Минало и история (The past)

Past Simple

1. What is the past simple of 'go'?

   • went
   • goed
   • gone
   • going

   Отговор: went

   Go е неправилен глагол: go - went - gone.

2. What is the past simple of 'play'?

   • plaied
   • playd
   • plaid
   • played

   Отговор: played

   Play завършва на гласна + y, затова само добавяме -ed: played.

3. What is the past simple of 'eat'?

   • eated
   • ate
   • eaten
   • eats

   Отговор: ate

   Eat е неправилен глагол: eat - ate - eaten.

4. Choose the correct form: 'We ___ football yesterday.'

   • play
   • plays
   • played
   • playing

   Отговор: played

   Yesterday показва минало, затова правилният глагол получава -ed: played.

5. Which is a past time expression?

   • tomorrow
   • next week
   • two days ago
   • now

   Отговор: two days ago

   Ago означава 'преди' и се използва с минало време.

6. What is the past simple of 'study'?

   • studyed
   • studed
   • studied
   • studding

   Отговор: studied

   Съгласна + y: y става i и добавяме -ed, studied.

7. Choose the negative: 'She ___ to school last Monday.'

   • didn't went
   • didn't go
   • not went
   • doesn't go

   Отговор: didn't go

   След didn't глаголът е в основна форма: didn't go.

8. Choose: 'They ___ at home last night.'

   • was
   • were
   • are
   • been

   Отговор: were

   С they миналата форма на be е were.

9. What is the past simple of 'think'?

   • thinked
   • taught
   • thank
   • thought

   Отговор: thought

   Think - thought. Taught е минало време на teach.

10. Choose the question word: '___ you see the film last night?'

    • Do
    • Were
    • Did
    • Was

    Отговор: Did

    Въпросите в Past Simple се образуват с did + основна форма: Did you see...?

11. Choose the short answer: 'Did Tom call you?' - 'Yes, he ___.'

    • called
    • does
    • did
    • was

    Отговор: did

    Краткият отговор повтаря помощния глагол did: Yes, he did.

12. Choose: '___ did you get home?' - 'At 10 o'clock.'

    • Where
    • Who
    • What time
    • Why

    Отговор: What time

    Отговорът е час, затова питаме с What time.

13. Which sentence is correct?

    • They buyed a new car last year.
    • They bought a new car last year.
    • They did bought a new car last year.
    • They have buy a new car last year.

    Отговор: They bought a new car last year.

    Buy е неправилен глагол: buy - bought - bought.

14. Which verb is irregular?

    • walk
    • write
    • watch
    • want

    Отговор: write

    Write - wrote - written е неправилен глагол. Останалите получават -ed.

15. Which question is correct?

    • What did she buy?
    • What she bought?
    • What did she bought?
    • What she did buy?

    Отговор: What did she buy?

    Въпрос: въпросителна дума + did + подлог + основна форма на глагола.

Past Continuous

1. Choose: 'I ___ reading at 8 o'clock last night.'

   • was
   • were
   • am
   • did

   Отговор: was

   Past Continuous: was/were + -ing. С I използваме was.

2. What is the -ing form of 'swim'?

   • swiming
   • swimming
   • swimeing
   • swimmming

   Отговор: swimming

   Кратка сричка с гласна + съгласна: удвояваме m - swimming.

3. Choose: 'They ___ playing football.'

   • was
   • were
   • is
   • be

   Отговор: were

   С they в Past Continuous използваме were.

4. How do we form the past continuous?

   • did + verb
   • was/were + verb-ing
   • have + past participle
   • will + verb

   Отговор: was/were + verb-ing

   Минало продължително време: was/were + глагол с -ing.

5. Choose: 'It ___ raining all morning.'

   • was
   • were
   • is being
   • did

   Отговор: was

   It изисква was: It was raining.

6. What is the -ing form of 'write'?

   • writeing
   • writting
   • writing
   • wrote

   Отговор: writing

   Немото e отпада: write - writing.

7. Choose the negative: 'We ___ watching TV at that time.'

   • didn't
   • wasn't
   • weren't
   • aren't

   Отговор: weren't

   С we отрицанието е weren't (were not) + -ing.

