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1.

She never ___ to eat soup.
A) didn’t like

B) like

C) had liked

D) would not like

E) liked

2.

“I’ll drink tea from this tin mug.”
“Where ___ you ___ it?”
A) did/find

B) do/find

C) did/found

D) were/found

E) are/found

3.

It was dark and cold. At one moment he thought that he ___ his
way.
A) lost

B) will lose

C) had lost

D) was lost

E) loses

4.

I didn’t know anyone in the city where I ___ to get.
A)  did try

B) was trying

C) would try

D) have tried

E) shall try

5.

-Why ___ you go to the plant?
-I ___ no time.
A) do/had

B)  will/have

C)  did/hadn’t

D) didn’t/hadn’t

E) didn’t/had

6.

A policeman ___ me crossing the street yesterday.
A) seen

B) saw

C) has seen

D) will see

E) had seen

7.

Arthur ___ all his exams by 5 o’clock yesterday.
A) passed

B) passes

C) has passed

D) has been passed

E) had passed

8.

He evidently ___ his shoes for a very long time. They were
worn-out.
A) were wearing

B) are wearing

C) had been wearing

D) was wearing

E) had been worn

9.

So, the invisible man ___ into the shop and ___ down.
A) comes/walked

B) didn’t come/walk

C) came/walked

D) will come/walked

E) comes/would walk

10. -We were at the theatre 2 days ago. The performance was

excellent.
-Who ___ the leading part?
A) did play

B) play

C) played

D) would play

E) has played

11. One day the boys found a man in the forest. He ___

A) will die

B) had been dying

C) had died

D) was dying

E) die

12. His father ___ a doctor and he ___ to make his son a doctor, too.

A) was/wants

B) were/wanted

C) will be/would want

D) was/wanted

E) were/wanted

13. During his school years Cronin ___ great interest in literature.

A) take

B) took

C) has taken

D) had taken

E) would take

14. He ___ the box yesterday, because he had to do it.

A) would open

B) had opening

C) have opened

D) opens

E) opened

15. While the gentlemen ___ the recent events, the ladies ___ about

the weather.
A) discuss/talk
B) are discussing/was talking
C) being discussed/being talked
D) were discussing/were talking
E) have discussed/have talked

TEST 6

Past Tenses

16. She ___ you a letter three weeks ago.

A) had sent

B) has sent

C)  sent

D) send

E) was sending

17. When he ___ home I ___ him the book.

A) came /shall show

B) comes/showed

C) has come/has shown

D) came/showed

E) was coming/shall show

18. They ___ breakfast at 7 and ___ home at eight.

A) have/left

B) had/left

C) had/leave

D) have/leaves

E) had/had left

19. Long ago people ___ little about those minerals.

A) had known

B) knowed

C) will know

D) knew

E) have known

20. The dentist ___ two of his teeth. One of them ___ quite good.

A) pulls out/are

B) pull out/was

C) pulled out/was

D) pull out/was

E) pulled out/were

21. I couldn’t imagine what ___ to her.

A) had happened

B) has been happened

C) will happen

D) has been happening

E) happens

22. He felt that he ___ it wrong.

A) has made

B) made

C) will make

D) was made

E) had made

23. I ___ my homework when my mother came.

A) already did

B) have already done

C) had already done

D) has already done

E) already do

24. Turning I found my father sitting beside me on the sofa. I said

“How ___ you ___ here?”
A) do/get

B) did/get

C)  does/get

D) was/getting

E) has/been getting

25. Last summer we ___ a trip to Houston.

A) made

B) has made

C) are making

D) shall make

E) will be making

26. He ___ barely ___ of him until that evening.

A) had/heard

B) has/heard

C)  was/heard

D) did/hear

E)  didn’t/hear

27. She ___ in Tashkent five years ago.

A) had lived

B) lived

C) has lived

D) live

E) have lived

28. We ___ English, so I know it a little.

A) were learning

B) learned

C) learns

D) should learn

E) were learning

29. Yesterday at this time it ___ .

A) had snowed

B) snows

C) snowed

D) was snowing

E) had been snowing

30. We ___ he ___ ill.

A) did not know/was

B) knew/am ill

C) knew/will be

D) had known/is

E) were known/be

31. The plane ___ at 4 and it ___ us 20 minutes to get there.

A) was landing/was taking

B) was landing/took

C) landed/took

D) lands/was taken

E) has landed/is taking

32. We ___ the station by 5 o’clock yesterday.

A) shall reach

B) were reaching

C) had reached

D) reached

E) would reach

Book 1 Part C

Past Tenses