Testing work for the secondary school pupils

Write the verbs in the past forms: №2

Rebuild- come - grow - hear - miss - appear -

Understand – found - move - change - listen - enjoy -

Stand – visit - water - place - defend - travel -

Take – hope - think - joke - tell - hit -

Get – drink- eat - finish - start - follow -

Become – write - use - complete - drive - print -

Begin – want - watch - wear - fulfill - compare -

Go –

Buy –

Use the right forms of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences:

1. When Mary went to Italy, she (not understand) ____ the Italian language.

2. During the Second World War Russian people (defend) ______ their country.

3. When I saw the car, it (stand) ____ out from the other as it was yellow.

4. When Peter entered the hall, he (hear) ______ some music.

5. The Smirnovs (not move) _______ to Norilsk last year.

6. They (build) ______ a new road in Tomsk last spring.

7. When the director (appear) _______ in the room, everybody stopped talking.

8. Many tourists (come) ________ to see our city last summer.

9. Last year Mr Brown (change)____ his job several times.

10. Yuri Dolgorukiy (found) _____ the city of Moscow in 1147.

Use the right forms of the verbs to complete the sentences:

St Petersburg (be)____ a famous city. Peter the Great (found)_____ the city in 1703 and in 1712 it (become)______ new Russian capital. Peter the Great (bring)_____ to the city many things from Europe. The city (begin)______ to grow fast. Many tsars (live)_____ in St Petersburg. Soon Winter Palace (appear)______ in Dvortsovaya Square. Nowadays you can (see)_____ a tall column in its center. There (be)_____ a lot of interesting buildings there too. Many tourists (come)____ to see them.

Write what people were doing at 2 o’clock in the afternoon:

1. The tourists/ do the capital 2. The visitors /to take pictures of the cathedral

3.The Browns /to travel about France 4. Mum / to buy food in the supermarket 5. Dad /to watch a football match 6. The builders /to rebuild the bridge 7. Granny / to cook dinner 8. Bill /to do his homework 9. Molly / to move to a new flat 10. I /to wash the dishes

Use the right forms of the verbs on the right to complete the sentences:

1. We (wash) _______ the plates when mother came.

2. They (read)________ their story books when the doorbell rang.

3. My friend (prepare)________ for her exams when somebody knocked the door.

4. Your relatives (arrive)_______ to the railway station when they met your teacher.