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1 Date:
The 1st Semester
Surname and Name:
Class:
Term Paper
All tasks are compulsory!
I. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Tense Simple or the Past Tense Continuous:

1. Father (shave) ……………………………………….. and (sing)

……………………………………………….. a silly song at the same time.
2. Sue (peel) ………………………………………………… the potatoes while Andy (cook)
………………………………………………………………. the fish.
3. The teacher (write) ………..................................................... something on the blackboard
while the children (throw) paper balls at one another.
4. She (break) …………………………………………………………….. down when she
(hear) ……………………………………………………. the news.
5. I (think) ……………………………………………………….about their proposal all night
but I (not make) …………………………………………………………………….. any
decision.
6. I (see) …………………………………………………. Susan in the theatre last night. She
(sit) ……………………………………………………………… in the first row.
7. We (fly) ……………………………………………………… over the desert when the
engine (stall) ……………………………………………….. .
8. They (work) ……………………………………………………… very hard when the
inspector (enter) ……………………………………………………… .
9. I (take) ………………………………………………. a shower when you (come)
……………………………………………………. in.
10. They (fight) ………………………………………………. when the police (arrive)
………………………………
10 items - 0.25 points each; total = 2.5 points
II. Put the verbs in brackets into the Simple Past or the Past Perfect:
1. When we (reach) …………………………… the airport, we (find) ………………………..
that the plane (crash) …………………………… .
2. She (tell) …………………….. me that she only once (see) ………………… a kangaroo in
her life.
3. When the police (enter) …………………. the bank the robbers already (escape)
……………………….. .
4. He (wonder) ……………………. where he (lose)………………………………… his keys.
5. They (have) …………………. no money because they (spend) …………………. on books.

5 items - 0.40 points each; total = 2 points

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III. Fill in the blanks with the missing forms of the verbs below:

1. bite ………………………… ……………………………..

2. rise …………………………. ……………………………
3. sleep ………………………… …………………………..
4. take …………………………… …………………………….
5. weep …………………………… ……………………………..
6. grow …………………………… ………………………………
7. know …………………………… ……………………………….
8. hide …………………………… ………………………………
9. shrink ……………………………. ………………………………
10. wear …………………………….. ……………………………....

10 items - 0.15 points each; total = 1.5 points

IV. Write a composition in which you describe in an elaborate way your hobby (your favourite
free time activity).
3 points