8. Choose the short answer: 'Were they sleeping?' - 'No, they ___.'

   • didn't
   • wasn't
   • weren't
   • aren't

   Отговор: weren't

   Краткият отговор повтаря were: No, they weren't.

9. 'What was she doing at 5 pm?' Choose the best answer.

   • She was doing her homework.
   • She did her homework.
   • She does her homework.
   • She has done her homework.

   Отговор: She was doing her homework.

   Въпросът е в Past Continuous, затова отговаряме с was + -ing.

10. Choose: 'What ___ you doing at 9 am yesterday?'

    • did
    • was
    • are
    • were

    Отговор: were

    Въпрос в Past Continuous с you: What were you doing?

11. Which verb is NOT usually used in the past continuous?

    • run
    • know
    • cook
    • write

    Отговор: know

    Know е глагол за състояние и обикновено не се използва с -ing.

12. Choose: '___ yesterday, I was having a bath.'

    • Every day
    • Tomorrow
    • Since
    • At this time

    Отговор: At this time

    At this time yesterday (по това време вчера) върви с Past Continuous.

13. Which sentence is correct?

    • At 7 pm I was having dinner.
    • At 7 pm I was have dinner.
    • At 7 pm I were having dinner.
    • At 7 pm I did having dinner.

    Отговор: At 7 pm I was having dinner.

    Действие в развитие в определен момент в миналото: I was having.

14. Choose the correct sentence:

    • Mum was cooking while Dad were cleaning.
    • Mum cooking while Dad was cleaning.
    • Mum was cooking while Dad was cleaning.
    • Mum is cooking while Dad was cleaning.

    Отговор: Mum was cooking while Dad was cleaning.

    Две действия в развитие едновременно в миналото: was + -ing и в двете части.

15. Which question is correct?

    • Was you working at 6 yesterday?
    • Were you working at 6 yesterday?
    • Did you working at 6 yesterday?
    • Were you work at 6 yesterday?

    Отговор: Were you working at 6 yesterday?

    Въпрос: Were + you + глагол с -ing.

When и while

1. Choose: 'I was walking home ___ it started to rain.'

   • when
   • while
   • during
   • so

   Отговор: when

   When въвежда краткото действие в Past Simple, което прекъсва по-дългото.

2. Which word usually introduces the longer action (past continuous)?

   • ago
   • while
   • yesterday
   • last

   Отговор: while

   While (докато) обикновено въвежда по-дългото действие.

3. What does 'while' mean?

   • докато
   • защото
   • след
   • преди

   Отговор: докато

   While означава докато.

4. Choose: '___ I was cooking, the phone rang.'

   • During
   • While
   • Then
   • Ago

   Отговор: While

   While + Past Continuous за по-дългото действие. During се използва със съществително, не с изречение.

5. Choose: 'He ___ his leg while he was skiing.'

   • broke
   • was breaking
   • breaks
   • break

   Отговор: broke

   Счупването е кратко действие, затова е в Past Simple: broke.

6. Choose: 'When I got home, my mum ___ dinner.'

   • cook
   • was cooking
   • is cooking
   • cooks

   Отговор: was cooking

   Готвенето е продължило по-дълго (Past Continuous), а прибирането е кратко действие.

7. Choose: 'While she ___ TV, she fell asleep.'

   • is watching
   • was watching
   • watches
   • will watch

   Отговор: was watching

   След while в миналото използваме Past Continuous: was watching.

8. Choose: 'What were you doing when the teacher ___ in?'

   • was coming
   • comes
   • came
   • come

   Отговор: came

   Влизането на учителя е кратко действие в Past Simple: came.

9. Choose: 'While I was doing my homework, my sister ___ music.'

   • listens to
   • is listening to
   • was listening to
   • listen to

   Отговор: was listening to

   Две дълги действия едновременно в миналото: и двете в Past Continuous.

10. Choose: 'They were playing outside when it ___ to snow.'

    • was starting
    • starts
    • started
    • is starting

    Отговор: started

    Краткото действие, което прекъсва, е в Past Simple: started.

11. Choose the best ending: 'While I was walking in the park, ...'

    • I see a squirrel.
    • I saw a squirrel.
    • I am seeing a squirrel.
    • I will see a squirrel.

    Отговор: I saw a squirrel.

