Quiz 31

Complete the sentences with Past Perfect Tense:

1 We could not send you a postcard because we … our address book.

a) have forgotten; b) had forgotted; c) had forgotten

2 I … the key that he had given to me.

a) lost; b) losted; c) had lost.

3 … your homework before you went to the cinema?

a) Had you finished; b) Did you finished; c) You had finished.

4 I …. downstairs because I had heard a noise.

a) go; b) had gone; c) went.

5 Why … the bathroom before you bathed the dog?

a) had you cleaned; b) you had cleaned; c) had you clean.

6 The waiter served something that we … .

a) have not ordered; b) had not ordered; c) not had ordered.

7 Had she found a place to stay when she … to Boston?

a) will go; b) went; c) go.

8 He showed us the place where … his leg.

a) he hurt; b) he have hurted; c) he had hurt.

9 What … you opened the window?

a) have you said before; b) had you said before;

c) had you before said.

10 Yesterday I read an interesting article which my teacher … to me.

a) had recommended; b) recommended;

c) had recomment.

11 I … a snake before that day.

a) had not touched; b) did not touched;

c) not had touch.

12 Andy won the match although he .. squash before.

a) had not playd; b) had not played; c) had not plaied.

13 … to you before he called us?

a) Had he spoked; b) Had he spoken; c) He had spoken.

14 Jim … another car because he had not noticed the red traffic light.

a) has crashed into; b) had crashed into; c) crashed into.

15 I worked on Saturday, so I … to the party the day before.

a) had not gone; b) not had gone; c) had not went.

16 … your homework before you went to the cinema?

a) Did you finished; b) Had you finished; c) You had finished.

Quiz 32

Fill in the blanks with suitable verb forms:

1William Shakespeare … Romeo and Juliet.

а) write; b) wrote; c) is written.

2 “Oliver Twist” and “Domby and Son”  … by Charles Dickens.

а) is written; b)are written; c)were written.

3 In 1926 the theatre … by fire.

а) is destroyed; b) was destroyed; c) destroyed.

4 The shop … at nine every day.

a) is opened; b) was opened; c) will be opened.

5 William Shakespeare … in Stratford-upon-Avon.

a) were born;  b) is born; c) was born.

6 London is the place where many famous writers …

a) were born;  b) is born;     c) was  born.

7 Many great writers … in Westminster Abbey.

a) are buried;  b) buried;   c) were buried.

8 The Poet’s  Corner …. by many people.

a) was known;  b) are known;  c) is known.

9 The English language …. all over the world.

a) speak;  b) was spoken;  c) is spoken.

10 Jane Austen … in the Bath between 1800 and 1806.

a) lived and worked;  b) was lived and worked;  c) live and work.

11 Burn’s poems ….all over the world.

a) recited;    b) are recited;  c) is recited.

12 Shakespeare’s works …read all over the world.

a) is read.  b) were read. c) are read.

13 Yesterday I … a very interesting book.

a) read; b) am reading; c) am read.

14 The State Turgenev Museum ....in the author’s native town of Oriol

a) open; b) opened; c) was opened.

15 William the Conqueror  …the Tower of London in the 11th century.

a) build;  b) built;  c) was built.

16 St Paul’s Cathedral ….   by Sir Christopher Wren in the 17th century.

a) build; b) were built; c)was built.

17 Columbus … America.

a) discovered;  b) discover; c) is discovered.

18 Italian … in Italy.

a) are spoken;  b) is spoke; c) is spoken.

19 Da Vinci … the Mona Lisa

a) painted;  b) is painted; c) paint.

20 Penicillin  … by Fleming

a) is discover; b) was discovered; c) discovered.