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FORM 5 Unit 2 (page 21)

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Peter ___________ a scary programme at seven o'clock yesterday.

a)

wasn't watching

b)

didn't watch

2.

Alfred Hitchcock ____________ many remarkable films.

a)

was directing

b)

directed

3.

Every year, Pat _________ me a mysterious box and we _________ it together.

a)

brought.....opened

b)

was bringing.....were opening

4.

Lara _________ a book of myths while Tyler ________ the Net.

a)

read...surfed

b)

was reading....was surfing

5.

_______ the mystery in 1990?

a)

Did they solve

b)

Were they solving

6.

Tom ______ about the bizarre event.

a)

knew

b)

was knowing

7.

The spirit ______ out of the castle, ______ down to the lake and _______.

a)

was coming...was walking...was disappearing

b)

came...walked...disappeared

8.

According to the Greek myth, there once ________ (live) a man called Hephaestus.

a)

lived

b)

was living

9.

One day, while he _______ (work), Zeus _______ (tell) Hephaestus to make him a daughter.

a)

worked...told

b)

was working...was telling

c)

worked...was telling

d)

was working...told

10.

He _______ (listen) to Zeus, _______ (make) a beautiful woman and _______ (name) her Pandora.

a)

listened...made...named

b)

was listening...was making...was naming

11.

Zeus _______ (send) her to marry Epimetheus, who was the brother of Prometheus.

a)

sended

b)

sent

c)

was sending

12.

Prometheus had given people the gift of fire and Zeus ______ (want) to get revenge.

a)

was wanting

b)

wanted

13.

Zeus ______ (give) Pandora a box and ______ (order) her never to open it.

a)

was giving...was ordering

b)

gave...ordered

14.

However, Pandora was very curious, so one night, while her husband _________ (sleep), she ______ (open) the box and all kinds of terrible things came out: hate, crime, disease...

a)

was sleeping...was opening

b)

slept...opened

c)

was sleeping...opened

d)

slept...was opening

15.

When Epimetheus ______ (wake up), Pandora ______ (cry).

a)

was waking up...was crying

b)

woke up...cried

c)

was waking up...cried

d)

woke up...was crying

16.

She ______ (open) the box to show Epimetheus it was empty and he ______ (see) a small insect inside.

a)

was opening...was seeing

b)

opened...saw

17.

"My name is hope", it said. Hope _____ (thank) Pandora for opening the box and ______ (fly away) to help the world.

a)

was thanking...was flying away

b)

thanked...flew away