I. Choose the correct past continuous and past simple forms for the gaps below.

1. After the conference, I _____ that a man _____ the walls of the building.
A. was seeing / was painting
B. saw / was painting
C. was seeing / painted

2. He was so angry that he _____ and _____.

A. was getting up / left
B. got up / was leaving
C. got up / left

3. I _____ the vase while I _____ the bookshelf.

A. broke / was cleaning
B. broke / cleaned
C. was breaking / was cleaning

4. As soon as we walked into the room, we _____ a noise. Someone ______ my computer.
A. heard / used
B. were hearing / used
C. heard / was using

5. The bus in which the football team ______ had an accident, but nobody ______.
A. were travelling / died
B. travelled / died
C. were travelling / were dying

6. I _____ the party, but Sonia _____ to leave.

A. was enjoying / was wanting
B. enjoyed / was wanting
C. was enjoying / wanted

7. The police _____ him while he ______ to escape.

A. caught / tried
B. caught / was trying
C. were catching / was trying
8. We _____ what to do, so we just called the police and ______.
A. didn't know / waited
B. weren't knowing / waited
C. didn't know / were waiting

9. When I last _____ her she ______ high-heeled shoes.

A. saw / wore
B. was seeing / was wearing
C. saw / was wearing

10. The sun _______, so we _____ our clothes and got into the water.
A. was shining / took off
B. shone / took off
C. shone / were taking off

II. Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous.

1. He _________________________ (sleep) when the doorbell _________________________

(ring).

2. We _________________________ (eat) dinner at 8pm last night (we started eating at 7:30).

3. Yesterday I _________________________ (go) to the post office, _________________________

(buy) some fruit at the supermarket and _________________________ (read) a book in the park in
the afternoon.

4. We _________________________ (watch) TV when we _________________________ (hear) a

loud noise.

5. Julie _________________________ (be) in the garden when Laurence ______________________

(arrive).

6. A: What _________________________ (you / do) at 3pm yesterday?

B: I _________________________ (clean) my house.

7. Last year I _________________________ (visit) Paris and Rome.

8. They _________________________ (have) dinner when the police ___________________(come)

to the door.
9. He _________________________ (work) in the garden when he _________________________
(find) the money.

10. Laura _________________________ (study) at 11pm last night.

11. I _________________________ (walk) along the road when I _________________________

(meet) an old friend.

12. It _________________________ (be) a day in December. Snow _________________________

(fall), children _________________________ (sing) carols and people _____________________(do)
their Christmas shopping.

13. My elder sister _________________________ (be) so annoying! He _______________________

(always / miss) the bus and _________________________ (arrive) late.

14. When I _________________________ (call) Julie, she _________________________ (work).

15. Why _________________________ (you / cry) when I _________________________ (arrive)?

16. When he _________________________ (get) home, we started to eat dinner.

17. At 10am yesterday I _________________________ (sit) on a bus.

18. I _________________________ (enjoy) my book so much that I _________________________

(not / notice) the train had stopped.

19. David _________________________ (not / sleep) when I _________________________

(arrive), he _________________________ (study)!

20. Mr. Black _________________________ (not / work) in the garden at 10pm last night.

III. Choose past simple or present perfect for each gap below.

1. A: Mary isn't here. She ______ to Egypt.

B: I ______ to Egypt.
A. has gone / have never gone
B. has gone / have never been
C. went / have never gone

2. I ______ my arm. I ______ it playing with my cousin.

A. 've broken / broke
B. 've broken / 've broken
C. broke / 've broken
3. ______ a ghost?
A. Have you ever seen
B. Did you ever see
C. Have you ever see

4. A: I ______ to China this year.

B: When ______ there?
A. have been / have you been
B. have been / did you go
C. was / have you gone

5. I'm sure I ______ this man before.

A. 've seen
B. saw
C. 've see

6. A: How long ______ a teacher?

B: I ______ teaching a long time ago.
A. were / started
B. have you been / have started
C. have you been / started

7. ______ Titanic?
A. Did you see
B. You have seen
C. Have you seen

8. A: I ______ the keys.

B: Where ______ them?
A. have found / did you find
B. found / have you found
C. found / did you find

9. Here are your shoes. I ______ them.

A. just cleaned
B. 've just cleaned
C. just have cleaned
10. She ______ to be a singer since she ______ a kid.
A. wanted / was
B. has wanted / has been
C. has wanted / was

IV. Fill in the gaps using the following words in the box

ago – already – always – before – ever – for – just – never – since – yet(x2)

1. It's been a month ______________________________ we last had a meal together.

2. We haven't seen each other ________________ years.

3. I think I've been here _____________________.

4. The accident happened 10 years _____________________.

5. A: Have you tidied your room ________________________?

B: No, I'll do it later.

6. Mom, I have _________________________ tidied my room. Can I go out now?

7. I don't want coffee, thanks. I've __________________ had one.

8. We haven't found a solution _______________________.

9. Have you __________________________ imagined how life would be without having to work?

10. I've ________________________ been to Prague. I'd love to go one day.

V. Complete the sentences below with the present perfect or the past simple of
the verbs in brackets.

1. We ________________________ (be) together since we ________________________ (be)

teenagers.

2. Since records ________________________ (begin) in 1880, the global temperature

________________________ (rise) 0.85 degrees Celsius.

3. Bennet is my best friend. I ________________________ (meet) him at school, and we

________________________ (be) friends for 50 years.
4. He ________________________ (be) so active and sporty at university. But after the accident he
________________________ (never/be) the same.

5. Yesterday Tom ________________________ (tell) me that he would be here today, but he isn't
here. He ________________________ (be) away all day.

6. A: I ________________________ (buy) a new car. B: Nice! When ________________________

(you/buy) it?

7. A: ________________________ (clean) your room yet?

B: No, sorry. I ________________________ (go) to the library after school.

8. He ________________________ (read) the Bible 4 times. He was 15 the first time he

_______________________ (read) it.

9. This customer ________________________ (be) here many times, but he

________________________ (never/buy) anything.

10. I ________________________ (stop) smoking two years ago. I ________________________

(smoke) for 22 years.

VI. Complete the sentences with 'a', 'an' or 'the', or '-' if no article is needed.

1. I like listening to _______ music. It helps me relax.

2. _______ money he gave me wasn't enough.

3. He doesn't like _______ dogs. One bit him when he was a child.

4. Could you please pass me _______ salt?

5. Do you want _______ apple? I've got two in my bag.

6. I can take _______ children to school today.

7. This is my uncle Phil. He's _______ teacher and he lives in London.

8. Is there _______ university where you live?

VII. Complete the sentences with 'this', 'that', 'these' or 'those'.

1. I'm really busy _______ morning.

2. _______ cake you made last week was delicious.

3. Let me introduce you. Sue, _______ is Tom.

4. I'm going to take back _______ shoes I bought last week.

5. Are you going to watch _______ DVD with us?

6. First you need to chop up _______ tomatoes over there.

7. Hello, _______ is Nick speaking.

8. Yes, _______ 's right. I completely agree with you.

VIII. Fill in the gaps with the correct possessive adjectives.

1. Sally is in _______ room.

2. Paul and Benet always help _______ friends.

3. We live with _______parents.

4. Is that _______hat?

5. The police officers don't have _______ guns.

6. The best part of this car is _______ price.

7. Amanda lives with _______ boyfriend.

8. I don't like _______ new job.

9. These shoes are famous for _______ comfort.

10. Thomas is in _______ office.