Simon was watching a match on TV when it broke down. The document is a test containing questions about verb tenses, specifically the past simple, past continuous, and modal verbs. It contains 24 questions requiring the student to fill in blanks with the correct verbs in the specified tenses. The questions cover a range of everyday activities people engage in, events that occurred in the past, and what people were doing at certain times.

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GRADE: 1° SUBJECT: English LEVEL: Secondary DATE: 0_/03/2015
INSTITUCIÓN EDUCATIVA PRIVADA
Unit 01 – The basics
SCORE
A. Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or the Past Continuous or the
verbs in brackets.
1. Simon ______________ (watch) the match when the TV ______________ (break
down).
2. __________ they __________ (play) cards at 10 o’clock yesterday?
3. Paula ______________ (forget) to phone Sam on his birthday.
4. I ______________ (clean) the house while my husband ______________ (work) in
the garden.
5. What __________ you __________ (talk) about when I ______________ (come) in?
6. Yesterday I ______________ (see) Margaret at the supermarket, but I
______________ (not speak) with her.
7. At nine o’clock yesterday morning, the plane ______________ (fly) to London from
Paris.
8. Paul ______________ (be) ill last Sunday, so he ______________ (miss) the football
match.
9. While Tom and Sally ______________ (go) home, they ______________ (meet)
Jane.
10. Last night we ______________ (watch) a film on TV, but it was so boring that I
______________ (fall) asleep.
11. They ______________ (not sleep) at four o’clock in the afternoon.
12. I ______________ (eat) my lunch when the doorbell ______________ (ring).
13. While Charles ______________ (close) the door, he ______________ (realise)
that he had no keys.
14. David ______________ (exercise) all evening yesterday.
15. We ______________ (buy) this perfume while we ______________ (stay) in Paris.
16. What time __________ you __________ (arrive) home last night?
17. Sally ______________ (ride) her bicycle when she ______________ (have) the
accident.
18. __________ Alex __________ (get) many presents on Christmas Day?
19. While Diana ______________ (build) a sandcastle, her brothers ______________
(swim) in the sea.
20. Debbie ______________ (sing) in the school choir many years ago.
21. Laura ______________ (trip) on the pavement while she ______________ (run).
22. I ______________ (drink) a glass of milk every day when I was a child.
23. __________ it __________ (rain) at seven o’clock this morning?
24. While Lucy ______________ (wash) the glass, she ______________ (cut) her
finger.
Mrs. Anabel MONTES M. – ENGLISH TEACHER ”Winners from the beginning..!”