Test, October 2023

Name and Surname:

_________________________________

Past Tense – Simple or Progressive: Fill in the correct form.

1. ________________ at school yesterday? (you be)
2. We ________________ in a house near the sea last summer (live)
3. She ________________ the piano very well when she ________________ young (can play,
be)
4. She ________________ the office very early last night (leave).
5. I ________________ a friend while I ________________ the shopping (meet, do)
6. I ________________ for my things when I ________________ someone call my name (pay,
hear)
7. I ________________ around and ________________ Judy. (turn, see)
8. She ________________ a bright yellow dress when I ________________ her last (wear,
see)
9. We ________________ to have a cup of tea. (decide) 20. While the waiter
________________ up the pieces of glass he ________________ his finger (pick, cut)
10. Then we ________________ the cafe and ________________ good bye (leave, say)
11. I ________________ the fire at six and it ________________ brightly when Tom came in at
seven. (light, still burn)
12. My dog ________________ along quietly when Mary’s Pekinese ________________ him.
(walk, attack)
13. When I ________________ she ________________ lunch. She said she always
________________ lunch at 12:30. (arrive, have, have)
14. What ________________ of his last book? –I ________________ it a lot (you think, like)
15. He suddenly ________________ that he ________________ in the wrong direction.
(realize, travel)
16. He ________________ guitar when someone ________________ the window and
________________ out a bucket of water. (play, open, throw)
17. He ________________ us to go out in the boat yesterday because a strong wind
________________ (not allow, blow)
18. The next day, as they ________________ that the police ________________ for them,
they ________________ the coats in the woods and ________________ off in different
directions. (know, look, hide, go) 18 points

Present Perfect Tense: Simple and Progressive

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the present perfect tense.
1. I ___________________ the book you gave me, so you can have it back now. (READ)
2. You look tired. You _______________________________ too hard lately. (PROBABLY
WORK)
 3. Rachel ________________________ around Europe for two months now. At the
moment, she’s in Barcelona. She ___________________ six countries so far. (TRAVEL,
VISIT)
4. Is it still raining? – No, it ________________________ but the streets are still wet.
(ALREADY STOP)
5. I ________________________ at your report for some time, but I must say I can’t
agree with you on a few things. (LOOK)
6. James ________________________ the new Harry Potter novel for hours now. He
simply can’t let it go. (READ)
7. I ________________________ this few times, but I’ll say it again. (ALREADY SAY)
8. The two brothers ________________________ films since they left high school.
(MAKE)
9. Look! Someone ________________________ that window! (BREAK)
10. I ________________________ to him, but he ________________________ me an
answer yet. (ALREADY WRITE, NOT GIVE)
11. You are too late. The patient ________________________ . (JUST DIE)
12. The manager isn’t here. He’s away on holiday. – Where
________________________ ? (HE GO)
13. They ________________________ from New York. (JUST ARRIVE)
14. _____________________________ in the rain the whole time? Why
________________________ you in? (YOU STAND, ANYONE NOT LET)
15. Mr. Benson ________________________ the whole morning. So far, he
_____________________ three fish. (FISH, CATCH)
16. The company ________________________ money with this product for ages. It’s time
to stop producing it. (LOSE)
17. They ________________________ in the same town for over 20 years. (KNOW, LIVE)
18. John ________________________ off his bike again. It’s the third time now! (FALL)

18 points

in the missing forms of the irregular verbs.

Infinitive Past simple Past participle
pay
put
run
see
begin
let
hurt
wrote
rode
teach
10 points

23-28=2, 29-34=3, 35-40=5, 41-46=5