Грамматический тест Past Tenses

Variant 1

1.     Jane ________________(watch) TV while I _________________ (water) the plants.

2.     Aztec civilization ________________(develop) in the Valley of Mexico.

3.     When I ________________ (try) to use my laptop, I realized that battery ________________(run) down.

4.     Who _____________________(you/talk) to on the phone when I ___________(come) in?

5.     They ________________(plant) trees on the island, _______________(work) hard and ____________(improve) the land.

6.     Dina ____________(work) on the computer for three hours before she ____________(start) getting ready to go out.

7.     Owen _________________(type) his essay when the computer ___________(crash).

8.     When I ______________(receive) the e-mail, I couldn’t understand who ___________(send) it.

9.     They _____________(already phone) the rescue centre for help.

10. It _________________(snow) for the whole night yesterday.

Variant 2

1.     Ian ____________(ask) Tina out yesterday but she ________________ (already/make) plans.

2.     While we _____________(do) the maths test, the fire alarm _____________(go) off.

3.     Yesterday evening I _______________(not/meet) my friends until after I _______________(finish) my homework.

4.     The rainforest was full of sounds. Birds _________(call) from the trees and thousands of insects _____________(buzz and hum).

5.     I _____________(turn) the computer off, but forgot that I ______________(not save) my work.

6.     Two days ago she _______________(return) the book I _____________(give) her.

7.     James _______________(paint) the house for hours before he ____________(take) a break.

8.     When Sue _________________(arrive) at 9:30 am, four people _____________ (wait) outside the office.

9.     They spent a long time searching for the cave before they realized that they ___________(head) in the wrong direction.

10. What ____________________(you do) at 6 pm yesterday? – I ________________(play) scrabble with my little son.