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Test Paper (A) - Past Tenses

This document contains a progress test on verb tenses, specifically the past simple, past continuous, past perfect simple, and past perfect continuous tenses. The test contains multiple choice questions and fill-in-the-blank exercises to assess proficiency with these verb tenses. It also provides answer keys for self-grading.

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Test Paper (A) - Past Tenses

This document contains a progress test on verb tenses, specifically the past simple, past continuous, past perfect simple, and past perfect continuous tenses. The test contains multiple choice questions and fill-in-the-blank exercises to assess proficiency with these verb tenses. It also provides answer keys for self-grading.

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PROGRESS TEST (A)

(Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect Simple & Past Perfect Continuous)

NAME: DATE:

CLASS: MARK:

A. Fill in the correct form of the verb. Past Simple / Past Continuous / Past Perfect Simple/ Past
Perfect Continuous.
1. I___________________(not sleep) at all last night. Someone _______________(listen) to music all
night.
2. Alan ______________ (be) in the car accident yesterday. The other driver ________ (lose) control of
his car because he ____________ (fall) asleep.
3. When he ______________(found) Microsoft, Bill Gates was only 20 years old. He
___________(already/ write) his first computer programme six years earlier.
4. An accident ________________ (happen) near my house last night. A car ___________(hit) a young
man. He _________________ (ride) his bike when someone in front of him suddenly ______________
(open) a car door. Many people __________(see) the accident. The police _______________
(interrogate) them last night.
5. The judge ______________(sentence) the man to eight years in prison because he
___________________ (rob) a bank.
6. I saw him when he ___________(leave) the house. I _____________(just/stand) at the corner when he
___________(pass) by. He ______________(not/say) a word and I ___________(not/say) a word either.
7. Most people ____________(be) at work when the fire ___________(start).
8. While we ___________(fish), someone ______________(break) into the house and _________(leave)
us this note.
9. I put the five-pound notes into one of the books; but the next day it _________(take) me ages to find it
because I __________(forget) which book I _________________(put) it in.
10. A: Your light was on when I______________(walk) past last night.
B: Yes, I _____________________(chat) online to my cousin in Australia.

___ x 3p.=

B. Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple / Past
Continuous / Past Perfect Simple.
Until a few years ago, no one 1. ___________________ (hear) of Harry Potter, the young wizard
and hero of the children’s book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. The writer, J K Rowling, 2.
_______________________(already / write) several stories and books, but this was the first book that
was published. She 3. ______________________(get) the idea for the story of a wizard at magic school
while she 4._______________ (travel) on a train to London. By the time the train 5. ___________ (reach)
King’s Cross station, she 6.______________________ (invent) most of the characters. When the book
was published in 1997, no one 7. _____________ (imagine) it would be such a tremendous success, but it
quickly 8. ___________________ (become) a bestseller. While millions of young readers in many
countries 9._______________________(enjoy) her first Harry Potter book, J K Rowling 10.

1
_____________(think) of ideas for the next book in this incredibly popular series.
___x 3p=

C. Choose the correct answer.


1. “Were you expecting James and Paul to stay for dinner? No, but I ________a lot of food, so it didn’t
matter.”
a. had prepared b. was preparing c. had been preparing
2. “Tony has been singing for years, hasn’t he? Yes. He __________his first record when he was sixteen”
a. made b. was making c. had made
3. “There was a power cut last night. I know. I ___________some paperwork when the lights went out.”
a.had been doing b. was doing c. had done
4. “Did you see Paul Simon in concert? No, I was hoping to get tickets, but they_________.
a. had sold out b.sold out c. were selling out
5.” The restaurant was packed last night. Yes. Luckily, I_____________ a table in advance.”
a.was booking b.had booked c.had been booking
___ x 2p =

D. Make sentences with the following phrasal verbs build up, take on, turn to, keep to, fall off and
provide a proper synonym for each of them.

___ x 2 p =

2
Bonus points : 10p

Keys:
A.
1. I did not sleep (not sleep) at all last night. Someone was listening (listen) to music all night
2. Alan was (be) in the car accident yesterday. The other driver lost (lose) control of his car because he
had fallen (fall) asleep
3. When he founded (found) Microsoft, Bill Gates was only 20 years old. He had already written
(already write) his first computer programme six years earlier.
4. An accident happened (happen) near my house last night. A car hit (hit) a young man. He was riding
(ride) his bike when someone in front of him suddenly opened (open) a car door. Many people saw (see)
the accident. The police interrogated (interrogate) them last night.
5. The judge sentenced the man to eight years in prison because he had robbed (rob) a bank.
6. I saw him when he left the house. I was just standing at the corner when he passed by. He didn’t say
a word and I didn’t say a word either.
7. Most people were at work when the fire started.
8. While we were fishing someone broke into the house and left us this note.
9. I put the five-pound notes into one of the books; but the next day it took me ages to find it because I
forgot which book I had put it in.
10. A: Your light was on when walked past last night.
B: Yes, I was chatting online to my cousin in Australia.
B. 1. had heard 6. had invented 2. had already written 7. imagined 3. got 8. became 4. was travelling 9.
were enjoying 5. reached 10. was thinking
C. 1. A 2.A 3.B 4.A 5.B
D. build up= increase
take on= aquaire, obtain, get
turn to= change
keep to= keep the rules
fall off= decrease, go down, drop

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