the 8th of December

Name:
2016
Class: IX A
TEST PAPER

I. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or the Past Continuous: (20p)
1. My dog (walk) .................................. along quietly when Mr. Pitts Pekinese
(attack) .............................. him.
2. When I ............................(arrive), she (have) .................................. lunch.
3. What (you, think) ............................... of his last book? I (like)........................ it very
much.
4. He suddenly (realize) ................................... that he (travel) ................................ in the
wrong direction.
5. He (play) ..................... the guitar outside when someone (open) .................. the window
and (throw) ......................... out a bucket of water.
6. I (open) ............................................ the letter when the wind (blow) .......................... it
out of my hand.
7. While I (look) .............................................. for my passport I (find) ........................... this
old photograph.
8. The ship (approach) ........................................... Cape Town when the tornado
(begin) ........................................
9. He
(not
hear)
........................................
the
bell
because
the
radio
(play).................................................
10.When I (get)..................................... home everybody (dance) ............................................
11.The plane (catch)............................................... fire as it (take) .........................................
off.
12.Tim
(crash)
.......................................
into
a
street
light
because
he
(drive) ..................................... too fast.
13.She
(make)
..............................................
pastry
when
the
telephone
(ring) .................................
14.Father (shave) ...................................... and (sing) ................................... .... a silly song at
the same time.
15.What (you/do) ............................................... last night between 11 oclock and midnight?
16.The teacher (write) ...................................... something on the blackboard while the
children (throw) .......................................paper balls at one another.
17.She (start) ............................. crying when she (hear) ............................ the news at the
hospital.
18.We (talk) ................................. about their proposal last night but we (not
make) ................................ any decision.
19.I
(see)
..............................
Lisa
Minelli
in
the
theatre
yesterday.
She
(sit) ................................ in the first row.
20.This time last Sunday, I (watch) ................................ a film on TV.
II.

Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Perfect Simple or Past Perfect
Continuous: (20p)

1. The professor (speak) ...............................................for 10 minutes when I entered the

hall.
2. After John (listen to) ............................................... the news bulletin, he went downstairs
to have dinner.
3. He told me he (be) ...............................................to the theatre the day before.
4. We asked him which countries he (visit) ................................................
5. He (learn) ............................................... English for two years before he went to England
for the first time.
6. She (just /go) ...............................................out when I called at her house.
7. The river became deeper after it (rain) ............................................... heavily all night.
8. After John left, she told me they (be) ............................................... friends for five years.
9. After we (walk) ............................................... for an hour, we realized we had lost our
way.

10. When I found out he (get married) ..............................................., I rang him up and
congratulated him.
III. Rewrite these sentences using Hardly, Scarcely, Barely, No sooner +inversion:
(10p)
1. The match started. It began to rain.(hardly)

2. I went to bed. The phone rang.(no sooner)

3. We got on the train. It left the station.(scarcely)

4. He started speaking English. Everyone realized he was a foreigner.( barely)

5. He recovered from his illness. He broke his leg. (hardly)

IV.

Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple and the past perfect: (20p)

V. Past Perfect Simple-uses+examples+time markers: (20p)

10 points granted