Grammar Quiz
Grammar Quiz
Grammar Quiz
Grammar Quiz
1. I heard a knock at the front door so I (went / was going) to answer it.
2. At this time yesterday, I (wrote / was writing) an essay.
3. The football season (began / was beginning) a month ago.
4. She (had graduated / graduated) from school in 2001.
5. We entered the house quietly because everyone (was sleeping / had slept).
6. By the time we (got / had got) to the cinema, the film had already started.
7. The children (were playing / played) in the garden while their parents were
watching them.
8. They (had left / left) many hours before we arrived.
B Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use
the Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect Simple.
1. I had already seen the film but I decided to watch it again last night.
1. I watched the film last night for the first time.
2. Last night wasn’t the first time that I had seen the film.
2. The boys were playing football while it was raining.
1. The boys were playing football until it started to rain.
2. The boys played football in the rain.
3. I was writing an e-mail when our computer broke down.
1. Our computer broke down before I wrote an e-mail.
2. I had started writing an e-mail and then our computer broke down.
4. My aunt bought me a lovely gift after she had spent the summer holiday with
us.
1. When the summer holiday was over, my aunt bought me a lovely gift.
2. While my aunt was spending the summer holiday with us, she bought
us a lovely gift.
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D Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Until a few years ago, no one 1.. .................................... (hear) of Harry Potter, the
young wizard and hero of the children’s book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s
Stone. The writer, J K Rowling, 2. .................................... (already / write) several
stories and books, but this was the first book that was published. She
3. .................................... (get) the idea for the story of a wizard at magic school
while she