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Exercise "Past simple or continuous", created by eos17 (a free exercise to learn English):
Results of the 2 761 people who have taken this test:
Average mark: 47 / 100 Share


Latest member with a 100/100 (perfect mark): roberte1957 / FRANCE, on Sunday 12 September - 18:30:
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Stats (2761 candidates)
Question 1 passed: 45.3 %
At nightfall gazelles * (to graze) peacefully,

Question 2 passed: 44.1 %
but in the silence, in the torpor of the savanna, a tragedy * (to get) ready.

Question 3 passed: 39.3 %
Hidden in the shade of a thorny bush, a hungry cheetah * (to stay up).

Question 4 passed: 54.3 %
Half-closed eyes, he * (to watch) the animals patiently.

Question 5 passed: 35.2 %
Quietly, the herd * (to near) the bush.

Question 6 passed: 43.1 %
The predator * (to choose) his victim, a young gazelle, the nearest one.

Question 7 passed: 60.6 %
When he * (to decide) to take action,

Question 8 passed: 49.2 %
tensing his muscles, in one leap he * (to dash) forward after the gazelle.

Question 9 passed: 43.4 %
All the herd of antelopes * (to run away) to graze further.

Question 10 passed: 43.9 %
The young animal * (to run), zigzagging and trying to leave the cheetah behind.

Question 11 passed: 59.7 %
But he * (to be) the fastest.

Question 12 passed: 32.5 %
He * (to grab) his victim by a leg.

Question 13 passed: 40.4 %
She * (to fall down) in a dusty cloud.

Question 14 passed: 35.9 %
The cheetah * (to hold) her down with all his weight,

Question 15 passed: 40.2 %
then he * (to bite) the gazelle on the neck to suffocate her.


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