Тест на знание времён Past и Present английского языка. Продвинутый уровень.
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Present and Past Tenses

Exercise 1. Choose right answer (1-5 Present 6-10 Past).

1) You___always___your things. Put them into the bag.

A) -/lost
B) are/losing
C) have/lost

2) I____home for lunch on Mondays. I have lunch in the canteen.

A) didn’t go
B) don’t go
C) is going

3) I___never__him before.

A) -/meet
B) am/meeting
C) has/met

4) My cat always___he’s little house. He___to walk outside.

A) escaping/likes
B) escapes/likes
C) escapes/liking

5) Katerina____stars throught the telescope, so we can’t go right now.

A) is watching
B) watches
C) watched

6) They went to the museum after they___their homework.

A) finish
B) started
C) had finished

7) He____his adventures with his friends.

A) shared
B) has shared
C) divided

8) While they were developing new car, Rick was thinking about a catchy name.

A) were developing/was thinking
B) had developed/had thought
C) developed/thought

9) She___pizza until today.

A) didn’t liking
B) didn’t like
C) didn’t liked

10) Bob___at the university for 5 years before he moved to Moscow.

A) had taught
B) was teaching
C) had been teaching

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Exercise 2. Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous form of the verb in brackets.

1   I ………………………… (have) a shower when my sister ………………………… (arrive).

2   Alexa ………………………… (drop) her bag while she ………………………… (run) for the train.

3   She ………………………… (read) the letter when he suddenly ……………………… (start) to laugh.

4   The sun ………………………… (shine), so we ………………………… (decide) to have a barbecue.

5   She ………………………… (hurt) her finger while she ………………………… (cut) some bread.                                                                                                                                      [   /10]

Exercise 3. Find a mistake.

0) I guessed what was inside the parcel before I opened it.

1) In 1990, according to statistics from the Bureau of Census, the population of the US is 250,000,000. 

2) Nancy said that she went to the supermarket before coming home.

3) They were driving to the sea when the car had been running out of petrol.

4) After they had woken up, they had cooked a big breakfast.

5) Rosa had been living here since 1890. Does you know that?

0) guessed -> had guessed

1)

2)

3)

4)

5)

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Exercise 4. Complete the sentences with the past simple or past perfect form of the verbs below.

arrive      be      complete      decide      finish      get      go      lose

not know      pass      put      start      take      tell

1  By the time they ………………………… at the theatre, the play ………………………… .

2  After we ………………………… eating, we ………………………… to go to the shops.

3  When everyone ………………………… a chocolate, she ………………………… the box away.

4  Jerry ………………………… delighted because he ………………………… all his exams.

5  He only realised he ………………………… his keys when he ………………………… to his front door.

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Keys:

Ex 1: B;B;C;B;A;C;A;A;B;C.

Ex 2:

1. Was having; arrived.
2. Dropped; was running.
3. Was reading; started.
4. Was shining; decided.
5. Hurt; was cutting.

Ex 3:

1. Is -> was
2. Went -> had gone
3. Had been running out -> ran out
4. Had cooked -> cooked
5. Does -> did

Ex 4:

1. Arrived; had started.
2. Had finished; decided.
3. Had taken; put.
4. Was; had passed.
5. Had lost; got.