Focus 2. Unit 8 Vocabulary and Grammar Test

Choose the correct options.

When I went out to college yesterday, I found it 1            [snowed, had snowed]during the night. I was wearing thick boots, but my feet 2          [were, had been] freezing! Then when I finally 3             [arrived, had arrived] at the station, I found that the trains 4             [had stopped, stopped], because of all the snow. Unfortunately, Dad 5          [had gone, went] to his office by then, so in the end, I walked all the way to the college, and then 6            [bought, had bought] a nice cup of hot chocolate as soon as I arrived!

Complete the sentences with the correct Past Simple or Past Perfect form of the verb in brackets.

1 I wanted to have some breakfast but my brother _____           (eat) all the eggs!

1 I was late getting to the bus stop, so the bus ______                  (already / leave).

2 When my friend arrived, we _______      (go) to the cinema together.

3 I ________                   (never / visit) Spain before we went there on

holiday.

4 When I opened my bag, I ______     (see) that my purse was

missing.

5 My brother didn’t answer his phone at 11 am because he _______              (switch) it off when he got to work at 9.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1 Tom said he _____       (can) be in town by 6 pm.

2 Jan told us she ______              (be going to) arrive late.

3 Bill said he _______              (not like) coffee ice cream.

4 Kim said she _______              (be studying) hard when I called.

5 Sarah told me she ________                 (never / eat) pizza in her life!

6 Paul said he ______              (be watching) TV when I arrived.