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Grammar

Level C1

Part 1 - Past Tenses

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For questions 1-10, choose the correct answer.

1

Past Tenses

By the time the committee finally convened, the chair .......... the agenda twice.

 has revised

 had revised

 revised

 was revising

2

Past Tenses

I .......... to email you yesterday, but the day got away from me.

 went

 was going

 had gone

 have gone

3

Past Tenses

When I joined the video call, they .......... the budget line by line.

 had gone through

 were going through

 have been going through

 went through

4

Past Tenses

She looked exhausted because she .......... all night to meet the deadline.

 has been working

 was working

 worked

 had been working

5

Past Tenses

Not until the spokesperson .......... did the journalists put their phones away.

 has finished

 was finishing

 had finished

 finished

6

Past Tenses

He apologised for .......... to my message sooner.

 not replying

 didn't reply

 not to reply

 not having replied

7

Past Tenses

The report stated that the data .......... from three independent sources.

 was compiled

 compiled

 had been compiled

 has been compiled

8

Past Tenses

Hardly .......... the contract when the client demanded major changes.

 did we sign

 we had signed

 we signed

 had we signed

9

Past Tenses

She .......... as if she had seen a ghost, then quietly sat down.

 has looked

 was looking

 looked

 had looked

10

Past Tenses

They .......... in London for a decade before relocating to Singapore.

 lived

 had lived

 were living

 have lived

What to do

This part consists of a number of assessments, each of which has only one valid answer.

Select the best answer according to what you read.

There's only a correct answer which you will have to select by clicking on it.

Don't spend time in an assessment you don't know. Wasting time on this activity might cost you points later in the exam because you won’t have enough time to do other tasks well. Get used to being quick!

Don't spend time in an assessment you don't know. Wasting time on this activity might cost you points later in the exam because you won’t have enough time to do other tasks well. Get used to being quick!

Although these grammar tests are not part of the official Cambridge exams, they are still important as they touch on language elements that you'll come across in all parts of the official exams, such as Reading and Use of English.

Strategy

  1. Read the assessment so you understand what it is about.
  2. Pay attention to the topic on the top-right corner of each assessment.
  3. Check the words before and after each gap and look for grammatical collocations.
  4. Remember that you select a choice by clicking on it.

Instructions

For questions 1-10, choose the correct answer.

Exercise Details

Author

Lidia Lidia

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User Prompt

"Create a grammar exercise focusing on 'Past Tenses'"

Tone: Standard
Level: C1

Created on:

Oct 30, 2026

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