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Test - 7

- Past Simple
- Regular verbs, irregular verbs
- Time expressions

He _____ some new shoes last month.
- A) bought
- B) buying
- C) buy
- D) buys
Where _____ you _____ on holiday last year?
- A) did / went
- B) go / did
- C) did / go
- D) do / go
A: _____ you _____ Jane last month?
B: No, I _____ .
- A) * / saw / didn’t
- B) Did / see / didn’t
- C) Did / saw / didn’t
- D) Did / see / did
A: _____ did she _____ a job?
B: In the car factory.
- A) When / get
- B) Where / got
- C) Who / get
- D) Where / get
Max didn’t _____ yesterday afternoon; he _____ at home.
- A) go out / stayed
- B) go out / stay
- C) went out / stayed
- D) went out / stay
Geoffrey _____ French before, but he _____ at university now.
- A) study didn’t / studies
- B) didn’t study / study
- C) did not study / studies
- D) didn’t studied / studies
A: _____ did they have _____ lunch?
B: Soup & fish.
- A) What / on
- B) What / for
- C) Where / in
- D) Who / for
A: Where _____ you last week?
B: I _____ in Alabama.
- A) were / were
- B) was / is
- C) were / was
- D) was / were
I usually _____ for 6 hours a day, but I _____ for 8 hours yesterday.
- A) work / worked
- B) works / worked
- C) worked / worked
- D) work / work
Rosemary often _____ to work by bus, but she _____ to work by taxi yesterday.
- A) got / get
- B) gets / got
- C) get / got
- D) got / got
Bonny and Nick _____ tennis last weekend, but they rarely _____ tennis.
- A) played / play
- B) play / play
- C) play / plays
- D) play / played
It _____ a lot in winter here, but it _____ last year.
- A) snows / rains
- B) snowed / rained
- C) snow / rain
- D) snows / rained
Last year it _____ for three months, but it _____ just for two weeks.
- A) snows / rains
- B) snowed / rained
- C) snowing / raining
- D) snow / raining
A: _____ it snow a little in winter in Holland?
B: Yes, it _____ . But last winter it _____ snow at all.
- A) Do / do / didn’t
- B) Does / do / doesn’t
- C) Does / does / didn’t
- D) Do / does / don’t
A: _____ you usually work for 8 hours a day?
B: Yes, I _____ . But last week I _____ for 8 hours a day.
- A) Do / do / didn’t work
- B) Do / did / didn’t worked
- C) Did / did / don’t work
- D) Do / did / don’t work
A: _____ Alex _____ you yesterday evening?
B: No, he _____ .
- A) Did / helped / didn’t
- B) Did / helped / did
- C) Did / help / did
- D) Did / help / didn’t
It _____ Jack’s birthday two days ago.
- A) was
- B) were
- C) is
- D) are
A: Who _____ you eat with?
B: Well, I _____ dinner with friends.
- A) did / eat
- B) did / eats
- C) did / ate
- D) did / eaten
Ann usually _____ to work, but yesterday she_____ .
- A) drive / walks
- B) drives / walked
- C) drove / walked
- D) drive / walk
It usually _____ a lot in winter but last year it _____ .
- A) rains / snowed
- B) rains / snows
- C) rain / snowed
- D) rain /snow
Ann and Max usually _____ sailing at weekends, but last weekend they _____ tennis.
- A) goes / played
- B) go / played
- C) went / play
- D) went / played
My family left London and moved _____ a small village.
- A) to
- B) in
- C) at
- D) for
People all _____ the world speak English.
- A) of
- B) for
- C) over
- D) from
What do you know _____ George Washington?
- A) with
- B) about
- C) for
- D) off
Now she _____ alone, but when she was a child she _____ with her mother and sisters.
- A) live / lived
- B) lives / lived
- C) lived / lives
- D) live / lived
Where _____ she live now ?
- A) did
- B) do
- C) does
- D) is
She _____ learn to read until she was 86.
- A) didn’t
- B) doesn’t
- C) isn’t
- D) don’t
Where _____ she live in 1950?
- A) does
- B) is
- C) did
- D) do
She _____ work when she was 8.
- A) started
- B) starts
- C) start
- D) starting
“_____ you like the film?”
“No, I _____ .”
- A) Are / am not
- B) Did / didn’t
- C) Do / didn’t
- D) Are / didn’t
She thinks _____ her past life.
- A) off
- B) for
- C) about
- D) with
He was tired _____ politics.
- A) of
- B) at
- C) from
- D) with
She died _____ a car crash.
- A) at
- B) for
- C) in
- D) on
People were afraid _____ her.
- A) from
- B) of
- C) at
- D) on
I _____ in Paris when I was six.
- A) lived
- B) live
- C) living
- D) lives
We _____ move to London.
- A) did
- B) didn’t
- C) aren’t
- D) isn’t
“When _____ you have your last holiday?”
“Last August.”
- A) do
- B) are
- C) did
- D) is
He _____ the school in 1994.
- A) left
- B) leaved
- C) leave
- D) leaves
He _____ his wife, Maria, in 1998.
- A) met
- B) meted
- C) meet
- D) meets
In my bedroom there’s a bed _____ a wardrobe.
- A) but
- B) so
- C) and
- D) also
Millions of people _____ to London for her Funeral when he died.
- A) come
- B) coming
- C) came
- D) comes
Peter stayed _____ his grandmother _____ Christmas.
- A) at / in
- B) to / in
- C) on / at
- D) with/at
We arrived _____ the airport _____ New York _____ 5:45 am.
- A) at / in / at
- B) to / in / at
- C) on / at / at
- D) at / at / in
Speak _____ me in English. It’s good practice _____ us.
- A) to / with
- B) of / of
- C) to / for
- D) with / on
There’s a postman _____ a letter _____ you.
- A) with / for
- B) with / to
- C) at / to
- D) at / at
I often think _____ the day we met.
- A) off
- B) on
- C) about
- D) for
Tuncay Atakan is an English teacher. He _____ English.
- A) teaching
- B) like
- C) teaches
- D) study
‘Was there anyone at the office yesterday?’
‘ No, ______.’
- A) they weren’t
- B) there isn’t
- C) there wasn’t
- D) they didn’t
‘Did she go to the cinema last night?’
‘No, she ______.’
- A) did
- B) wasn’t
- C) can’t
- D) didn’t
‘_____ they come by train?’
‘No, they came by plane.’
- A) Do
- B) Does
- C) Were
- D) Did
I came to live here three years _____ .
- A) ago
- B) before
- C) last
- D) always
_____ month I went to Paris.
- A) This
- B) That
- C) Last
- D) Next
In my family we _____ dinner at seven o’clock.
- A) take
- B) do
- C) go
- D) have
There’s a bank _____ the bookshop.
- A) between
- B) on
- C) opposite
- D) straight ahead
I usually take the car because I don’t like _____ .
- A) working
- B) running
- C) going
- D) walking
We _____ in a hotel in Frankfurt.
- A) stayed
- B) was
- C) spent
- D) had
‘Where can I buy some medicine?’
‘At the _____ in Cook Street.’
- A) chemist’s
- B) bank
- C) market
- D) baker’s
‘______ ?’
‘He’s very nice.’
- A) What does he look like?
- B) What’s he like?
- C) How is he?
- D) How does he look?

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