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Grammar Unit 8 - a pretest

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Before we decided to go to Thailand, we (think) about it for months.

a)

was thinking

b)

had been thinking

c)

had been thought

2.

I didn't want to go out because I (work) all day.

a)

was working

b)

had been working

c)

had been worked

3.

She (sleep) for an hour when I woke her up.

a)

was sleeping

b)

had been sleeping

c)

had been slept

4.

He finally came at six o'clock. I (wait) for him since four-thirty.

a)

was waiting

b)

had been waiting

c)

had been waited

5.

Her eyes were red because she (cry)

a)

was crying

b)

had been crying

c)

had been cried

6.

Jane called me when I (study).

a)

was studying

b)

had been studying

c)

had been studied

7.

When the guest arrived, my mother (cook) dinner

a)

was cooking

b)

had been cooking

c)

had been cooked

8.

When I got home, the window (break) by someone

a)

had been broken

b)

was breaking

c)

had been breaking

9.

The oranges (pick) before the storm.

a)

was picking

b)

had been picking

c)

had been picked

10.

The police discovered the letter (write) two days before the murder.

a)

was writing

b)

had been writing

c)

had been written

11.

Before the students started the class, their cellphones (collect)

a)

was collecting

b)

had been collecting

c)

had been collected

12.

Steven repaired his glasses because they (break) by his brother.

a)

were breaking

b)

had been breaking

c)

had been broken

13.

The report (not, sign) yet when the boss checked it.

a)

wasn't signing

b)

had been signing

c)

had been signed

14.

I just heard about the accident. ____________ (work) the driver__________ all night?

a)

was- working

b)

had - been working

c)

had - been worked

15.

When Gerhard moved to Surabaya, he (learn) Javanese for five years.

a)

was learning

b)

had been learning

c)

had been learned

16.

They (not, practice) the piano for long before they were ready to perform.

a)

weren't practicing

b)

hadn't been practicing

c)

had been practiced

17.

I (walk) the street when I saw the "SALE" sign.

a)

was walking

b)

had been walking

c)

had been walked

18.

We couldn't go to the beach yesterday because It (rain)

a)

was raining

b)

had been raining

c)

had been rained

19.

Michelle (sleep) when the telephone rang last night.

a)

was sleeping

b)

had been sleeping

c)

had been slept

20.

Wilson (eat) dinner when someone knocked the door.

a)

was eating

b)

had been eating

c)

had been eaten