Test 53 (Past Forms) Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense.

Test Past Tenses Use the correct form of the Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect.

1) When I …...(meet) Tom, he… …(eat) an ice cream which he ………(buy) at the corner of the street.

2) When father ……(come) home, we ….(cook) the mushrooms which we……(gather) in the woods.

3) When I ……(come) home yesterday, I …..(see) that my little brother……(break) my pen and….(play) with its pieces.

4) When I ………(open) the door of the classroom, I …….(see) that the teacher already …….(come) and the pupils ….(write) a dictation.

5) When I ………(come) home, my sister …..(read) a book which she ….(bring) from the library.

6) When mother ….(come) home, the children ….(eat) the soup which she ……(cook) in the morning.

7) When I ……..(ring) up Mike, he still …(learn) the poem which he ….(begin) learning at school.

8) When I …(look) out of the window, the children …(play) with a ball which Pete …..(bring) from home.

9) By ten o’clock the children …. (settle) comfortably on the sofa and at ten they ……(watch) a TV film.

10) There …….(be) two men in the room. One of them ….(write) something while the other ……(read) a newspaper.

11) He ……..(not/tell) me that he …….(receive) a telegram from her.

12) I …. (ask) him if he ……(know) where she ……..(live). I …..(say) I …….(not/know) her address.

13) I ……..(ask) him where he ……..(put) my letter.

14) He ……..(tell) us that they ……..(spend) all the money.

15) I …..(sit) in an armchair and …….(think) of my coming trip across the North Sea when the door suddenly ……..(open) and an old friend of mine whom I …….(not/see) for a very long time ……..(enter) the room.

16) She …..(come) to see us just at the time when we ……..(have) dinner. It ……..(be) the first time I ……(see) her.

17) I ………(see) him as he ……..(leave) the hotel.

18) I …(not/see) him before we …….(meet) at the concert.

Test 52 (Past Forms) Choose the correct tense.

1) Pete …..(go) to a book exhibition yesterday and ……..(buy) an interesting book on antiques.

2) Leslie……..(call) to tell me she ………(leave) her purse at home.

3) Carl …..(have) a shower after he …..(fix) the water heater.

4) Ann ………(practice) the piano every day for six months before she …….(enter) the competition.

5) The children ………(be) sad because they ………(lose) their dog.

6) We……..(not have) a problem getting a table at The Tropicana because we ……..(already/book) one in advance.

7) Mary………(wash) the dishes when a glass ……..(break) and ………(cut) her finger.

8) He ………(not be) in a hurry that Monday morning because he …(take) the day off.

9) They ………(realize) they ………(lose) their way and ……..(start) to panic.

10) They ……..(make) sandwiches for the picnic when I …….(phone) to tell them that we were going to be late

11) Two hundred years ago, people ……..(travel) abroad by ship.

12) Amy …..(sit) on the park bench while the children ………(play)

13) Nicole …….(close) the windows, ……(set) the alarm and ……(leave) the house.

Test 53 (Past Forms) Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense.

The moon 1)…….. (shine) its light on the still waters of the lake as the animals 2) ………..(hunt) for their dinner in the forest. In the tiny log cabin, Jack Cagney 3)………. (sit) in front of the fire, trying to warm his cold feet. It 4)……….(snow) earlier that day and Jack 5)……..(chop) wood in preparation for the long winter ahead. Suddenly, he 6)…….. (hear) a strange noise. He quickly 7)………(put on) his boots, 8) ………(grab) a torch and 9)………(go) outside. He 10)……..(shine) the torch into the darkness but 11)……..(see) nothing. A few seconds later, he 12)………(hear) the noise again. With his heart thumping, he 13)……… (climb) the ladder leading to the roof. When he 14)……….(reach) the top, he 15) ………(see) two huge eyes staring at him. Realising what it 16)………..(be), he 17)………(chuckle) and 18)………..(sigh). “Abigail! You nearly 19)………….(scare) me to death!” The owl, which Jack 20)……..(nurse) back to health after she 21)……….(break) her leg, 22)………….(hoot) and 23) ……….(flutter) her wings.

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