Name................................................
Date....................................
TEST PAPER
I. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Tenses: 20p
1. Mary usually (learn).............................languages very quickly but she (not seem) .............................able
to learn modern Greek.
2. I always (buy) .............................lottery tickets but I never (win) .............................
.............................anything.
3. I (try) .............................to finish this letter for the last half-hour. I wish you'd go away or stop talking. I
have hardly said anything.
4. (you /like) .............................this necklace? I (give) .............................it to my daughter for her birthday
tomorrow.
5. I won't tell you my secret unless you (promise) ............................. not to tell anyone. -
6. (you/hear) ............................. the news so far? Tom and Ann are engaged! That's not new; I
(know) .............................it for ages!
7. It (rain) .............................for two hours and the ground is too wet to play on, so the match
(be/already) .............................postponed.
8. Why (you/make) .............................such a horrible noise? I (lose) .............................my key and I
(try) ............................. to wake my wife for one hour by throwing stones at he window.
9. Mr. Plumb..........................................(have) a lot of trouble with his car lately. He ............................
(repair) it twice so far.
10. Dan...................................... (wait) for Henry since eight o’clock. It’s now half past eight, but
Henry.............................(not/arrive) yet.
II. 10*1=10p
III.. Complete with Present Simple or Present Continuous:20*2=40p
1. You usually (walk) ................................................... quite slowly. Why (you,
walk) ..................................... so fast today?
2. Cuckoos (not build) ............................... nests. They (use) ................................................ the nests of
other birds.
3. (you, understand) ................................................ the rule?
4. The sun (set) ........................................ late in summer.
5. I (not know) ...................................................... what he (want) ....................................................
6. You can’t have the book now because Johnny (read) .............................................................. it.
7. Look, snow (still, fall) ............................................
8. It often (rain) ............................................. in November.
9. She always (buy) ....................................... lottery tickets but she seldom
(win) .............................................
10. Some people (do) ................................. everything with their left hand.
11. Who (make) ................................................ that terrible noise? – It’s my son.
12. What (you, look) .......................................... for? – I (look) ..................................... for my spectacles.
13. Switch on the light. It (get) ..................................... dark tonight.
14. Water (boil) ..................................... at 1000 Centigrade.
15. They (meet) ............................................ twice a week.
16. Where is Peter? – He (prepare) ................... for his lesson; he usually (prepare) ................... for them at
that time.
17. He (just /see) ........................................... his friend off.
18. Somebody (knock) ................................................... at the door.
19. Can you hear what I (say) ..................................................?
20. They (ask) ...................................................... for you on the telephone.
IV. Complete with Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous:20*1=20p
1. I (not see) ........................................... you since the end of the term.
2. How long (you, be) ........................................... here?
3. I want you to remember that I never (ask) ........................................... you for anything before.
4. What’s that noise? – The child (break) ................................................... a cup.
5. I (think) ................................................ about it the last three days, it’s such a bother to me.
6. What (you, do) ........................................ all the morning?
7. It (be) .............................................. only two years and a half since I met her.
8. We (not see) ............................................. your friend for a long time.
9. (he, change) ................................................. very much?
10. She (wear) ........................................... this dress for two years.
11. My watch (go) .......................................... for three days and (not stop) ..............................................
yet.
12. I (not change) ................................. my mind. (you, change) .......................................... yours?
13. I (want) ................................................... a word with you, Jim.
14. He (write) .......................................... me only once since he went away. I (send) ..............................
him three letters.
15. She (tell) ............................... me the most amazing things. Surely, she must be exaggerating.
16. I (ask) ....................................................... him to lunch with us.
17. That’s what I (try) ................................................... to remember since I met you.
18. We (miss) ................................... our parents very much these last few weeks.
19. The wind (scatter) .............................................. all my papers on the floor.
20. We (not know) ...................................................... each other long.
10 POINTS GRANTED
4. 15*1=15p
5. 12*2=24p
6. 11*1=11p
