the 5th of February

Name:
2013
Class: IX B
TEST PAPER

I. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or the Past Continuous: (20p)
1. My dog (walk) .................................. along quietly when Mr. Pitts Pekinese
(attack) .............................. him.
2. When I ............................(arrive), she (have) .................................. lunch.
3. What (you, think) ............................... of his last book? I (like)........................ it very
much.
4. He suddenly (realize) ................................... that he (travel) ................................ in the
wrong direction.
5. He (play) ..................... the guitar outside when someone (open) .................. the window
and (throw) ......................... out a bucket of water.
6. I
(just,
open)
............................................
the
letter
when
the
wind
(blow) .......................... it out of my hand.
7. While I (look) .............................................. for my passport I (find) ........................... this
old photograph.
8. The ship (approach) ........................................... Cape Town when the tornado
(begin) ........................................
9. He
(not
hear)
........................................
the
bell
because
the
radio
(play).................................................
10.When I (get)..................................... home everybody (dance) ............................................
11.The plane (catch)............................................... fire as it (take) .........................................
off.
12.Tim
(crash)
.......................................
into
a
street
light
because
he
(drive) ..................................... too fast.
13.She
(make)
..............................................
pastry
when
the
telephone
(ring) .................................
14.Father (shave) ...................................... and (sing) ................................... .... a silly song at
the same time.
15.What (you/do) ............................................... last night between 11 oclock and midnight?
16.The teacher (write) ...................................... something on the blackboard while the
children (throw) .......................................paper balls at one another.
17.She (start) ............................. crying when she (hear) ............................ the news.
18.I (think) ................................. about their proposal last night but I (not
make) ................................ any decision.
19.I
(see)
..............................
Lisa
Minelli
in
the
theatre
yesterday.
She
(sit) ................................ in the first row.
20.This time last Sunday, I (watch) ................................ a film on TV.
II.

Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Perfect Simple or Past Perfect
Continuous: (20p)

1. The professor (speak) ...............................................for 10 minutes when I entered the

hall.
2. After John (listen to) ............................................... the news bulletin, he went downstairs
to have dinner.
3. He told me he (be) ...............................................to the theatre the day before.
4. We asked him which countries he (visit) ................................................
5. He (learn) ............................................... English for two years before he went to England
for the first time.
6. She (just /go) ...............................................out when I called at her house.
7. The river became deeper after it (rain) ............................................... heavily all night.
8. After John (leave) ..............................................., she told me they
(be) ............................................... friends for five years.
9. After we (walk) ............................................... for an hour, we realized we had lost our
way.

10. When I found out he (get married) ..............................................., I rang him up and
congratulated him.
III.

Put the sentences into the interrogative and negative form: (15p)

1. He forbade her to go to the party.

2. She was lying on the beach this time yesterday.

3. The children had eaten lunch by 12 oclock.

4. Mark arrived late to school yesterday.

5. It had been snowing heavily all day.

IV. Complete with the correct preposition: (15p)

1. I dont believeghosts.
2. Spain is famousits many festivals.
3. I am afraidsnakes.
4. They arrivedschool in time.
5. She had been waitingher boss all morning.
6. The film is differentthe book.
7. The babysitter takes carethe children while their parents are away.
8. The streets were fullpeople watching the parade.
9. He complainedhis motherthe party.
10.The teacher shoutedthe students.
11.That boy is always rudehis grandma.
12.He was annoyedmebeing late to the meeting.
13.I am writing this letteryou to invite you to my wedding anniversary.
V. Rewrite these sentences using Hardly, Scarcely, Barely, No sooner +inversion:
(10p)
1. The match started. It began to rain.(hardly)

2. I went to bed. The phone rang.(no sooner)

3. We got on the train. It left the station.(scarcely)

4. He started speaking English. Everyone realized he was a foreigner.( barely)

5. He recovered from his illness. He broke his leg. (hardly)

20 points granted