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Test - 3

- While, during, for
- Past Simple - Continuous
- Perfect
- Past Passive
- Prepositions

My uncle died _____ the war.
- A) via
- B) during
- C) for
- D) in
The phone rang _____ I was having supper.
- A) while
- B) during
- C) for
- D) in
I lived in Paris _____ several years.
- A) while
- B) during
- C) for
- D) in
_____ I was in Paris, I made a lot of friends.
- A) While
- B) During
- C) For
- D) In
I was in hospital _____ three weeks.
- A) while
- B) during
- C) for
- D) in
_____ my stay in hospital, the nurses looked after me very well.
- A) While
- B) During
- C) For
- D) In
A football match lasts _____ ninety minutes.
- A) while
- B) during
- C) for
- D) in
I hurt my leg _____ I was playing football yesterday.
- A) while
- B) during
- C) for
- D) in
I hurt my leg _____ the second half of the match.
- A) via
- B) until
- C) for
- D) in
Traffic is always bad _____ the rush hour.
- A) while
- B) during
- C) for
- D) in
Last week I was held up _____ three hours.
- A) while
- B) during
- C) for
- D) in
Peter came round _____ we were eating.
- A) while
- B) during
- C) for
- D) in
Peter came round _____ the meal.
- A) while
- B) during
- C) on
- D) in
It’s my birthday _____ next week.
- A) at
- B) in
- C) on
- D)*
“When?”
“_____ Monday.”
- A) At
- B) In
- C) On
- D)*
_____ when were you born?
- A) At
- B) In
- C) On
- D) *
_____ 8.00 _____ the morning.
- A) At / in
- B) In / in
- C) On / in
- D) * / in
I’m meeting Alan _____ this evening.
- A) at
- B) in
- C) on
- D) *
“What time?”
“_____ six.”
- A) At
- B) In
- C) On
- D) *
What did you do _____ the weekend?
- A) at
- B) in
- C) with
- D) *
_____ Friday evening we went to a party.
- A) At
- B) In
- C) On
- D) *
We slept late _____ Saturday morning.
- A) at
- B) in
- C) on
- D) *
_____ the afternoon we went shopping.
- A) At
- B) In
- C) On
- D) *
____ 7:00 some friends came round for a drink.
- A) At
- B) In
- C) On
- D) *
We didn’t do anything _____ Sunday.
- A) at
- B) in
- C) on
- D) *
The weather in England is unreliable. _____ summer it can be hot, but it often rains _____ April and June.
- A) At / in
- B) In / in
- C) On / in
- D) * / in
_____ last year the summer was awful.
- A) At
- B) In
- C) On
- D) *
The best English weather is _____ spring and autumn.
- A) at
- B) in
- C) on
- D) *
I learned to drive _____ 1980 _____ the age of 17.
- A) at / at
- B) in / at
- C) on / at
- D) * / at
My brother learned _____ the same time as me, but I passed first.
- A) at
- B) in
- C) on
- D) *
I’ll phone you _____ next week. _____ Thursday.
- A) at / On
- B) in / On
- C) on / On
- D) * / On
I’ll phone you _____ about 3.00.
- A) at
- B) in
- C) on
- D) *

Helen Keller’s deafness and blindness __(33)__ by a severe illness when she was a baby. Her parents __(34)__ what to do, and they __(35)__ it difficult to control their growing daughter. One day they __(36)__ about a brilliant young teacher called Anne Sullivan. She __(37)__ to work with Helen. Very firmly and patiently, she __(38)__ her that every object __(39)__ a name. Eventually Helen __(40)__ a place at university. After this she __(41)__ the world helping people like herself. In 1962 the story of her life __(42)__ into a film, The Miracle Worker.

- A) cause
- B) caused
- C) were caused
- D) has caused
- A) didn’t know
- B) doesn’t know
- C) knew
- D) knows
- A) find
- B) finds
- C) were found
- D) found
- A) tell
- B) were told
- C) telling
- D) told
- A) came
- B) begin
- C) start
- D) helping
- A) studied
- B) helped
- C) thought
- D) taught
- A) has
- B) had
- C) have
- D) having
- A) offer
- B) offered
- C) was offered
- D) offering
- A) tour
- B) toured
- C) touring
- D) tours
- A) was made
- B) make
- C) is making
- D) was making

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