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TEST PAPER
N 1

1. Circle the correct verb form in each of the following sentences. 2p

a. Mary prepared / was preparing lunch when they came / was coming.
b. Tom was very unlucky. It rained / was raining every day during his holidays.
c. Who was that nice girl you talked / were talking to when I walked / was walking by the
pub?
d. Last weekend Susan fell / was falling and broke/ was breaking her leg.
e. When I entered / was entering the cafeteria Mary had / was having lunch with Peter.
f. We drove/ were driving to Berlin in Robert´s new car.

2. Read the following sentences and put the verbs in brackets in either the Past Simple or
the Past Continuous. Put any other words in brackets in the correct place. 2p

a) As Sophie ___________(walk) up Regent Street she ___________(meet) an old friend from

college.
b) When ___________(father/arrive) yesterday?
He ___________(arrive) late. The train ___________(be)delayed due to an accident.
c) Who ___________(you/ speak) to on the phone when I ___________(come)in?
d) Mary ___________(read) in bed when she ___________(hear) a strange noise downstairs.
e) By 10 o´clock it ___________(rain) heavily.

3. Complete the sentences. Use the Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets. 1p
a. The plane ____________________(fly) to Paris when it crashed.
b. The students _________________(wait) for the bus when it started to rain.
c. We __________________(cross) the street when the traffic lights turned red.
d. The children ____________________(play) games when their mother called them.
e. Sue __________________(wash) the dishes when the phone rang.

4. Make negative and interrogative sentences using Past Simple. 1,8 p

a. I saw you last night.

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b. She got on the bus on time.
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c. You called me yesterday.
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5. Read the story and answer the questions.
 Underline 16 verbs in the past simple and past continuous form. 1,6 p
 answer these questions 0, 6 p

a. How did the woman feel when she saw the boy eating biscuits?
b. Why did the woman start eating the biscuits quickly?
c. What did the boy do at the end of the story?
+1p

A wo ma n wa s sh o pp in g o n e d a y. Sh e wa s t ir e d , h u n gr y a n d t h ir st y so sh e d e c id e d t o
b u y a pa c ke t o f b isc u it s a n d a c o f f e e a n d f in d a c o mf o r t a b le p la c e t o sit in t h e su n .
Sh e sa t o n a b e n c h , t o o k o u t a ma ga zin e a n d st a r t e d t o d r ink h e r c o f f e e .
A f e w min u t e s la t e r , a t e e n a ge b o y we a r ing pu n k c lo t h e s c a me a n d sa t d o wn n e xt t o
h e r . T h e n t h e wo ma n r e a lise d t h a t t h e pu n k b o y wa s t a kin g b isc u it s a n d e a t in g t h e m
slo wly.
T h e wo ma n wa s a n gr y b u t sh e d id n ’t sa y a n yt h in g. Sh e t o o k a b isc u it h e r se lf . T h e b o y
lo o ke d a t h e r , smile d a n d t o o k a n o t h e r b isc u it . T h e wo ma n t h o u gh t “I’m go in g t o h a ve
t o e a t t h e se b isc u it s q u ic kly, b e f o r e t h is b o y e a t s t h e m a ll”. Sh e t o o k a n o t h e r b isc u it ,
a n d a t e it f a st . T h e r e wa s o n ly o n e b isc u it le f t . T h e b o y pic ke d it u p, b r o ke it in t wo
a n d ga ve h e r h a lf , smilin g. T h e wo ma n smile d b u t in sid e sh e wa s f u r io u s!
T h e b o y go t u p , sa id go o d b ye a nd we n t a wa y. “Yo u n g pe o ple t o d a y ju st h a ve n o
r e spe c t ,” sh e t h o u gh t t o h e r se lf . Sh e o pe n e d h e r b a g t o pu t h e r ma ga zin e a wa y, a n d
wh a t d id sh e se e ? H e r pa c ke t o f b isc u it s! “O h , no ! I wa s e a t in g t h e b o y’s pa c ke t o f
b isc u it s!”