TEST PAPER 5

TEST PAPER 5

Put the verbs into past tense simple or past tense continuous:

Levi Strauss _____________LIVE with his family on the eastern coast of America when, like many other Americans, he ____________CATCH California gold fever in 1849. To raise money for the voyage he ________________SELL cloth from his brothers shop. When he ____________GET to San Francisco, one of the first people he ______________MEET was a miner who __________ASK if they had brought any pants with them from where they ______________COME. As he _______________LISTEN to the miner explaining that gold seekers quickly _____________WEAR out their trousers, Strauss _____________SEE a need. So he ______________MAKE pants out of his tough canvas. They ______________BECOME as profitable as finding gold and they were called Levis. Still, Levis _______________NOT REMAIN a uniform only for those who _______________SEEK gold. The gold ______________RUN out. But during the 1860s people _____________BRING news of the Levis to Texas. There, the cowboys who ______________WORK as hard as miners _____________FIND the pants solid and comfortable as well. And that ____________CHANGE the clothing habits of the whole country. By the early part of the 20th century more and more people ___________MOVE to the cities. Still, the cowboy ______________BECOME the great American hero. He featured in books, magazines, movies and finally in television. As he ________________BECOME a legend, so ___________DO the clothes he ______________WEAR . So by the middle of the century, everybody _______________WEAR them from children to movie stars and the president of the United States.

Put the verbs in the present perfect simple or the past tense simple:

1. Diana first ____________MEET Mark three years ago.

2. They _____________BE friends for a long time.

3. Last summer they _____________AGREE to get married, but they ___________CAN NOT decide when.

4. When Diana ____________SEE that Mark ___________BE afraid to get married, she _____________THINK of a trick.

5. She just_____________PHONE Marks parents to ask for their help.

6. Now Dianas and Marks parents and friends____________BE in the church since 10 oclock.

7. At last, Mark _______________UNDERSTAND whose wedding it was.

8. I ____________NOT WATCH TV last night.

Put the verbs in the past tense or the past perfect:

1. Mike _____________MISS the train yesterday because he _____________GET UP too late.

2. When Nick ______________ARRIVE the stadium, the match________already___________START.

3. After the rain ____________START, the children _______________GO home.

4. By that time mother ______________COOK dinner.

5. John ______________TURN the corner when he _____________HEAR a strange noise.