Диагностический тест для уроков английского языка в 7 – 11 классах по теме «PastTenses»
тест по английскому языку (8, 9, 10, 11 класс)

Диагностический тест

для уроков английского языка

в 7 – 11 классах

по теме «PastTenses»

TEST "Past Tenses"

Вариант 1

1.He had been away for many years and when he visited his native town, he saw that it  ___________ greatly.

1. changed
2. hadbeenchanging
3. waschanging
4. hadchanged

2.It wasn't raining when I looked out of the window; the sun was shining. But it ______ earlier. That's why the ground was wet.

1. hadbeenraining
2. rained
3. wasraining
4. hadrained

3.Sam says he didn't enjoy the program because the TV set ______ properly.

1. hadn'tbeenworking
2. hadn'tworked
3. didn'twork
4. wasn'tworking

4.Tom ________ breakfast this morning because he didn't have any time

1. hadn't been eating
2. wasn't eating
3. didn't eat
4. hadn't eaten

5.He  ________ill for three days, so his mother wanted to bring him to a doctor, but he didn't want to go.

1. felt
2. wasfeeling
3. hadfelt
4. hadbeenfeeling

6.Scarcely  ________out of the window when I saw a flash of light.

1. I was looking
2. had I looked
3. was I looking
4. had I been looking

7.I handed Betsy today's newspaper, but she didn't want it. She_____  it during her lunch.

1. wasreading
2. hadread
3. read
4. hadbeenreading

8.Our clothes were wet because we_______  in the rain.

1. had been walking
2. had walked
3. were walking
4. walked

9  Her face was stained with tears and her eyes were red. She _______ .

1. cried
2. had cried
3. hadbeencrying
4. wascrying

10.He didn't see me as he was reading when I ______ into the room.

1. hadcome
2. wascoming
3. came
4. hadbeencoming

11.I saw Paul at the airport. He _______ for his brother's plane to arrive from Canada.

1. had waited
2. waited
3. was waiting
4. had been waiting

12.He was taken to the police station because he ______ into a car in front of him.

1. hadcrashed
2. didn'tcrash
3. crashed
4. wasn'tcrashing

13.When I first_____to England in 1938, I thought I knew English fairly well.

1. had been coming
2. was coming
3. had come
4. came

14.Mrs. Smith was busy last weekend because her grandchildren __________ with her.

1. were staying
2. stayed
3. hadstayed
4. hadbeenstaying

15.Who________  in this house before they pulled it down?

1. hadlived
2. lived
3. hadbeenliving
4. wasliving

Вариант 2

1. While I ________ the dishes last night, I dropped a plate and broke it.

1. hadbeenwashing
2. waswashing
3. hadwashed
4. washed

2.It wasn't raining when I looked out of the window; the sun was shining. But it  _________earlier. That's why the ground was wet.

1. hadbeenraining
2. hadrained
3. wasraining
4. rained

3.When I was young, I  ______that people over forty were very old. Now when I am forty myself, I don't think so.

1. had thought
2. used to think
3. was thinking
4. thought

4.I looked everywhere for my car keys and then I remembered that my son _____ the car to work.

1. hadbeentaking
2. hadtaken
3. took
4. wastaking

5.Lucy _______ her seatbelt before the accident happened that's why she was badly hurt.

1. didn'twear
2. hadn'tbeenwearing
3. hadn'tworn
4. wasn'twearing

6.Tom _____ breakfast this morning because he didn't have any time

1. wasn'teating
2. didn'teat
3. hadn'tbeeneating
4. hadn'teaten

7.The Browns _______ in a large house when their children were at home, but they moved to a small three-room apartment after the children grew up and left home.

1. wereliving
2. usedtolive
3. hadlived
4. lived

8.Rescue workers  ____a man, a woman, and two children from cold rushing water.

1. hadpulled
2. werepulling
3. hadbeenpulling
4. pulled

9.Hardly  _______the place of our destination when it became quite dark.

1. wewerereaching
2. hadwereached
3. wereached
4. wehadbeenreaching

10.He didn't see me as he was reading when I ____ into the room.

1. wascoming
2. came
3. hadbeencoming
4. hadcome

11.When Mary came back, she looked very red from the sun. She ______ in the sun too long.

1. was lying
2. had been lying
3. lay
4. had lain

12.He was taken to the police station because he ____ into a car in front of him.

1. had crashed
2. didn'tcrash
3. crashed
4. wasn'tcrashing

13.Everybody was laughing merrily while Harris _______ them a funny story.

1. was telling
2. had been telling
3. told
4. had told

14.It wasn't raining when I left my office in the evening, but the ground was wet. It  _______all day.

1. had rained
2. had been raining
3. rained
4. was raining

15.Who _________ in this house before they pulled it down?

1. was living
2. had lived
3. lived
4. had beenliving

Информационные ресурсы:

1.Английский язык : Экспресс-репетитор для подготовки к ЕГЭ: «Грамматика и лексика» / Музланова Е.С.: АСТ: Астрель; Москва; 2009

2.Ваулина Ю.Е., Эванс В., Дули Дж., Подоляко О.Е. УМК «Английский в фокусе» для 8 класса. – М.: ExpressPublishing: Просвещение, 2015.