simple past and past continuous test

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Write the verbs in brackets into the simple past tense. (2 points)
1.1
We ______________________ (play) cricket last night.
1.2
They ______________________ (be) at school last Monday.
1.3
I ______________________ (plan) my holiday in advance.
1.4
We ______________________ (work) together.
1.5
I ______________________ (tidy) my room.
1.6
The lesson ______________________ (begin) late.
1.7
______________________ (you/meet) Helen?
1.8
She ______________________ (not/go) to Italy.
1.9
He ______________________ (not/be) ill yesterday.
1.10 I ______________________ (break) a glass of wine at the party.

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Write the verbs in brackets into the past continuous tense. (2 points)
2.1
______________________ (you/listen) to music at 5 o’clock?
2.2
I ______________________ (tie) my shoelaces.
2.3
They ______________________ (have) a bath.
2.4
He ______________________ (plan) the menu.
2.5
We ______________________ (not/study).

Write the verbs in brackets into the simple past or the past continuous tenses. (6 points)
3.1 Mum ______________________ (burn) the cake yesterday.
3.2 I ______________________ (have) a shower at 15.30 yesterday.
3.3 When
he
______________________
(repair)
the
window,
it

3.4
3.5
3.6

______________________ (start) to rain.
______________________ (visit) your family last September?
I ______________________ (dig) a hole when the police arrived.
Dad ______________________ (cook) while mum ______________________

3.7

(read) a book).
Daniel ____________________

3.8

____________________ (listen) to the radio.
When
the
ambulance
______________________

3.9

______________________ (wait) near Jonathan.
What ______________________ (do) last night at half past eleven?

(watch)

television

while

his

friend

(come),

Jamie


3.10
3.11
3.12
3.13
3.14
3.15
3.16

______________________ (she/be) at school yesterday?
We ______________________ (not/study) maths last November.
I ______________________ (drink) two cups of tea yesterday night.
He ______________________ (dream) about her two nights ago.
They ______________________ (fly) to London last Wednesday.
What ______________________ (your father/do) yesterday at five?
When
she
______________________
(have)

dinner,

her

dad

______________________ (call) her.
3.17 At 10.30 am, Richard ______________________ (train) with his team for the

football match.
3.18 My team ______________________ (lose) the match so I was very sad.
3.19 Michael ______________________ (not tell) the truth to me when I asked
him.
3.20 While

we

______________________

(do)

the

exam,

our

teacher

______________________ (read) the newspaper.

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