    Краткото действие в миналото е в Past Simple: I saw.

12. Choose: 'When the film ended, we ___ home.'

    • were going
    • go
    • are going
    • went

    Отговор: went

    Две кратки действия едно след друго: Past Simple.

13. Which sentence is correct?

    • I was reading when my friend was calling.
    • I read while my friend was call.
    • I reading when my friend called.
    • I was reading when my friend called.

    Отговор: I was reading when my friend called.

    Дългото действие е в Past Continuous, а прекъсващото е в Past Simple.

14. Which sentence shows that one action interrupted another?

    • I was cooking and my sister was reading.
    • I got up, washed and dressed.
    • The baby was sleeping when the dog barked.
    • We were singing while they were dancing.

    Отговор: The baby was sleeping when the dog barked.

    Бебето е спяло (дълго действие), когато кучето излаяло (кратко прекъсващо действие).

15. Which sentence about the walk to school is correct?

    • While I walked to school, I was seeing a cat.
    • When I was walking to school, I saw a cat.
    • While I was walking to school, I was seeing a cat.
    • When I walked to school, I was seeing a cat.

    Отговор: When I was walking to school, I saw a cat.

    Дългото действие е в Past Continuous, а краткото (saw) в Past Simple.

Известни личности

1. Who wrote 'Romeo and Juliet'?

   • Charles Dickens
   • William Shakespeare
   • Mark Twain
   • J. K. Rowling

   Отговор: William Shakespeare

   Пиесата е написана от английския драматург Уилям Шекспир в края на XVI век.

2. Who painted the 'Mona Lisa'?

   • Pablo Picasso
   • Vincent van Gogh
   • Leonardo da Vinci
   • Claude Monet

   Отговор: Leonardo da Vinci

   Мона Лиза е рисувана от Леонардо да Винчи.

3. Which scientist is famous for the story of an apple and gravity?

   • Galileo Galilei
   • Isaac Newton
   • Charles Darwin
   • Thomas Edison

   Отговор: Isaac Newton

   Исак Нютон е описал закона за всеобщото привличане (гравитацията).

4. Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?

   • Yuri Gagarin
   • Buzz Aldrin
   • Neil Armstrong
   • Alexei Leonov

   Отговор: Neil Armstrong

   Нийл Армстронг стъпва на Луната през 1969 г. с мисията Аполо 11.

5. Which scientist with a Bulgarian father built an early electronic computer?

   • Bill Gates
   • Steve Jobs
   • Alan Turing
   • John Atanasoff

   Отговор: John Atanasoff

   Джон Атанасов, чийто баща е българин, създава заедно с Клифърд Бери ранен електронен компютър.

6. Who sailed across the Atlantic to America in 1492?

   • Ferdinand Magellan
   • Marco Polo
   • Christopher Columbus
   • Vasco da Gama

   Отговор: Christopher Columbus

   Христофор Колумб достига Америка през 1492 г.

7. Who got the first patent for the telephone in 1876?

   • Thomas Edison
   • Nikola Tesla
   • John Atanasoff
   • Alexander Graham Bell

   Отговор: Alexander Graham Bell

   Александър Греъм Бел патентова телефона през 1876 г.

8. Who wrote the 'Harry Potter' books?

   • J. K. Rowling
   • Roald Dahl
   • J. R. R. Tolkien
   • C. S. Lewis

   Отговор: J. K. Rowling

   Книгите за Хари Потър са написани от Дж. К. Роулинг.

9. Who wrote 'On the Origin of Species' about evolution?

   • Charles Darwin
   • Isaac Newton
   • Galileo Galilei
   • Nicolaus Copernicus

   Отговор: Charles Darwin

   Чарлз Дарвин публикува книгата през 1859 г.

10. Which scientist developed the theory of relativity?

    • Albert Einstein
    • Isaac Newton
    • Charles Darwin
    • Marie Curie

    Отговор: Albert Einstein

    Теорията на относителността е създадена от Алберт Айнщайн.

11. Which composer kept writing music after he became deaf?

    • Mozart
    • Beethoven
    • Bach
    • Vivaldi

    Отговор: Beethoven

    Бетховен постепенно губи слуха си, но продължава да композира.

