TEST PAPER

I. Put in the simple present or present continuous

A HOLIDAY JOB WITH A DIFFERENCE!

I (study).... English at Exeter University. I'm on holiday at the moment and I (work)
.... in a public library. I'm lucky to have this job. I (not have to) get up
early. The library (open) .. at 10 and (close) at 7. It's an interesting work
because people (always come in) .. and (ask). me to help them, so I (learn)
.a lot about different subjects. I (enjoy) .the job and (find) it
very amusing, too. People (use)..the strangest things as bookmarks. I have found a rasher
of bacon (uncooked!). Matchsticks (be) common and so (be) .. bus tickets.
My colleagues (always find) .... things too - even a 10 note, but I haven't been so lucky! I often
(think)... of the photo of a beautiful woman which I found. On the back were the words: 'I (love)
..... you. I (miss).... you and I'll never forget you.' (2p)

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II. Put in the simple past or past continuous
TUG-OF-WAR WITH A HEDGEHOG

Mrs May, our District Nurse, (drive). home at 3 a.m. one night after an urgent visit to a sick
patient. She (drive) . along a deserted country lane, when she (see)a new kind of
animal. She (stop) her car and (get out)The animal (be) .
clearly visible in the blaze of her headlights. It (look) like a hedgehog with a tall white hat. It
(cross) .the road without paying any attention to Mrs May. When Mrs May (go)
..close to it, she (notice) .. that there was a plastic yoghurt pot on the hedgehog's head. The
poor creature had got its head stuck in the plastic pot! Her instincts as a nurse (tell) . her she
would have to rescue it, so she (pull) .. at the pot, but the hedgehog (pull)., too.
After a struggle, she (pull) .the pot off the hedgehog's head. Mrs May (think)
.the hedgehog (look) rather sad, when she (notice) ..that the pot was half full
of strawberry yoghurt. She (give) . it back to the hedgehog. The creature (seize)
.. it, (put) it on its head again, and triumphantly (continue) its journey
across the road. (2p)

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Test paper
Put the verbs in the present simple or the present continuous:
1. When I ____________GO to the zoo, I often ______________LOOK at the monkeys first. They always
_______________CLIMB around their cage and they ___________BE very funny. I _______________NOT LIKE
the big cats. The lions usually ______________SLEEP behind the trees, and the tigers never
______________MOVE. But I ____________ LOVE the elephants because they _____________LIKE people.
They _____________LOOK at people and they _____________ MAKE their elephant sound. My friend
_____________NOT LIKE the monkeys or the elephants. He always ___________GO and
______________WATCH the sea lions.
2. Tori _____________HAVE a party today. She _____________PREPARE a lot of nice things to eat now. She
______________ WEAR a beautiful silvery dress. Her friends _____________RING the door bell. Tori
______________OPEN the door and _____________INVITE them in. She _____________OPEN the presents in a
big hurry. (2p)

PRESENT TENSE SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS?

1.Monica (to try) to finish her work earlier today. She (to go) to the cinema tonight.
2.It (to get) colder and colder. Winter (to come).
3.The wind (blow) hard outside. It often (blow) hard in autumn.
4. The play (begin) now. Plays always (begin) at 8.15 p.m.
5.I sometimes (forget) to take my keys when I (leave) the house.
6.Victor (live) in Brasov. At present he (live) in Bucharest.
7.Mr Brad (write) historical novels. Now he (write) a novel about Vlad The Impaler.
8.Every morning I (get up) early. On Sunday mornings I (sleep) late.
9. I (plan) to buy a bike soon. I (go) on a bike trip around the country.
10. Today I (not read) the newspaper that I usually (read).
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Put the verbs into past tense simple or past tense continuous:
Levi Strauss _____________LIVE with his family on the eastern coast of America when, like many other Americans, he
____________CATCH California gold fever in 1849. To raise money for the voyage he ________________SELL cloth
from his brothers shop. When he ____________GET to San Francisco, one of the first people he
______________MEET was a miner who __________ASK if they had brought any pants with them from where they
______________COME. As he _______________LISTEN to the miner explaining that gold seekers quickly
_____________WEAR out their trousers, Strauss _____________SEE a need. So he ______________MAKE pants out
of his tough canvas. They ______________BECOME as profitable as finding gold and they were called Levis. Still,
Levis _______________NOT REMAIN a uniform only for those who _______________SEEK gold. The gold
______________RUN out. But during the 1860s people _____________BRING news of the Levis to Texas. There, the
cowboys who ______________WORK as hard as miners _____________FIND the pants solid and comfortable as well.
And that ____________CHANGE the clothing habits of the whole country. By the early part of the 20 th century more
and more people ___________MOVE to the cities. Still, the cowboy ______________BECOME the great American
hero. He featured in books, magazines, movies and finally in television. As he ________________BECOME a legend,
so ___________DO the clothes he ______________WEAR . So by the middle of the century, everybody
_______________WEAR them from children to movie stars and the president of the United States.
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Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the PAST SIMPLE or the PAST CONTINUOUS:
1. He .. (talk) with Mary, when Mrs. Smith came in.
2. They . (study) two hours last night.
3. Jane .. (sleep) when the telephone rang.
4. As I . (walk) to the lab, I met my friend.
5. We (watch) TV last night.
6. The customer (pay) his cheque when he dropped his credit card.
7. The barber .. (cut) my hair yesterday.
8. She .. (dance) when she hurt her ankle.
9. It (rain) hard when I got up.

