Five-Minute Tests
Complete the sentences. Use one of these verbs in the Present
Simple or Past Simple.
be (2), lose (2), go, rain, leave (2), see, meet
1. Jim often ______ things. Yesterday he _______ his umbrella.
2. It _____ sunny today but yesterday it ______ all day.
3. Last Sunday we ______ to the cinema. The film _____ boring.
4. Lisa always ______ home at 8. Yesterday she _______ home at 8.15.
5. I _____ Nick yesterday. I _____ him on the way home.
Put the verb in the correct form –positive or negative.
0. Last weekend we went camping. But the weather was awful. We didn’t
enjoy our trip. (enjoy)
1. The sweater was too big. I _______ it. (buy)
2. The test wasn’t very difficult. I _____ enough time to check my answers. (have)
3. I didn’t want to go to school yesterday because I ______ ready for the test. (be)
4. He didn’t want to tell the truth. He ______ a lie. (tell)
5. It was very cold yesterday and I ______ a cold. (catch)
Fill in the blanks with the Past Simple of the correct verbs from
the list.
come be
break eat
have
Yesterday Math class (1)_____ terrible. All the pupils (2)_____ to
school without their homework done. And all (3)______ excuses. Some excuses were silly.
For example, Franck’s dog (4)______ his exercise book. Some excuses were very serious:
Vicki (5)_______ her hand.
Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the
word in capitals.
1. We will know their ______ next week. DECIDE
2. His life is very ______ at times. STRESS
3. Clothes can tell the world about our ______. PERSON
4. Some people ______ in the supernatural. BELIF
5. Cars cause a lot of _______. POLLUTE
Keys:
1. 1. loses, lost; 2. is, rained; 3. went, was; 4. leaves, left; 5.
saw, met
2. 1. didn’t buy; 2. had; 3. wasn’t; 4. told; 5. caught
3. 1. was; 2. came; 3. had; 4. ate; 5. broke
4. 1. becision; 2. stressful; 3. personality; 4. believe; 5. pollution.
By Youdif Boyarskaya,
School No. 814, Moscow
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