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          Students 
			PAST
			TENSES 
			 
			(Past
			Simple, Past Continuous, Present and Past Perfect, Present and Past
			Perfect Continuous) 
			 
			Test
			1. Choose the correct tense and form of the verbs.
			 
			1.
			He broke his leg while he ... football.
			 
				
				
				
				
				
					
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						a. played
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						b. used to
						play
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						c. was playing
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			2.
			Tom and Alice ... married last week.
			 
				
				
				
				
				
					
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						a. got
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						b. have got
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						c. were
						getting
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			3.
			After she ... her homework she read a comic.
			 
				
				
				
				
				
					
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						a. finished
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						b. was
						finishing
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						c. had
						finished
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			4.
			They ... to London this year.
			 
				
				
				
				
				
					
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						a. moved
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						b. have moved
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						c. had moved
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			5.
			James ... a new car last month.
			 
				
				
				
				
				
					
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						a. bought
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						b. has bought
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						c. had bought
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			6.
			My brother was ill, so we ... to the beach.
			 
				
				
				
				
				
					
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						a. didn’t
						went
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						b. didn’t go
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						c. hadn’t
						gone
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			7.
			I... the dishes before Mum came back from her work.
			 
				
				
				
				
				
					
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						a.
						washed
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						b.
						was washing
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						c.
						had washed
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			8.
			... it... raining yet?
			 
				
				
				
				
				
					
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						a. Has ...
						stopped
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						b. Had ...
						stopped
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						c.  Did... 
						stop
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			9.
			... Tom ... home when you saw him?
			 
				
				
				
				
				
					
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						a.
						Has ... gone
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						b.
						Did ... go
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						c.
						Was ... going
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			10.
			She doesn’t
			live here anymore. She ... a new flat.
			 
				
				
				
				
				
					
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						a.
						has bought
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						b.  had bought
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						c.
						bought
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			11.
			We ... lunch when they arrived.
			 
				
				
				
				
				
					
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						a. have had
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						b.  were
						having
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						c.
						had
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			12.
			... you ever ... Chinese food?
			 
				
				
				
				
				
					
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						a. Have ...
						eaten
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						b.  Were ...
						eating
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						c.
						Had... eaten
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			13.
			She fell asleep while she ... TV.
			 
				
				
				
				
				
					
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						a.
						watched
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						b.
						was watching
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						c.
						had watched
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			14.
			Jack’s on holiday. He ... to Egypt,
			 
				
				
				
				
				
					
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						a.
						 has
						gone
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						b.
						has been
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						c.
						went
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			15.
			The play ... by the time we got to the theatre.
			 
				
				
				
				
				
					
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						a.
						didn’t start
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						b.
						hasn’t started
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						c.
						hadn’t started
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			16.
			... you ... a good time at  the party last night?
			 
				
				
				
				
				
					
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						a.
						 Did
						...have
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						b.
						Have... had
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						c.
						Was... having
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			17.
			We arrived at the station after the train ...
			 
				
				
				
				
				
					
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						a.
						 left
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						b.
						leaved
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						c.
						had left
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			18.
			... you ... your homework when I called you?
			 
				
				
				
				
				
					
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						a.
						 Did...
						do
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						b.
						Were ... doing
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						c.
						Have ... done
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			19.
			... you ... hard when you were a student?
			 
				
				
				
				
				
					
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						a.
						Did... study
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						b.
						Have... studied
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						c.
						Had... studied
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			20.
			This is the best book I... ever ....
			 
				
				
				
				
				
					
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						a. was ...
						reading
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						b. have ...
						read
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						c.  had...
						read
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			21.
			I... as
			a shop assistant for three years before I got the position of a
			manager.
			 
				
				
				
				
				
					
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						a.
						worked
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						b.
						has been working
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						c.
						had been working
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			22.
			She ... the
			composition the whole morning but hasn’t written even a half.
			 
				
				
				
				
				
					
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						a.
						is writing
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						b.
						has been writing
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						c.
						had been writing
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			23.
			I ... all my neighbours although I have lived here recently.
			 
				
				
				
				
				
					
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						a.
						already know
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						b.
						have already known
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						c.
						have been knowing
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			24.
			While he was
			sleeping I... up all his clothes.
			 
				
				
				
				
				
					
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						a.
						was washing
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						b.
						had been washing
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						c.
						had washed
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			25.
			I ... computer games when he rushed into the room.
			 
				
				
				
				
				
					
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						a.
						was playing
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						b.
						had been playing
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						c.
						had played
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						Answers
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						Test
						 1
						1. с 2. а 3. с 4. b
						5. а 6. b
						7.  с 8. а 9. с  10. а 11.
						b 12.
						а 13. b 14.
						а 15. с 16. а 17. с 18. b
						19. а 20. b
						21. с 22. b
						23. b
						24. с 25. а
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