Your Test A) Which tense is used for the following actions?

1) actions happening at the moment of speaking Present Progressive Simple Present 3) habitual actions Present Progressive Simple Present 4) repeated actions Present Progressive Simple Present 5) things in general Present Progressive Simple Present B) Fill in the correct verb forms. 1) 2) Pat 3) The baby 4) Andy 5) I 6) Anne and Tom 7) We they walk to school? a school bus. crying. ( Are,Do, Does )

( Drive, is driving, is driving) ( isnt crying, is cryng, ( am, is, are) ( m, do, be) ( is, do, are) ( arenot, to the supermarket. are not) ( Go. does, is going, write) goes ) cry)

washing his pullover. from New Zealand.

feeding the cows. drawing a picture.

8) Our friend sometimes 9) Sandy often 10) I

her homework. preparing dinner.

( doing, Im)

( m not,

C) Which answers are correct? 1) Which sentences/questions are in the Simple Present? Do you like tea? He is British. She dropped a glass of milk. She is sitting on a chair. We don't go by bus.

2) Which are typical signal word words for the Simple Present? at the moment every day now often sometimes yesterday 3) Which verb forms are used with the Present Continuous? am + infinitive + -ing are + infinitive + -ing infinitive infinitive + -ing is + infinitive + -ing to be + infinitive + -ing 4) Which sentences/questions are in the Present Continuous? He does not make the beds. I often take photos. Is the cat playing in the garden? She's doing her homework. They are not cleaning their room. We have a new car. 5) Which verb forms are used with the Simple Present? are + infinitive + -ing infinitive infinitive + -ed infinitive + -ing infinitive + -s 6) Which are typical signal words for the Present Continuous? Listen! at the moment every day now often sometimes

D) Make the sentences negative. Then, make them interrogative. Example: He is playing on the computer. - He is not playing on the computer.

1) The dog is sitting under the tree.

2) You are having fun.

3) Cathy forgets her homework.

4) They play chess in a club.

5) Sam and Max live with their mother.

6) I am repairing my bike.

7) Our teacher checks the homework every day.

8) I collect picture postcards.

9) He is looking at a photo.

10) She does magic tricks.

E) Signal words in sentences 1) Which sentence is correct? Timmy is asking a lot of questions now. Timmy is sometimes asking a lot of questions. 2) Which sentence is correct? Listen! The girls are making a lot of noise. The girls are often making a lot of noise. 3) Which sentence is correct? They always go to school by bus. They go to school by bus at the moment. 4) Which sentence is correct? Every day the boy is making a snowball. Look! The boy is making a snowball. 5) Which sentence is correct? Listen! We play the drums. We never play the drums. 6) Which sentence is correct? Andy repairs things at the moment. Andy sometimes repairs things. 7) Which sentence is correct? Look! Stan is doing magic tricks. Stan is usually doing magic tricks.

8) Which sentence is correct? He often reads a book. He reads a book now. 9) Which sentence is correct? Every afternoon Mum makes a cup of tea. Listen! Mum makes a cup of tea. 10) Which sentence is correct? Dorothy helps with the cooking in the afternoons. Look! Dorothy helps with the cooking.

F) Fill in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. 1) Listen! Anne and Susan 2) Every afternoon Jack 3) Look! The boys 4) I a song. (to sing) a cup of tea. (to have) to the playground. (to run) a nice film now. (to watch) a museum. (to visit) to concerts. (to go) picture postcards. (to write) a computer game at the moment. (to play) on the sofa. (to sleep) from Tokyo. (to be)

5) Angela sometimes 6) Pat often 7) Tom never 8) We 9) The cat seldom 10) They