Past Simple and Past Continouos

Past tenses test

I. Choose the right variant

1. I (to invite) __ your friend to the party.

a) inviting

b) invite

c) invited

2. Paul (to find) __ a good and inexpensive hotel.

a) found

b) finds

c) finded

3. We (to understand) __ each other.

a) understanded

b) understood

c) understand

4. Did you (to see) __ my new bike?

a) saw

b) seen

c) see

5. I (not to know) __ this.

a) didn't know

b) wasn't know

c) didn't knew

6. Why did you (to ask) __ me this question?

a) asked

b) ask

c) asking

II. Choose the right variant

1. Вчера я купил новый телевизор

a) Yesterday I bought a new TV.

b) Yesterday I was bought by a new TV.

c) Yesterday I was buying a new TV.

2. Я родился в 1997 году

a) I borned in 1997.

b) I was born in 1997.

c) I was borning in 1997.

3. Я все еще спал, когда ты мне позвонил

a) I still slept when you give me a call.

b) I was still sleeping when you gave me a call.

c) I was still slept when you were giving me a call.

4. Он продал машину за день до того, как она сломалась

a) He was selling his car a day before it was breaking down.

b) He had sold his car a day before it broke down.

c) He sold his car a day before it had broken down.

5. Мне не понравился Лондон, когда я посетил его в первый раз

a) I didn't like London when I first visited it.

b) I wasn't liking London when I first visited it.

c) I didn't like London when I had first visited it.

III. Choose the right variant

1. What ___ at 6 p.m. yesterday?

a) did you do

b) were you doing

c) was you doing

2. Where ___ when I met you yesterday?

a) were you going

b) did you going

c) did you went

3. The firm went bankrupt and I ___ my job.

a) was losing

b) losing

c) lost

4. The bike is ok now. My dad ___ it yesterday.

a) repaired

b) were repairing

c) was repair

5. Titanic ___ in the Atlantic many years ago.

a) was sinking

b) sinked

c) sank

IV. Choose the right variant

1. When we came back home, the children ___ for two hours.

a) had already be sleeping

b) had already slept

c) had already been sleeping

2. Tina ___ home when I phoned her.

a) had just been getting

b) had just get

c) had just got

3. I was glad to meet Ted again. I ___ him for ages.

a) hadn’t seen

b) had been seeing

c) not had seen

4. Mom was tired yesterday. She ___ the house all day.

a) had been cleaning

b) had cleaned

c) had been cleaned

5. When I arrived, Lucy ___ in bed with temperature since lunchtime.

a) had lying

b) had been lying

c) had lied

V. Choose the right variant

1. In 1939 the Second World War ... .

a) had started

b) started

c) was starting

d) had been starting

2. I ... a shower when somebody knocked on my door.

a) had

b) was having

c) had had

d) had been having

3. Kim looked tired this morning. She ... all night long.

a) had been studying

b) had studied

c) was studying

d) studied

4. They ... the window when it ... to rain.

a) cleaned / started

b) had been cleaning / started

c) were cleaning / started

d) cleaned / were starting

5. I ... for 11 hours, so I felt really exhausted!

a) had driven

b) were driven

c) had been driving

d) drove ting