1 Grammar task
A) Open the brackets: Past Simple or Past Continuous?
A funny story
Last night I was alone at home. I __________________1 (lie) on my bed and I
_________________2 (watch) TV when I ________________3 (hear) a strange noise. The
noise ________________4 (come) from the kitchen. I _______________5 (go) downstairs,
________________6 (pick up) a heavy vase from the table and ________________7 (head
for) the kitchen. I ___________________8 (open) the door very slowly. Then I
__________________9 (see) someone. He ____________________10 (search) in the fridge. I
______________11 (be) so frightened that I ________________12 (drop) the vase I
___________________13 (carry) and it _________________14 (crash) onto the floor. The
man _______________15 (turn) towards the door and I ______________16 (see) his face. It
was my husband!
Score: ___/16
B) Open the brackets: Past Perfect or Past Simple?
1 By two o'clock the teacher ______________________________1 (examine) all the
students.
2 On my way to school I ______________________2
(remember) that I
__________________3 (leave) my report at home.
3 My friends _______________4 (be) glad to hear that I _________________5 (pass) all the
exams successfully.
4 Lanny ________________6 (say) that he _________________7 (get) his education in Cape
Town.
5 The teacher ___________________8 (understand) that Helen _____________________9
(not do) her homework.
6 All the passengers ________________10
(see) at once that the old man
______________________11 (travel) a great deal in his life.
7 Nick _____________________12
(show) the teacher the picture which he
_______________________13 (draw).
8 During the holidays my friend ____________________14 (visit) the village where he
_______________15 (live) in his childhood.
9 When they __________________16
(enter) the hall, the performance
____________________________17 (already / begin).
10 Michael ___________________________18 (finish) his homework by seven o'clock
yesterday.
C) Choose the right variant.
1 The weather _______________ last week.
a) is good b) was good c) were good d) are good
2 Why ________________ late this morning?
a) did you b) was you c) were you d) you were
3 I _____________________ television yesterday.
a) didn’t watch b) didn’t watched c) wasn’t watched d) didn’t watching
4 What ______________ at 11.3 yesterday?
a) were you doing b) was you doing c) you were doing d) did you do
5 Jack was reading a book when the phone ________________.
a) ringing b) ring c) was ringing d) rang
6 I saw Lucy and Steve this morning. They ________________ at the bus stop.
a) waiting b) waited c) were waiting d) were waited
7 They __________________ (eat) everything by the time I arrived at the party.
a) had eaten b) ate c) were eating d) eaten
8 Nobody came to the meeting because Angela _________to tell people about it.
a) forgot b) had forgotten c) forget d) was forgotten
9 He was very nervous on the plane because he had never flown _____________.
a) just b) already c) before d) ever
10 I was sorry that I __________________ nicer to him.
a) wasn’t b) didn’t be c) am not d) hadn’t been

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