2 Progress Test  25 minutes Name Score  50

1 Write the Past Simple of these verbs. 5 Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Continuous.
1 need needed 6 stop 1 She was reading (read) a magazine when I got
2 become 7 visit there.
3 sell 8 die 2 When he called, I (wait) for a bus.
4 leave 9 live 3 What they (do)
5 have 10 go when you saw them?
4 We (not watch) TV at 9.30.
9
 5 You (talk) to Jan when I saw you.
2 Choose the correct words. 6 What he (do) in
1 I went to an exhibition in/ last weekend. the park? 5

2 Gary texted me two hours last/ago.
3 We went out yesterday/last morning.
6 Read about John. Put the verbs in brackets in the
Past Simple or Past Continuous.
4 Fiona lived abroad in/in the nineties.
5 I bought my TV six months ago/last. This story 1 happened
6 Did you phone me last/at weekend? (happen) to John, a friend
7 Where were you in/last night? of mine, ten years ago.
8 They lived there in/on 2010. He 2 (travel)
9 We didn’t/wasn’t have any money. back to the UK from Japan
10 She didn’t/wasn’t at home. and he 3
(meet) a Japanese woman
9
 on the plane.
3 Fill in the gaps with a preposition. He 4 (start)
1 ask someone out talking to her and learned that she was working in
2 get married someone London. It 5 (rain) when they
3 go out someone
6
(get) to the airport, so John
4 go a date
7
(decide) to get a taxi. While he
5 get engaged your boyfriend
8
(wait) in the queue, he 9
6 fall love (see) the Japanese woman again. He 10
7 break up someone (offer) her a lift home and gave her his phone number.
6
Six months later he 11 (ask) her to
 marry him. 10

4 Fill in the gaps with these words. Use one word
twice. 7 Write responses to these sentences. ✓ = it’s the
same for me, ✗ = it’s different for me.
when  ​
so  ​because  ​while  ​until
1 a I don’t like Mondays.  b  Oh, I do. ✗
1 She was very happy when she heard the news. 2 a I didn’t go on holiday last year.
2 He got up late he didn’t have any b ✓
breakfast. 3 a I went to London last weekend.
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3 The phone rang he was checking his b ✓

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emails. 4 a I hate washing up.

4 I didn’t have time to go shopping the b ✗
weekend. 5 a I don’t like watching football.
5 She went to bed early she was tired. b ✓
6 My father worked he was 65, then 6 a I’m a journalist.
he retired. b ✓
7 a I didn’t go out last night.
5
 b ✗ 6


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