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Test 5
I/ Give the correct verb tenses
He ............................. (study) at Cambridge University before he ........................ (come) to Oxford University.
When we ................................. (arrive) they ....................................... (build) damps to prevent the flood that ............................ (threaten) the area.
They ................................ (be) wet with sweat. They ......................................... (play) football.
I’m sorry ................................. (do) you harm.
They .................................. (run) hard, but by the time they ...................................... (arrive) at the school, the class ......................................... (start).
It ................................. (be) a beautiful day. Our family ...................................... (do) some gardening. We .......................................... (get) the flower beds ready for the planting.
They ........................... (be) mute and red with anger. They ....................................... (quarrel) with each other.
“Yesterday you ..................................... (hear) something falling upstairs ?”. “No, I ..................................... (concentrate) on my study.”
We ........................................... (watch) television when the light ........................................ (go) off. The room ........................................... (submerge) in a blackness.
When they ....................................... (be) in the USA they ........................................... (see) a turtle they ......................................... (never see) before. It .......................................... (have) two heads.
II/ Give the correct verb tenses
I ..................................... (study) in my room when the bell ..................... (ring). It was Don on the phone. He ...................... (ask) me whether I ....................... (take) down the seeds he ......................... (dry) on the roof when it ........................ (rain). I .......................... (startle) to hear the information. I ............................. (never know) that it ............................ (rain). But when I ........................ (have) a look at the ground I ............................ (realize) that it .................................... (long – rain). Then I ............................. (apologize) to him for not remembering what he ...................... (tell) me when he .................... (leave). Don .................. (get) furious when he ............................ (return) home. He .................... (say) he ...................... (have) to send these seeds to a farm. They ............................. (make) an experiment on tropical plants. They ............................. (look) for a plant that would suit the climate. A prior experiment ................................ (carry) out with other plants, but it ................... (come) to no result. We ......................... (think) of a solution when Fred ......................... (come). He ......................... (wonder) why we ............................... (worry) about it. He ...................... (know) a similar case before. They ........................ (end) the thing off with a drier. And it ....................... (do) its job well. We all ................................ (laugh) and ....................... (feel) delighted at the suggestion. The solution .................... (be) at hand and nobody ....................... (pay) attention to it.
III/ Past tense for hypothetical situations. Express your thoughts for each of the following situations
Your dream is to be able to surf. I wish ………………………………………………...
Your mate keeps interrupting when you are speaking. I’d rather you ………………………………………..
It’s ten to nine and your sister has to be at the station by nine.
Come on, it’s time you …………………………………..……………………...
You lost your temper at work this morning and now you are sorry.
If only I …………………………………………………….…………………...
Your father is pretending not to have seen his old girlfriend.
Why are you acting as though ……………………………...…………………...
You think your friend might lose his job and he should think about this possibility.
But suppose you lost your job, would you …………………….………………...
A friend has rather stupidly given your phone number to an insurance agent.
I’d rather you …………………………………………………………….……...
Someone who’s rather wealthy is always complaining about having no money.
Oh, stop talking as if you …………………………………...…………………...
You are depressed because you have to go back to work tomorrow.
If only I …………………………………………………………………..……...
A passenger on the boat stopped you from falling overboard by holding on to your belt.
If he hadn’t …………………………………………………….………………...
You dream of being rich and travelling around the world in your own plane.
If I ……………………………………………………………………………....
You think you may have called your friend at an inconvenient moment.
Would you rather I ……………………………………………………………...
IV/ Give the correct verb tenses
1. Paul often ....................................... (go) fishing when he was young.
2. .............................. you ............................... (see) the letter in the Times this morning ?
No, I .......................................... (have) time to look at the paper today.
3. When ................................... Tom and Mary first .................................... (meet) ?
4. I ......................................... (not – drive) very fast when the accident ................................... (happen).
5. When Tom’s mother ....................................... (cook) dinner, the bell ............................... (ring).
6. What .............................. you .................................... (do) at this time last night ?
7. I ......................................... (not – go) to work yesterday because I was not well.
8. Fiona ...................................... (live) in New York when her first novel ................................. (publish).
9. While the teacher ........................................ (explain) the sum on the blackboard, the children ........................................ (throw)