GRAMMAR QUIZ

This text is for questions number 1-4

Yesterday Jack (1) .... with his friends in the veranda when two men (2) .... the gate. They asked
where Jack’s father was. Jack (3) .... ,” My father is in the backyard. Let me tell him that you are here.
Anyway, may I know your name, please?” Those two men said nothing and (30) .... Jack’s house.
1. A. play D. played
B. was playing E. were playing
C. is playing
2. A. opens D. were opened
B. opened E. has opened
C. opening
3. A. reply D. was replied
B. is replying E. replied
C. was replying
4. A. leave D. to leave
B. is leaving E. is left
C. left

Circle the correct past form.

5. I (was / were) sleeping when my mom came home last night.

6. Yesterday, I (dropped/ droped) my dictionary in front of the classroom.

7. Last week, my hen (lied/ laid) some eggs.

8. I (run/ ran) away from home for several days last weekend.

9. The way he (brought/ bought) me home last night was so unforgettable that I couldn’t sleep well.

10. Mom and dad (was/were) so angry when I got home late two days ago.

Use the simple past or the past progressive of the verbs in parentheses.

11. I am sitting in class right now. I (sit) …………………………… in class ar this exact time yesterday.
12. I (call) …………………………… Roger at nine last night, but he (be, not) …………………………… at home.

13. It was beautiful yesterday when we went for a walk in the park. The sun (shine) ……………………………..

A cool breeze (blow) …………………………………. The bird (sing) ………………………………… .

14. I got a package in the mail. When I (open) ……………………………… it, I (find) ………………………………… a

surprise.

15. While Mrs. Enderson (read) ……………………………… the little boy a story, he (fall) asleep, so she (close)

……………………………… the book and quietly (tiptoe) ……….……………………… out of the room.

16. I really enjoyed my vacation last January. While it (snow) ……………………………… in Toronto, the sun

(shine) ………………………………… in Florida. While you (shovel) ………………………………… snow in Iowa, I

(lie) ………………………………… on the beach in Florida.

17. A : How (you, break) …………………………………………. your arm?

B : I (slip) ……………………. on the ice while I (cross) …………………………… the street in front of the dorm.

18. I (hear, not) ………………………………… the thunder during the storm last night because I (sleep)

………………………………… .

19. I don’t want to go to the zoo today because it is raining. The same thing happened yesterday. I

(want, not) ………………………………… to go to the zoo because it (rain) ………………………………… .

20. It was my first day of class. I (find, finally) ………………………………… the right room. The room (be,

already) ………………………………… full of students. On one side of the room, students (talk, busily)

………………………………… to each other in Spanish. Other students (speak) …………………………………

Japanese, and some (converse) ………………………………… in Arabic. It sounded like the United States

Nations. Some of the students, however, (sit, just) ………………………………… quietly by themselves. I

(choose) ………………………………… an empty seat in the last row and (sit) ………………………………… down.

In few minutes, the teacher (walk) ………………………………… into the room and all the multilingual

conversation (stop) ………………………………… .

Error Analysis: Correct the errors.

21. Breakfast is an important meal. I’m always eating breakfast.

22. Portugal lays to the west of Spain.

23. Yuki staied home because she catched a bad cold.

24. Sang-Joon, are you listen to me? I am talk to you.

25. During I was working in my office yesterday, my cousin stops by to visit me.

26. Anna rose her eyebrows in surprise.

27. Abdallah is want a snack. He’s being hungry.

28. My brother is looking like our father, but I am resembling my mother.

29. While I was surfing the net yesterday, I was finding a really interesting Web site.

30. Yesterday I was working at my computer when Shelley was coming to the door of my office. I wasn’t

knowing she was there. I was concentrate hard on my work. When she suddenly speak, I am jump.

She startle me.