10. It . (rain) hard last night.

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Test paper
Complete with present simple or continuous
Ive got a music group. There .(be) four members in our group I (play) the keyboard,
Peter and Tony .(play) the guitar and Jane .(sing). We .. (practise) in a
garage every evening but we ......................(study) and .(do) our homework before we
.(meet) in the garage. Its 8:00 pm now. We (play) our best song. Jane
(sing) brilliantly today but I (not do ) very well, perhaps, because I
.. (think) about our next concert. It (be) next month.
We ..usually.(give) concerts during the school year but this (be) .. a special time.
It is our schools 25th anniversary .Every year, on this day, we (hold) a little party but this year, a lot of
important people .. (come) and we ..(prepare) wonderful things for this so
special occasion.
(2p)
Write the verbs in the Present Simple or Present Continuous, affirmative, negative or interrogative.
1. They (not sit) in the garden now because the weather (be) cold.
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2. He (not drink) a milkshake now, he (drink) hot chocolate.
3. What he (do) now? He (give) his dog a bath.
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4. They (not do) their homework now. They (watch) cartoons.
_____________________________________________________
5. Where you (like) to go skiing during the winter holiday? I always (go) skiing at Predeal.
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6. Why he (run) so fast now? He (try) to catch the bus?
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7. The teacher (talk) to Pams mother right now. She (tell) her about Pams bad marks.
_____________________________________________________
8. We often (visit) the Science Museum but we never (go) to the History Museum.
______________________________________________________________________
9. She rarely (go) to the theatre. She (prefer) to go to the swimming pool. Then why she (wear) such a lovely dress
now? She usually (wear) sporty outfits.
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Complete the text with the past simple or past continuous of the verbs:
Last weekend my mother _____________TAKE me and my brother on a trip to Blackpool. My father
_____________WORK so he ______________NOT COME with us. We _____________GET UP at 5 a.m. on
Saturday morning. It _________________RAIN when we _______________LEAVE and my mother
________________NOT FEEL in a very good mood. After an hour my brother __________________BEGIN to feel
sick so we ______________STOP at a motorway caf. Then we _______________TURN OFF the motorway and we
_______________TAKE a small country road. Anyway, we ________________DRIVE along when suddenly we
_____________SEE about twenty sheep in the middle of the road. They _____________just STAND there. We nearly
____________HIT one of them. They ______________NOT MOVE for an hour so we just _________________SIT
there! In the end, we _____________NOT GET TO Blackpool until after lunch.
(2p)
Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in past simple or past continuous:
1. I(write) my lesson, when John..(open) the door.
2. The baby(cry), while mother(cook) dinner.
3. I..(watch) the whole show last night.
4. She(study) law, when she..(meet) her husband.
5. We.(not go) out yesterday, because it..(rain) all day.
6. The waiter.(try) to speak in English.
7. Yesterday we..(have) some very nice cake.
8. What..(you, do) when you(hear) the knock on the door?
9. When.(you, go) home yesterday?
10. We..(not go) out for dinner. We(stay) at home.
11. My brother..(sleep), while I..(do) my homework.

12. I(cook) when the guest..(arrive).

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