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Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I______________ (sit) in a cafe when you ___________ (call) .

(a)  

2.

When you _________ (arrive) at the party, who _____________ (be) there?

a)

were arriving / was

b)

arrived / was

c)

was arriving / were

d)

arrived / was being

3.

Susie ____________ (watch) a film when she _________ (hear) the noise.

a)

watched / was hearing

b)

watching / heard

c)

watched / was hearing

d)

was watching / heard

4.

Yesterday I___________ (go) to the library, next I __________ (have) a swim, later I ___________(meet) Julie for coffee.

(a)  

5.

What (a)   (they/do) at 10pm last night - it was really noisy? [ . ]

6.

We ___________ (play) tennis when John ___________ (hurt) his ankle.

a)

were playing / hurt

b)

played / hurt

c)

was playing / hurt

d)

played tennis / hurting

7.

He ____________(take) a shower when the telephone ________(ring).

a)

was taking / was ringing

b)

took / rang

c)

took / was ringing

d)

was taking / rang

8.

When I ___________(walk) into the room, everyone _________ (work).

a)

was walking / worked

b)

walked / worked

c)

was walking / was working

d)

walked / working

9.

It ______________(be) a day last September. The sun _________ (shine) and the birds _________(sing) . I ______________(walk) along the street when I _____________ (meet) an old friend.

a)

was / was shinning / sang / was walking / met

b)

was / was shinning / were singing/ was walking / met

c)

was / shone / sang / walked / met

d)

was being / was shinning / were singing / was walking / met

10.

He ____________ (live) in Russia when the Revolution __________ (start).

a)

lived / was starting

b)

was living / was starting

c)

was living / started

d)

lived / started

11.
I ____ at home yesterday
a)
were
b)
have
c)
had
d)
was
12.
Where ___ you eat yesterday?
a)
do
b)
does
c)
did
d)
didn't
13.
She ___ born in Dublin
a)
were
b)
was
c)
had
d)
has
14.

She ___ English with her friends yesterday.

a)
speaks
b)
spoken
c)
speak
d)
spoke
15.
 She ______ to bed at 10 o'clock yesterday. 
a)
go
b)
goes
c)
went
d)
going
16.

He (a)   a car a week ago.

17.

..........to music at 6 p.m yesterday?

a)

Do you listen

b)

Are you listening

c)

Did you listen

d)

Were you listening

18.

I ____________ TV and my dog was sleeping. (watch)

a)

was watched

b)

was watching

c)

watched

d)

were watching

19.

We went out, after we........(finish) dinner

a)
have finished
b)
had finished
c)
finished
d)
was finish
20.
I needed to know what....to my dog.
a)
had happened
b)
had happening
c)
has happened
d)
was happened
21.
They haven't repaired the stairs ... last summer.
a)
for
b)
since
22.

Which tense is this?

"At last the bus came. I had been waiting for haft an hour!"

a)

Simple Past

b)

Past Continous

c)

Past Perfect

d)

Past Perfect Continous

23.

My grandfather ___ in his old house for ages before he moved in with us.

a)

had been lived

b)

has living

c)

had been living

d)

has been live

24.

I ___ with my problem for weeks before I found a solution.

a)

had been cope

b)

has been cope

c)

had been coping

d)

has been coping

25.

What is the negative form?

I used to work hard.

I ______ work hard

a)

wasn't used to

b)

didn't used to

c)

didn't use to

26.

What is the negative form?

She got used to working hard

She ______ working hard

a)

got used to

b)

didn't got use to

c)

didn't get used to

d)

didn't get use to

27.

I used to ______ up late during pandemic. Now that we're back to in person lessons, I have to be up early.

a)

waking

b)

wake

28.

My father used to _____ to the beach on the weekends.

a)

go

b)

going

c)

went

d)

goes

29.

A: Can you pick me up at 5 am?

B: Of course! I've been waking up at 5 am since I was 11 years old. I am (a)   (wake) up early.

Use three words to complete this sentence.

30.

I used to ____ a lot.

a)

read

b)

reading

c)

reads

31.

I like it now, but I ____.

a)

didn't use to

b)

didn't used to

c)

didn't using to

32.

He __________ several books a month, but he doesn't have time any more.

a)

got used to reading

b)

used to read

c)

was used to reading

33.

We were surprised to see her driving – she ________________

when we first met her.

a)

didn't use to drive

b)

got used to driving

c)

was used to driving

34.

I used to ____ hard when I was a student.

a)

work

b)

worked

c)

working

35.

I didn't use to (a)   (like) it, but I do now.

36.

Susan .................. too much money in the past.

a)

used to eat

b)

used to help

c)

used to spend

d)

used to go

37.

.................. she .................. go to bed early?

a)

did / used to

b)

does / used to

c)

did / use to

d)

do / Used to

38.

A: Where did you use to go for summer when you were a child?

B: ..........................................................................................................................................

a)

We used to visit my grandparents for summer.

b)

We used to buy some fruıts

c)

I used to travel by bus.

d)

I used to have a pet.

39.

We _______vegetables from greengrocer now but we _________ grow vegetables when we lived in the country twenty years ago.

a)

drink-used to

b)

buy-didn’t use to

c)

buy-used to

d)

play-used to

40.

People _________ by horse before but now they _________ by plane.

a)

did travel-travelling

b)

used to travelling-don’t trave

c)

used to travel-don’t travel

d)

used to travel-travel

41.

A: ______ Ali and Ahmet _______ fight when they were little boys?

B: Yes,they did.

a)

did-used

b)

did-use

c)

did-used to

d)

did-use to

42.

Harry couldn't dance at my party because a week earlier he _______ his leg

a)

has broken

b)

had broken

c)

broke

43.

He spoke good English because he ________ in the USA since 1980.

a)

lived

b)

had live

c)

had lived

44.

When we got married, we __________ each other for two years.

a)

had known

b)

had knew

c)

knew

45.

We had learned English for two years before we _____ to England.

a)

moved

b)

had moved

c)

have moved

46.

It had not rained for three weeks, so the ground ________ very dry.

a)

was

b)

were

c)

had been

47.

I __________ my homework before you told me to do it

a)

did

b)

have done

c)

had done

48.

____ you ______ all sweets before I made dinner?

a)

Did /eat

b)

Have / ate

c)

Had / eaten

49.

John ............ his homework yesterday at 11.

a)

was doing

b)

doing

c)

did

50.

My dogs .............. in my bed last Monday at 4 o'clock

a)

was sleeping

b)

were sleeping

c)

were sleep

d)

slept

51.

We ................. computer games last evening at 5.

a)

played

b)

was playing

c)

were playing

52.

She was watching TV ... her mum was cooking in the kitchen.

a)

when

b)

while

53.
What ......... yesterday evening?
a)
did you do
b)
were you doing
c)
you did
d)
you were doing
54.
My father ___________ in the garden while my mother ___________ the washing-up.
a)
worked / did
b)
was working / was doing
c)
were working / did
d)
worked / was doing
55.
I was reading a book while my brother _____________ computer games.
a)
was plaing
b)
played
c)
playing
d)
was playing
56.

Have you ever ___________ about the Beatles?

a)

hear

b)

heard

c)

hearing

d)

heared

57.

_________ they arrived yet?

a)

Has

b)

Having

c)

Have

d)

Had

58.
Have you ................. seen a snake?
a)
ever
b)
never
c)
yet
d)
still
59.
Tom .......... his room.
a)
hasn't clean
b)
hasn't cleaned
60.
Have you ever been to Italy? No, I .............
a)
have
b)
haven't