TEST Past Simple & Past Continuous

Write the past forms of the irregular verbs.

1.go 6. begin 11. blow

2.come 7. feel 12. drive

3.buy 8. understand 13. fall

4.have 9. eat 14.ride

5.do 10. choose 15. shake

Put the sentences into simple past.

1. We open the door. →

2. You write poems. →

3. Richard plays in the garden. →

4. Kerry does not speak English. →

5. Do you see the bird? →

Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses

1. A: What (you, do)___________________ when the accident occurred?

B: I (try) ________________to change a light bulb that had burnt out.

2. After I (find) ____________the wallet full of money, I (go, immediately) ________________to the
police and (turn) _____________it in.

3. The doctor (say)______________ that Tom (be) ____________too sick to go to work and that he
(need) _____________to stay at home for a couple of days.

4. Sebastian (arrive) _______________at Susan's house a little before 9:00 PM, but she (be, not)
___________there. She (study, at the library) _______________for her final examination in French.

5. Sandy is in the living room watching television. At this time yesterday, she (watch, also)____________
television. That's all she ever does!

6. A: I (call)_________ you last night after dinner, but you (be, not)__________ there. Where were you?
B: I (work) ____________out at the fitness center.

7. I (watch) ________________a mystery movie on TV when the electricity(go) _____________out.

Now I am never going to find out how the movie ends.

8. Sharon (be)____________ in the room when John (tell)____________ me what happened, but she
(not hear) ____________anything because she (listen, not)_________________ .

9. It's strange that you (call) _______________because I (think, just)________________ about you.

Translate these sentences:

1. Iarna trecuta am mers la ski in fiecare weekend.

2. Ce faceai cand te-am suna ieri dupa-masa? Dormeam, si telefonul tau m-a trezit!
3. In timp ce ma spalam pe dinti, cineva a batut la usa.
4. L-am sunat pe John, dar el juca fotbal cu prietenii lui si nu a auzit telefonul.
5. Ce faceai saptamana trecuta pe vremea asta? Ma uitam la un film la televizor.
6. Anul trecut am fost in vacanta la mare. A fost minunat!
7. Luna trecuta am fost la un interviu pentru un loc de munca. Nu m-au sunat inca.
8. Si-a luat Mary poseta cand a plecat?
9. In drum spre casa m-am intalnit cu un vechi prieten.