Тест для 9 класса по теме " Прошедшие времена активного залога"
тест по английскому языку (9 класс)

Test 3. Past Tenses

1. Read the sentences and write down the correct item.

1. The girls had been watching/were watching TV when their mum came home.

2. What did you do/ were you doing at 10 o’clock yesterday morning?

3. Tom had a headache because he wasn’t sleeping/hadn’t slept enough the previous

     night.

4. As Tony played/ was playing computer games, his sister was listening to music.

5. James used to/would be afraid of the dark when he was a child.

6. Bill was working/ had been working as a sales assistant for five years before he

    became an actor.

7. Ed had never heard/ was never hearing about the Loch Ness Monster before he

    went to Scotland.

8. The secretary had sent/ had been sending all the letters by the time her boss came

    to work.

2. Correct the mistakes.

1. What did you do at 10 o’clock yesterday morning?
2. Rob was twisting his ankle, so he couldn’t play football.
3. When I was younger, I was living with my parents.
4. Bill was cooking dinner by the time I got home.

3. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct pat tense.

1. Yuri………….(work) on his computer for two hours before it……….(break down).
2. I……(mop) the floor while my brother was cutting the grass.
3. ……….(you/sleep) when the earthquake …………(start)?
4. This time last week I ………….(fly) to Paris.
5. Sam was really happy because he …………(pass) all his exams.
6. Sarah……..(clean) the house by the time her parents ……….(come) back.
7. James………(wait) for a while and then………(open) the door to see who ……..(make) that strange noise.
8. Marion…………..(not/go) shopping because she …………..(spend) the morning with her little brother that day.