Past Tenses
тест по английскому языку по теме

9 класс

1 вариант

Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Past Simple, Past Continuous u Past Perfect.

1. By eight o'clock yesterday I (to do) my homework and at eight I (to play) the piano.

2. By six o'clock father (to come) home and at six he (to have) dinner.

3. By nine o'clock yesterday grandmother (to wash) the dishes and at nine she (to watch) TV.

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

5. When father (to come) home, we (to cook) the mushrooms which we (to gather) in the wood.

6. When I (to see) Ann, she (to sort) the flowers which she (to pick) in the field.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. By ten o'clock the children (to settle) comfortably on the sofa and at ten they (to watch) a film on TV.

2 вариант

Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Past Simple, Past Continuous u Past Perfect.

Last night we (to go) to a football match. We (to take) a bus. The bus (to be) overcrowded as many people (to want) to see the match. We (to get) off the bus and (to go) in the direction of the stadium. While we (to cross) the road, I (to see) Victor. He (to stand) at the corner. He said he (to wait) for his friend who (to come) to St. Petersburg the day before and (to wish) to see the new stadium. A man (to come) up to me and asked if I (to have) a spare ticket for the match. Victor told us that two boys just (to ask) him whether he (to have) a spare ticket. We (to enter) the stadium just as the football players (to come) out on to the field. At the entrance to the stadium we (to meet) Sergei. He (to show) us to our seats and (to ask) me if I (to play) football in my childhood. We (to agree) to meet in the snack bar during the interval.

3 вариант

Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Past Simple, Past Continuous u Past Perfect.

1. There (to be) two men in the room. One of them (to write) something while the other (to read) a news paper.

2. He (not to tell) me that he (to receive) a telegram from her.

3. I (to ask) him if he (to know) where she (to live). I (to say) I (not to know) her address.

4. He (to ask) me if I (can) give him your address.

5. She (to say) that he (to give) her the wrong address.

6. I (to ask) him where he (to put) my letter.

7. He (to tell) us that they (to spend) all the money.

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

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

10. I (to see) him just as he (to leave) the hotel.

11. I (not to see) him before we (to meet) at the concert.

12. He (to leave) the house before I (to have) time to ask him anything.

13. After spending several days in Paris he (to feel) lonely and (to want) to return home.

14.1 (to think) he already (to go) home.

15. I (to find) the old man in the garden. He (to talk) to some children who (to stand) around listening to him.

4 вариант

Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Past Simple, Past Continuous u Past Perfect.

1. He (to speak) a language we never (to hear) before.

2. He (to tell) me he (to learn) it from the newspaper.

3. He (to enter) the room, (to take) something from the desk and (to go) out.

4. I (to return) to the hotel only late at night as I (to lose) my way in the fog. When I (to come) up to my room, I (to see) Pete who (to stand) at the door of the room.

5. When I (to wake) up, it (to be) already ten o'clock. I (to call) my brother. Nobody (to answer). He already (to leave).

6. I (to go) up to the open window. The rain (to stop) and the sun (to shine) brightly. The birds in the garden (to sing). The morning (to be) fine.

7. When the rain (to stop) I (to look) out of the window and (to see) John who (to stand) under a tree waiting for me.

8. When I called at his house, they (to tell) me that he (to leave) an hour before.

9. When I came to the station, I (not to find) my friend there as I (to be) five minutes late and the train (to leave).

10. He (to want) to visit the place where he (to live) in his childhood.

11. The telegram (to come) some minutes after he (to leave).

12. She (to look) very tired as she (to work) hard.

13. He (to come) home late yesterday.