Basic classroom tests OEGCB test4

• TEST • past tenses Level Oxford English Grammar Course Basic Name  ● Simple past – regular verbs Put in the simple past forms ▲ ask   asked miss  reply   cry   plan   report   enjoy   play   stop   HAPpen   regRET   turn   live   repeat   visit        ● Simple past – irregular verbs Put in the simple past forms ▲ break   broke  come  keep   leave  sit   speak  write     feel   make   stand   go   put   tell   hold   shut   think        ● Simple past Complete the sentences with the verbs from the box Change the verb form if necessary ask believe clean find leave lose reply ✓ send speak ✓ tell understand write ▲  spoke to me I didn’t  reply When she She didn’t me when I her I was her friend They didn’t their maths homework so the teacher explained it I my keys yesterday but I them today Grandma me a present and I to thank her ‘What time did you the house this morning?’  ‘At o’clock.’ Did you your bedroom when I you? ● Simple past Circle  the correct forms ▲ Tony: Did you go / Went you / Did you went to school yesterday, Carla? Carla: Yes, of course Tony:  I didn’t arrive / I didn’t arrived / I’m not arrived at school on time yesterday because 2I missed / I mist the bus What the teacher said / What did the teacher say / What did say the teacher at the beginning of the lesson? Carla: She 4remind / reminded us about the test next week It’s on Wednesday Tony: I didn’t 5know / knew / known there was a test on Wednesday! 6Did you know / Did you knew / Knew you about it? Carla: Yes She 7telled / told us about it last week, Tony: You’re right! I 8forgeted / forgetted / forgot And did you 9hear / heared / heard what time the test starts? Carla: No, she 10doesn’t say / didn’t say / didn’t said ● Past progressive Complete the sentences with past progressive verbs   Bob was cooking lunch ▲ ▲ ▲ When I arrived (Bob cook lunch +)    wasn’t listening She (listening –) to me so I stopped speaking.    Were they feeling tired (they feel tired ?) when they got home?  When I saw you (you wait +) for a bus.  What (you eat ?) when you broke your tooth?  When I saw them they looked very serious and they (smile –) at all.  This morning at 10.30 I (shop +) in the town centre.  5 (you work ?) when I phoned this morning?  While the teacher was speaking I (listen –).  Why (you cry ?) when I spoke to you this morning?  When I (iron +) my shirt I realised that it was dirty.  Why (you use ?) your old tennis racket?  10 I (plan –) to use the car so Jenny used it.  ➔ Oxford English Grammar Course • Basic   TEST • past tenses  © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter  PHOTOCOPIABLE Circle  the correct verb forms Level ● Simple past and past progressive ▲ I visited / was visiting my parents when you came / were coming to my house last week 1 ‘What did you / were you doing when I saw you in town yesterday?’  ‘I looked for / was looking for a new pair of shoes.’ 2 When you saw / were seeing the accident, did you tell / were you telling the police? 3 It didn’t rain / wasn’t raining so I left / was leaving my umbrella at home When I went / was going to see what the children did / were doing, they played / were playing computer games 5 We got / were getting home from our holiday yesterday This time last week we lay / were lying on the beach 6 I opened / was opening the door of the swimming pool and looked / was looking inside Two people swam / were swimming but nobody used / was using the fast lane ● Simple past and past progressive Complete the sentences with simple past or past progressive forms  phoned ▲ He While we When I 3 The train (arrive; talk) I I While I 7 My friends at the café.  (talk; join) While we When I 10 When we last me while I   was driving breakfast someone the station it while I   to work.  (phone; drive) the doorbell.  (have, ring) hard.  (leave; rain) to my friend.  the address when my pencil   (write; break) my husband when I in Africa.  (meet; work) for the bus, I think she my wallet.  (wait; steal) about last night’s TV programme when I them breakfast we Sue in the car park, she her she a strange noise.  (have; hear) a lot of shopping.  (meet; carry) to the shops.  (see; walk) ● Simple past and past progressive Correct (✓) or not (✗) I paid for my sandwich and left the shop.  I sat down, then I was ordering a coffee.  Yesterday morning I was checking my emails before I left home.  I didn’t leave the office at because when I looked, everyone else still worked.  When I arrived at the park, my brothers were playing football.  I arrived at the park at o’clock and stayed for two hours.  My brothers still played football when I left the park.  While I was running for a bus, I fell over in the street.  ● Mixed structures Complete the text with the correct affirmative or negative past tense forms of the words in the boxes Where possible, use contracted forms (e.g didn’t) ▲ I first  learnt in 2005 and to speak Arabic while I was working in Dubai I for three years there learn +   move + stay + I3 the language while I as an engineer for an oil company: while I was speaking to people, I realised that often they me So I taking lessons at a language school At first I Arabic well But when I tried to speak it, I saw that people were very happy and all my meetings much easier become +   begin +  speak –   study +  understand –  work + When I came home, I 10 any English 11 While I was speaking to him, I 12 know –  remember +  use –   visit + the language very much But last week a man who my company, so I spoke to him in Arabic a lot of the language and I felt very happy! / 90 Oxford English Grammar Course • Basic   TEST • past tenses  © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter  PHOTOCOPIABLE ... him in Arabic a lot of the language and I felt very happy! / 90 Oxford English Grammar Course • Basic   TEST • past tenses  © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter  PHOTOCOPIABLE