ESL 02/23/2023

Multiple Choice

1. I............... ( fly) to Spain last 2 years. I ...... ( buy) an expensive watch there.

• fly, bought

• flied, buyed

• flew, bought

Multiple Choice

1. I............... ( fly) to Spain last 2 years. I ...... ( buy) an expensive watch there.

• fly, bought

• flied, buyed

• flew, bought

Multiple Choice

2. He .............( study) English yesterday. He .......

(forget) to bring his book.

• studied, forgot

• studyed, forgot

• studied, forget

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3. ........... he happy when you paid the bill?

• did

• was

• were

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4. Last year, Maxwell and Barny ..........friends but now they are enemies.

• is

• was

• were

• are

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6. Peat ............... (feel) ill so he ........(go) home early.

• felt, went

• fell, went

• felt, go

The past continuous / progressive tense describes continuous events that happened in the past. We can form the past continuous/progressive tense with was/were + -ing.

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​The Past Continuous/ Progressive

​Examples:
We were listening to the radio all evening.

I was reading when the doorbell rang.

I was watching TV and he was repairing the lawn mower.

• The past continuous/progressive tense is used to signify an action going on at some time in the past. The time of the action may or may not be indicated.

uses

• ​The past continuous tense/progressive tense is used when one action is interrupted by another action in the past. In such cases, the shorter action is expressed in simple past tense, and the longer action is expressed in the past continuous tense.

• ​The past continuous/ progressive tense is used to signify two continuous actions that happened at the same time in the past:

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1. I was cooking fish while my son ………………. his homework. (do)

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2. When Lily was a baby, she …………. always ……………. (cry)

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2. When Lily was a baby, she …………. always ……………. (cry)

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3. While we …………………. chess, it began to rain. (play)

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4. This morning, some dogs ………………….. the poor kitten. (chase)

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5. We ………………….. football when my mobile phone rang. (play)

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6. Nick fell off the ladder when he ……………………………. the roof. (mend)

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7. He ……………………….. fast when the accident happened. (drive)

​We use the past perfect tense to signify an action that was completed before another took place in the past. The form of the past perfect tense is had+ past participle of the verb.

​Past Perfect Tense

Uses

• When two actions happened in the past, the action that happened first is expressed in the past perfect tense.
  Examples:
  I just now posted the letter that I had written in the morning.
  (The writing of the letter happened first.)
  

• The past perfect tense is used to report actions that happened in the past. Therefore, it is used in indirect or reported speech.
  Examples:
  My mother told me that she had baked some cookies for my friends.
  

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Put the verbs in brackets into the past perfect tense.

1. The neighbours …………. already …………. the fire when the fire brigade came.

(put out)

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Put the verbs in brackets into the past perfect tense.

2. I did not go for the party since I ………….not ……………… an invitation. (receive)

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Put the verbs in brackets into the past perfect tense.

3. The car …………….. round the corner before I could see who the driver was. (disappear)

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Put the verbs in brackets into the past perfect tense.

4. My friend said that she …………….. the pen. (lose)

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Put the verbs in brackets into the past perfect tense.

5. When I went home I discovered that the cats ……………. up my lunch. (eat)

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Put the verbs in brackets into the past perfect tense.

6. The teacher wanted to know who …………………… the window pane. (break)

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Put the verbs in brackets into the past perfect tense.

7. When I met him last week, I suddenly realized that I …………….not …………….. him for many years. (see)

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Put the verbs in brackets into the past perfect tense.

8. The motorist …………….. by the time the ambulance arrived. (die)

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Put the verbs in brackets into the past perfect tense.

9. The girl told us that she ……………… her way. (lose)

Open Ended

Use the appropriate form of the verbs in brackets to fill in the blanks in the following sentences.

10. I …………………. (meet) John on my way home yesterday. He ……………… (cycle) along the road and ……………. (whistle) to himself.

Open Ended

Use the appropriate form of the verbs in brackets to fill in the blanks in the following sentences.

1I ………… (be) very hungry now. I ……….. not ………….. (eat) anything the whole day.

Open Ended

Use the appropriate form of the verbs in brackets to fill in the blanks in the following sentences.

12. I ………… just ……………… (send) Marta a birthday card. She …………….. (turn) 11 today.

Open Ended

Use the appropriate form of the verbs in brackets to fill in the blanks in the following sentences.

13. We often …………… (walk) along the beach in the evening. Sometimes we just …………… (sit) on the beach and …………… (watch) the waves rush in and out.

Open Ended

Use the appropriate form of the verbs in brackets to fill in the blanks in the following sentences.

14. Paul ………………. already ……………….. (buy) the cake before we …………….. (can) tell him what flavor we preferred.

Open Ended

Use the appropriate form of the verbs in brackets to fill in the blanks in the following sentences.

15. Last Friday …………. (be) a holiday. Therefore, we …………….. (go) for a picnic by the sea that day.

Open Ended

Use the appropriate form of the verbs in brackets to fill in the blanks in the following sentences.

16. Mary …………….. (write) to me three months ago. After that, I …………. not …………… (hear) from her.

Open Ended

Use the appropriate form of the verbs in brackets to fill in the blanks in the following sentences.

17I ………………… (wear) sunglasses now since I …………….(have) sore eyes.

Open Ended

Use the appropriate form of the verbs in brackets to fill in the blanks in the following sentences.

18. My brother …………… (like) to collect stamps. In fact, it …………. (be) his hobby. He ………………. (collect) stamps of over 50 countries.

Open Ended

Use the appropriate form of the verbs in brackets to fill in the blanks in the following sentences.

19. My brother ……………… (write) to me that his daughter …………………….. (receive) a prize at an International Short Story Contest.