kick (get)
6. When fatha………… something, I will give him a cup of tea
( write)
7. i………….. this book while I am listening this radio (read)
8. audi can’t have been looking where she………. In there (walk)
9. dira………….. that problem for one month (solve)
10. ……………….. tarakan city been raining all day ?
 11. Odi……. At RRI FM until now. ( work)
12. …………he designed that building this year (to be)
13. Fatha …………. Indonesia vs Thailand when alfi came to his
home. (watch)
14. ………….. audifa done her study when her husband visited her last
year
15. ……. He listen this song yesterday ? (to be)

III. Underlined subject and verb agreement in parentheses (score 1)

1. Your friendship over the years and your support (has/have) meant a
great deal
2. Harnihon family center, a shelter fotr teenage runaways in san
Francisco, (offters/offer) awide variety of service
3. The main source of income for Trinidad (is/are) oil and pitch
4. The chances of your being promoted (is/are) excellent.
5. There( was/were) a pokemond card stuck to the refrigerator
6. Neither the professor nor his assistants (was/were) able to solve the
mysteryof the oerie glow in the labolatory
7. Many hours at the driving range (has/have) led us to design golf
balls with GPSlocators in thern
8. Discovered in the soil of our city garde (was/wee) a button dating
from the civil war ating from the turn of the century
9. Every year, during the midsummer festival, the smoke of village
bonfires (fills/fill) the sky
10. The story performers (was/were) surrounded by children and adults
eager to see magical tales
11. Odi and her brothers (is/are) at school
12. The dog or the cats (is/are) outside
13. Either my shoes or your coat (is/are) always on the floor
14. One of my sisters (is/are) going on a trip to france
15. The man with all the birds (live/lives) on my street
16. The movie, including all the previews, (take/takes) about two hours
to watch
17. Either answer (is/are) acceptable
18. Every one of those books (is/are) fiction.
19. (is/are) the news on at five or six?
20. English dollars (is/ are) the price of a movie these days.
IV. Identify the noun clauses in the following sentences
1. I hope to win the first prize
2. I triend to solve the puzzle
3. Did you enjoy reading this book ?
4. The boys wants to go home
5. Horses prefer living in dark stables
6. The accused refused to answer the
7. The boy denied thealing the money
8. To write such rubbish is disgraceful
9. I dislike having to punish my kids
10. I will hate to do such a thing

V. Put the verbs into the correct forms (past progressive)

1. Yesterday at six i……….. (prepare) dinner.
2. The kids……… (play) in the garden when it suddenly began to this
3. I …….. ..(practice) the guitar when he came home
4. We …………………………. (not/ cycle) all day
5. While alan ………… (work) in his room, his friend ………….
(swim) in the pool
6. I tried to tell them the truth but they……….. (not/listen)
7. What……. (you/do) yesterday ?
8. Most of the time we………(sit) in the park
9. I ………… (listen) to the radio while my sister…........(watch) TV
10. When I arrived, they …………… (play) cards

VI. Decides whether those nouns are countable (C) or uncountable (U)
1. I don’t like milk
2. Scientists say that the environment is threatened by pollution
3. There a lot of windows in our classroom
4. The waiters in this restaurant are very professional
5. My father drinks two big glasses of water every morning
6. Drivers must be carefull, the road is slippery
7. Some policemen are organizing road traffic to avoid any accidents
8. I bought three bootles of mineral water for our picnic
9. Successful candidates will join the camp later this year
10. The exercises on this website are interesting