Контрольная работа 8 класс.Тема: "Past Perfect и Past Perfect Continuous"
тест по английскому языку (8 класс)

Test

1. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous.

1.  Julia wanted to sit down as she ...    (stand) at work all day long.
2. She ...      (learn) “Eugene Onegin” by the autumn.
3. The rain stopped but there were a lot of puddles because it ...    (rain) cats and dogs.
4. Olivia and Victor ...       (chat) via Skype for an hour when the connection broke.
5. They ...   (decorate) the New Year tree before the children arrived.
6. Bob ...    (eat up) all the muffins by lunchtime.
7. My sister ... (do) the laundry since early morning.
8. I knew that our parents ... (grow) melons in their greenhouse since they bought the house.
9. He ...   (loose) much weight by the end of the year.
10. Brown understood the problems of his agency because he ... (work) for it since 2005.

2. Put the verbs into the correct form (Past Perfect Continuous).

1. We __ (sleep) for 10 hours when she woke us up.

2. They __ (wait) at the station for 60 minutes when the bus finally arrived

3. We __ (look for) her ring for two hours and then we found it in the bathroom.

   4. I __ (not / walk) for a long time, when it suddenly began to rain.

5. How long __ (learn / she) English before she went to London?

6. Boris caught the flu because he __ (walk) in the rain too long.

7. She __ (drive) less than an hour before she ran out of petrol.

8. They were very tired in the evening because they __ (work) on the farm all day.

     3. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Perfect.

1. I ...  (to have) breakfast before I went to school.
2. He went to meet his friends after he ...  (to do) his homework.
3. By 8 o’clock the rain ...  (to stop).
4. Alice was late because she ...  (to miss) the bus.
5. She went to the post-office after she ... (to write) the letter.
6. He ...  (to work) at the factory before he entered the college.
7. He got a bad mark for his test because he ...  (to make) a lot of mistakes in it.