Контрольная работа по теме Past Tenses
тест по английскому языку (10 класс)

Test.   Past Tenses.

Variant 1

1. Choose the correct tense: Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect Continuous, Past Perfect.

1. I (talk) over the phone when they brought me the letter.

          a. talked                               b. had talked

          c. had been talking              d. was talking

2. They (sit) in the room when the taxi arrived.

          a. sat                                    b. had sat

          c. had been sitting               d. were sitting

3. He quickly forgot everything he (learn) at school.

          a. learnt                                b. had learnt

          c. had been learning             d. was learning

4. I visited Brazil in April. I (stay) at a nice hotel for a fortnight.

          a. stayed                               b. had stayed

          c. had been staying              d. was staying

5. I (stay) at the hotel for a fortnight when I received your letter.

          a. stayed                                b. had stayed

          c. had been staying               d. was staying

6 The musician (play) the piano for a whole hour when we came in.

          a. played                               b. had played

          c. had been playing              d. was playing

7. We (walk) along a forest road for two hours when we saw a house.

          a. walked                              b. had walked

          c. had been walking              d. were walking

8. I hardly (finish) speaking with a porter when the phone rang again.

                a. finished                            b. had hardly finished

                c. had been finishing           d. was finishing

9. First I (answer) the phone, and then I read your letter.

           a. answered                          b. had answered

           c. had been answering         d. was answering

10. And I began writing to you instead of going to the seaside, as I (plan) before

          a. planned                             b. had planned

          c. had been planning            d. was planning

2. Определите время глагола.

       1.Она не сдала экзамен, т.к. не выучила билеты.

       2. Мы прибыли из Лондона вчера вечером.

       3. В этот самый момент на прошлой неделе я летел в Париж.

       4. Они в этом отеле жили с мая.

3.Choose the correct variant.

Test.   Past Tenses.

Variant 2

1.        Choose the correct tense: Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect Continuous, Past Perfect.

1. He  _____   a new car last month, but he doesn't really like it.

a. bought                    b. was buying

c. had bought             d.  had been buying

2. I burned my finger while I______ breakfast.

a. was cooking              b. had cooked

c.had been cooking      

3. By the time I came back, Mike and Jane _____, so I couldn't tell them about it.

a. were already leaving

b.had already left

c. had already been leaving

4. He_______ for twenty years when he finally quit smoking.

a. smoked

 b.was smoking

 c.had been smoking

5. I _______ you yesterday because my telephone was out of order.

a. didn't call

 b.hadn't called

 c.hadn't been calling

6. He was waiting for his bus at the bus stop when the robbers _____him.

a. attacked                b.were attacking

 c.had attacked        c. had been attacking

7. I wanted to ask my son for help, but I saw that he___ , and I decided not to wake him up.

a. slept                  b. was sleeping

c. had slept            d. had been sleeping

8. Yesterday I went to an interesting museum that I_____ before.

a.  didn't visit

b.wasn't visiting

c. hadn't visited

9. By the time we arrived, she _____ for us at the train station for three hours.

a. waited

 b.was waiting

c. had been waiting

10. Christopher Columbus_____ America in 1492.

a. discovered             b. was discovering

 c.had discovered      d. had been discovering

2. Определите время глагола.

1. У меня разболелась голова, т.к. с утра я ничего не ела.
2. Мы были в восторге от этого фильма.
3. К тому времени как прибыли полицейские, мы стояли у разбитой машины 1,5 часа.
4. Когда зажгли свет, Рози уже успела съесть все конфеты на столе.