Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour
Name : ____________________________________
Class : ___________________________
Student A
Date : ___________________________
(20 pts)
1. Put the verbs into the correct form : Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect. (7pts)
a) Yesterday afternoon, Sarah went (go) to the station to meet Paul. When she got (get) there,
Paul was already waiting (already wait) for her. His train had arrived (arrive) early.
b) When I got home, Bill was lying (lie) on the sofa. The television was on, but he wasn’t watching
(not watch) it. He had fallen (fall) asleep and was snoring (snore) loudly. I turned (turn) the
television off and just then he woke (wake) up.
c) Last night, I was going (go) to bed when I suddenly heard (hear) a noise. I went to see what it
was, but I didn’t see (not see) anything, so I went (go) back to bed.
2. Put the verbs into the correct form: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect or
Past Simple. (5pts)
a) We can go out now. It isn’t raining (not rain) anymore.
b) Catherine was waiting for me when I arrived (arrive).
c) Fred usually phones (phone) me on Friday, but today is Friday and he hasn’t called (not call) me
yet.
d) It’s often dry here at this time of the year. It doesn’t rain (not rain) much.
e) It is beginning / has begun (begin) to get dark. Shall I turn on the light?
f)
Lisa didn’t go (not go) to work yesterday. She wasn’t feeling well.
g) He has known (know) his girlfriend since he was in grade 7.
h) I’m looking for Tom. Have you seen (you see) him?
i)
I have already travelled (already travel). I went to Prague last summer.
3. Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets. (5pts)
a) I played tennis a lot when I was a kid. I don’t play very often now.
(used to) I used to play tennis a lot when I was a kid.
b) I first took piano lessons in 2003.
(since) I have been taking piano lessons since 2003.
c) I have known my best friend since I was 9. Now I’m 14 and we are still close friends.
(for) We have been close friends for 5 years.
d) We moved to our new house in 2006.
(ago) We moved to our new house 5 years ago.
e) We arrived at the cinema at 6. The movie started at 5.
(after) We arrived at the cinema after the movie had started / started.
4. Rewrite these sentences with “used to” and “would”. Put X when it’s impossible. (3pts)
a- I went to the mountains every weekend.
I used to go to the mountains every weekend.
I would go to the mountains every weekend.
b- We travelled once to Japan.
It’s impossible because it’s not a repeated action; it only happened once.
c- We didn’t have a Playstation when we were kids.
We didn’t use to have a Playstation when we were kids.
Impossible with ‘would’ because “have” is a state verb.