Test Paper

Date:
Name:
Grade:
1. Put the verbs in brackets into Present Tense Simple:

10 points

1.The swimming pool .......................................(open) at 9:00 and .....................................

(close) at 6:30 every day.
2.What time ...........................................(the banks/close) here?
3.I have a car, but I .....................................(not/use) it very often.
4.How many cigarettes ............................................(you/smoke) a day?
5."What .........................................(you/do)?" "I'm an electrical engineer".
6."Where .................................................(your father/come) from?" "He
.............................(come) from Mexico".
7.It ..........................................(take) me an hour to get to work, How long
..................................(it/take) you?

2. Make sentences putting the verbs into Present Tense Continuous

10 points

1. I/do/my homework.
2. The cat/chase/a ball?
3. They/not wear/their uniforms.
4. Jane/play/the clarinet?
5. Somebody/bang/on the floor.
6. You/not wash/the car.
7. She and her friends/stay/ in the country.
8. The boys/make/a lot of noise.
9. Mr Cooper/hoover/the house?
10. I/not write/a letter.

3. Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present continuous).20 points
1. Look! He .....................................(leave) the house.
2. Quiet please! I ................................(write) a test.
3. She usually .....................................(walk) to school.
4. But look! Today she .................................(go) by bike.
5. Every Sunday we.................................. (go) to see my grandparents.
6. He often ................................(go) to the cinema.
7. We ....................................(play) Monopoly at the moment.
8. The child seldom .....................................(cry) .
9. I ...................................(not / do) anything at the moment.
10. ..............................................(watch / he) the news regularly?

4. Choose the right form:

20 points

1) A: What ................ ? B: He's an engineer.

a.
b.
c.
d.

is your father doing

is your father do
does your father do
does your father doing

2) Why ................... sunglasses? It's cloudy today.

a.
b.
c.
d.

do you wear
are you wearing
do you wearing
are you wear

3) A: How often .................... to the cinema? B: About once a month.

a.
b.
c.
d.

do you go
are you going
are you go
do you going

4) ............... a really good book at the moment.

a.
b.
c.

I read
I'm reading
I reading

5) He................... an iphone, an ipad and a computer. He's so lucky!

a.
b.
c.

is having
have
has

6) Bill ................... really hard at the moment because his company has just received a big order from China.
a.
b.
c.

works
is working
is work

7) It ............. a lot in La Spezia in winter.

a.
b.
c.

rains
rain
is raining

8) A: Where's John? B: He's in the bathroom. He ............... a shower.

a.
b.
c.
d.

has
is having
is making
is doing

9) A: What ........................ ? B: I'm looking for my glasses.

a.
b.
c.

are you doing

do you do
you are doing

10) A: ..................... the party? B: Yes, very much, thank you.

a.
b.
c.
d.

Are you enjoying

Do you enjoy
Are you enjoy
Do you enjoying

5. Change the following sentences into the right tense using the time expression between brackets:
20 points
ex: I am jogging now.(every morning)
I jog every morning.
1. Andra is reading at the moment.(often)
2. Michael cooks pasta in the evening.(now)
3. My children are watching a violent movie.(never)
4. My mother works in the garden.(at the moment)
5. We go swimming every summer. (now)
6. Kate is visiting her relatives now. (at weekends)
7. Mike is sleeping now. (at night)
8. Lara is sunbathing at the moment.(every summer)
9. My father is smoking now. (rarely)
10. I am having Spanish lessons these days. (on Fridays)

20 points granted