Test 2A

Grammar Section 2
NAME .......................................................................................................... DATE ....................................
CLASS .......................................................................................................... MARK ––––––
100
(Time 20 minutes)

1 Underline the correct item. 4 Put the verbs in brackets into the past
simple or past perfect.
1 What time were you leaving/did you leave
from the party last night? 1 A: Did you manage to get tickets for this
2 While Samuel was chopping/chopped Sunday’s match?
vegetables, he cut his finger with the knife. B: No. Unfortunately by the time I got to the
3 Tim was playing/played for a football team ticket office ....................................................
when he was a teenager. (they/already/sell) out!
4 While Jane was making a cake, John was
2 A: How was Susan’s trip to Bali?
fixing/fixed the television set.
B: It ............................................... (be) her first
5 How many times did you call/were you calling
time there and she had the time of her life!
me yesterday?
3 A: When I reached the office, I realised that I
(5x4=20)
......................... (forget) my phone at home.
B: Well, you should be more careful next time
2 Put the verbs into the correct past
Tom!
tense.
4 A: What time ......................................................
1 While I ...................................... (write) an email ........................... (you/arrive) at the airport?
on the computer, the power suddenly went out. B: At midnight! We were supposed to arrive at
2 Jason …………………. (live) in Melbourne for 8pm, but we had a 4-hour delay in Singapore.
twelve years before he moved to Sydney. 5 A: Why did John borrow money from you again?
3 Why ............................................. (you/not/tell)
B: Because he ..................................... (spend)
me that you were planning to quit your job?
all his savings while on holiday in Italy and
4 As the children ......................................... (play) couldn’t afford to pay his rent!
in the garden, mum and dad ..............................
(prepare) lunch. (5x4=20)
5 Susan ............................................ (not/realise)
how beautiful some parts of Eastern Europe 5 Underline the correct item.
were, until she finally visited them.
1 I haven’t been/didn’t go to the rock concert
(5x4=20)
last night.
2 I’m so hungry. I haven’t eaten/didn’t eat
3 Underline the correct item.
anything since this morning.
3 Claude Monet has created/created many
1 James has yet/just finished his homework.
famous paintings.
2 I’ve never/ever been to South America. Have
4 Ann left/has left for Spain three months ago to
you? do a postgraduate course.
3 Maria has already/just been to this restaurant
5 Tom has lived/lived in Greece for three years
before and says it’s the best in town.
now. Is he ever coming back?
4 How long before/ago did you start working for
(5x4=20)
the company?
5 I have lived in Rome since/for 2003.
(5x4=20)

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 Test 2B
Grammar Section 2
NAME .......................................................................................................... DATE ....................................
CLASS .......................................................................................................... MARK ––––––
100
(Time 20 minutes)

1 Underline the correct item. 4 Put the verbs in brackets into the past
simple or past perfect.
1 John was playing/played for a football team
when he was a teenager. 1 A: Why did Harry borrow money from you
2 How many times did you call/were you calling again?
me yesterday? B: Because he ..................................... (spend)
3 While Paul was making a cake, George was all his savings while on holiday in Italy and
fixing/fixed the television set. couldn’t afford to pay his rent!
4 While Amanda was chopping/chopped
2 A: What time ......................................................
vegetables, she cut her finger with the knife.
........................... (you/arrive) at the airport?
5 What time were you leaving/did you leave
B: At midnight! We were supposed to arrive at
from the party last night?
8pm, but we had a 4-hour delay in Singapore.
(5x4=20)

3 A: Did you manage to get tickets for this

2 Put the verbs into the correct past
Sunday’s match?
tense.
B: No. Unfortunately by the time I got to the
ticket office ....................................................
1 As the children ......................................... (play)
(they/already/sell) out!
in the garden, mum and dad ..............................
(prepare) lunch.
2 Jason ............................................ (not/realise) 4 A: How was John’s trip to Bali?
how beautiful some parts of Eastern Europe B: It ................................................ (be) his first
were, until he finally visited them. time there and he had the time of his life!
3 While I ...................................... (write) an email
on the computer, the power suddenly went out.
5 A: When I reached the office, I realised that I
4 Christina …………………. (live) in Sydney for
......................... (forget) my phone at home.
twelve years before she moved to Melbourne. B: Well, you should be more careful next time
5 Why ............................................. (you/not/tell)
Bill!
me that you were planning to quit your job?
(5x4=20)
(5x4=20)

3 Underline the correct item.

5 Underline the correct item.

1 William has already/just been to this restaurant

1 Claude Monet has created/created many
before and says it’s the best in town.
famous paintings.
2 I have lived in Paris since/for 2003. 2 Ann has lived/lived in France for three years
3 How long before/ago did you start working for
now. Is she ever coming back?
the company?
3 John left/has left for Greece three months ago
4 I’ve never/ever been to Sweden. Have you? to do a postgraduate course.
5 Susan has yet/just finished her homework.
4 I’m so hungry. I haven’t eaten/didn’t eat
(5x4=20) anything since this morning.
5 I haven’t been/didn’t go to the jazz concert
last night.
(5x4=20)

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