12. Which Bulgarian hero is called 'the Apostle of Freedom'?

    • Hristo Botev
    • Georgi Rakovski
    • Lyuben Karavelov
    • Vasil Levski

    Отговор: Vasil Levski

    Васил Левски е наричан Апостола на свободата.

13. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

    • Florence Nightingale
    • Marie Curie
    • Queen Victoria
    • Rosa Parks

    Отговор: Marie Curie

    Мария Кюри получава Нобелова награда за физика през 1903 г.

14. Who gave the famous 'I have a dream' speech?

    • Abraham Lincoln
    • Nelson Mandela
    • Barack Obama
    • Martin Luther King

    Отговор: Martin Luther King

    Мартин Лутър Кинг произнася речта във Вашингтон през 1963 г.

15. Which famous nurse helped soldiers in the Crimean War?

    • Marie Curie
    • Florence Nightingale
    • Queen Victoria
    • Jane Austen

    Отговор: Florence Nightingale

    Флорънс Найтингейл е основателка на съвременното медицинско сестринство.

Разказ за минало

1. Which phrase often starts a fairy tale?

   • Once upon a time
   • In the end
   • Finally
   • Next

   Отговор: Once upon a time

   Once upon a time означава 'Имало едно време'.

2. Which story word means 'след това'?

   • Before
   • Then
   • Never
   • Already

   Отговор: Then

   Then означава 'след това, тогава'.

3. Which phrase means 'много отдавна'?

   • A long time ago
   • Next week
   • Tomorrow
   • Soon

   Отговор: A long time ago

   A long time ago означава много отдавна и често започва разказ.

4. Which word introduces the last event of a story?

   • First
   • Then
   • Finally
   • Suddenly

   Отговор: Finally

   Finally (накрая) въвежда последното събитие.

5. Choose: 'We went to the beach ___ Saturday.'

   • in
   • at
   • on
   • by

   Отговор: on

   С дни от седмицата използваме on: on Saturday.

6. Choose: 'We were having a great picnic. ___, it started to rain.'

   • Luckily
   • Unfortunately
   • First
   • Once upon a time

   Отговор: Unfortunately

   Unfortunately (за съжаление) въвежда нещо лошо.

7. Which word shows that something happened quickly and unexpectedly?

   • Slowly
   • Suddenly
   • Usually
   • Always

   Отговор: Suddenly

   Suddenly означава 'изведнъж'.

8. Choose: 'I was late ___ I missed the bus.'

   • because
   • so
   • but
   • or

   Отговор: because

   Because въвежда причината: закъснях, защото изпуснах автобуса.

9. Choose: 'It was raining, ___ we went for a walk.'

   • so
   • because
   • but
   • then

   Отговор: but

   But показва противопоставяне: валеше, но излязохме.

10. Choose the linking word: 'It was cold, ___ we stayed at home.'

    • because
    • but
    • or
    • so

    Отговор: so

    So (затова) въвежда резултата: беше студено, затова останахме вкъщи.

11. Which sentence is the best ending for a story?

    • Once upon a time there was a king.
    • One day, a dog appeared.
    • First, the boy woke up.
    • In the end, they all lived happily ever after.

    Отговор: In the end, they all lived happily ever after.

    In the end (накрая) и щастливият край завършват разказа.

12. Choose: 'Ten minutes ___, the police arrived.'

    • ago
    • before
    • after
    • later

    Отговор: later

    Ten minutes later означава десет минути по-късно.

13. Choose: 'It was a dark night. The wind ___ and the rain was falling.'

    • blows
    • was blowing
    • is blowing
    • will blow

    Отговор: was blowing

    За описание на обстановката в разказ използваме Past Continuous.

14. Choose: 'The sun ___ and the birds ___ when Anna opened the window.'

    • shined / singed
    • was shining / were singing
    • is shining / are singing
    • shine / sing

    Отговор: was shining / were singing

    Фонът на сцената е в Past Continuous: was shining, were singing.

15. Put the story in order: a) Then he got dressed. b) Finally, he left for school. c) First, Tom woke up.

    • a, c, b
    • c, a, b
    • b, c, a
    • c, b, a

    Отговор: c, a, b

    First, после Then и накрая Finally: c, a, b.

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