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NAME: DATE: / /

SIMPLE PAST MARK:

PAST CONTINUOUS
EXAM

1. WRITE THE SIMPLE PAST OF THE FOLLOWING VERBS:

be play
buy spend
can teach
choose travel
dance try
do understand
fly write
have drink

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2. TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES AND WRITE THE INTERROGATIVE AND


NEGATIVE FORMS:

2.1 They planned their holiday last week.


T: __________________________________________________________
I: __________________________________________________________
N: __________________________________________________________
2.2 He was in London last year.
T: __________________________________________________________
I: __________________________________________________________
N: __________________________________________________________
2.3 We bought a car yesterday morning.
T: __________________________________________________________
I: __________________________________________________________
N: __________________________________________________________
2.4 I could sing some years ago.
T: __________________________________________________________
I: __________________________________________________________
N: __________________________________________________________
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3. WRITE PAST SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS:

3.1 We _________________ (go) swimming every week when we were young.


3.2 Why _________________ (you / laugh) all through your history lesson
yesterday?
3.3 I _________________ (not / drink) water last night.
3.4 Debbie _________________ (sing) in the school choir many years ago.
3.5 Steve _________________ (have) an accident yesterday. He
_________________ (drive) his car when a bird _________________ (fly) into
the windscreen. He _____________ (try) to stop quickly but he
_________________ (crash) into a wall. Luckily, he _____________ (not / be)
hurt.
3.6 I ________________________ (watch) television when the phone rang.
3.7 When the ambulance came we ________________________ (carry) him into
it.
3.8 She ________________________ (drive) her car when she suddenly felt ill.
3.9 When he saw me he ________________________ (fall) off the wall.
3.10 We ________________________ (listen) to the radio when it suddenly
stopped working.
3.11 Why ________________________ (you/play) cards when he walked into the
office?
3.12 ________________________ (they/thank) you when you gave them the
money?
3.13 ________________________ (you/smoke) when you turned on the gas?
3.14 When I arrived, they ________________________ (say) hello but continued
working.
3.15 When I got to the hospital, she ________________________ (sit) in the
waiting room.
3.16 Last week, I _________________ (go) to a talk by a famous writer. He
_________________ (talk) about his new book when I _________________
(arrive). He _________________ (give) such an interesting talk that I
_____________ (be) disappointed when it _____________ (end).
3.17 Julie _________________ (tidy) her bedroom last weekend. While she
_________________ (tidy) it, she _________________ (find) some of the toys
she _________________ (have) when she was a child. She
_________________ (not / want) to throw them away, so she
_____________ (put) them in a box and _________________ (store) them in
the attic. We _________________ (not / be) at school yesterday morning.
3.18 _________________ (he / can) swim at the age of 3?

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4. WRITE A COMPOSITION TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU DID LAST WEEKEND:

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