Gramm 2
Gramm 2
Gramm 2
/ December / 2022
Class: Grade 8
Subject: English Language- Grammar Quiz
A. Write the past simple and past participle form of these irregular verbs.(4pts)
Verb Past simple Past participle Verb Past simple Past participle
Buy Know
Come Put
Fly swim
run Teach
leave sit
write shut
B. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple,
Past Continuous or Past Perfect Simple.(3pts)
1. I ……........…….. (sit) in a cafe when you ……......…………(call) .
2. When you ……...…………….. (arrive) at the party, who …………..……………(be) there?
3. At 7 pm yesterday, we ……………....……… (listen) to music.
4. They.................................... (already leave) the village before the sun ....................................... (rise).
5. After I............................... (post) the letter I .............................. (realise) I................................. (write) the
wrong address.
6. I................................. (look) out of the window last night because I ............................... (Hear) some
noises.
C. Choose the sentence which is closer in meaning to the original. (1pt)
1. I had already seen the film but I decided to watch it again last night.
a. I watched the film last night for the first time.
b. Last night wasn’t the first time that I had seen the film.
2. The boys were playing football while it was raining.
a. The boys were playing football until it started to rain.
b. The boys played football in the rain.
3. I was writing an e-mail when our computer broke down.
a. Our computer broke down before I wrote an e-mail.
b. 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.
a. When the summer holiday was over, my aunt bought me a lovely gift.
b. While my aunt was spending the summer holiday with us, she bought us a lovely gift.