THE SECOND WRITTEN TEST IN ENGLISH

Name ________________________________________
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Then write the
number of the tense: Present Simple (1), Present Continuous (2), Past Simple (3), Past
Continuous (4) or Present Perfect (5).
Example:

When he was sixteen, he _went_ (go) to Canada.

________you ___________ (watch) the news on TV last night?

Is your mum at home? No, she always __________ (work) late on Mondays.

We can go out now. We _____ already _________ (finish) our homework.

Whats that noise? My sister ______________ (play) the drums!

They ___________________ (play) cards when the phone rang.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets: will, be going to or
the Present Continuous.
Example:

He __is taking _ (take) his driving test at 10 oclock on Tuesday.

In 20 years time, he _______________ (be) rich.

My parents _________________ (arrive) at eight oclock on Friday evening.
I _____________________ (not buy) any new clothes next month.
I think a lot of people ___________________ (use) tablets in the future.
They ___________________________ (not have) a party on Saturday.
What _______ you _______________ (do) after school? Are you going out?
I ___________________ (not be) a doctor. I am going to be a businessman.
They ____________________ (not/play) tomorrow. They _______________ (play) on Saturday!
Look at the sky! It ___________________________ (rain)

Complete the sentences with the correct verb form of the CONDITIONALS.
If it __________ (be) sunny on Saturday, John will go to the park.
John will take some photos If he __________ (go) to the park,
If he took some photos, he ___________________ (send) them to his friends.
His friends ____________________ (be) very happy if he had sent them some photos.

Put the sentences into The Passive Voice

People always buy food at the local market.
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Mozart composed a famous opera.
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They have already packed their bags.
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Past Simple / Past Continuous
Complete the text with the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple or Past Continuous.
Last Halloween, I 1 ________________ (walk) along the road when I 2 ________________
(hear) a noise. I 3 ________________ (look) around but I couldnt see anything. Then, while I
4

________________ (look) under a car a cat suddenly 5 ________________ (jump) out. I was

very frightened. I 6 ________________ (run) home. When I 7 ________________ (get) home,

my mother 8 ________________ (talk) on the telephone. It was our neighbour. He rang up to
ask if we knew where his cat was!
Past Simple
Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Omar Epps1 _______________ (be) born in 1970 in New York. He2 _______________ (start)
writing when he was ten years old and3 _______________ (go) to a school of Art, Music and
Theatre in New York . He4 _______________ (appear) in his first film in 1992 and then
5

_______________ (play) Dr Gant in the TV series ER in 1996. He also6 _______________

(star) in another series about doctors called House M.D. He7 _______________ (get) married in
2004.
Present Simple / Present Continuous Choose the correct verb form in each sentence.
1

I usually go/am going to the cinema on Saturdays.

Look! That man shouts/is shouting at your teacher.

Do you like/Are you liking fish?

Ssh. He sleeps/is sleeping.

Wheres your father? He works/is working.

What do you listen/are you listening to? Its my new CD.

She talks/is talking on her mobile phone every day.

Mm. What a lovely smell. Yes, mom cooks/is cooking curry.