ASSESSMENT 1

Put the verb in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous.

1. Can you drive? No, but I _______________ (learn) at the moment.

2. Look! That woman _______________ (try) to steal that man's wallet.
3. The River Nile _______________ (f1ow) into the Mediterranean.
4. _______________ (you/like) Bon Jovi?
5. I _______________ (get) thirsty. Let's get something to drink.
6. Those f1owers _______________ (smell) lovely. What are they?
7. Jane _______________ (repair) her bike. She _______________ (know) exactly what to
do.

Write the past forms of the irregular verbs.

Infinitive Simple Past

8. meet
.

9. drive
.

10. speak
.

11. put
.

12. write
.

13. sing
.

14. do
.

15. sit
.

16. stand
.

17. run
.

Choose the past simple or the present perfect

18. I __________________ (finish) my exams finally – I’m so happy!
19. Yesterday, I __________________ (see) all my friends. It was great.
20. I __________________ (see) Julie three times this week!
21. She __________________ (live) in London since 1994.
22. She __________________ (live) in London when she was a child.
Yesterday at 7 pm your family were doing different things. Write positive sentences in past
continuous.
23. My two brothers / listen / to the radio
______________________________________________________________________________
24. My little sister and I / watch / a movie
______________________________________________________________________________
25. We / talk / about school
______________________________________________________________________________

Conjunctions
Make sentences with the given conjunctions
26. after
_______________________________________________________________________
27. unless
_______________________________________________________________________
28. as
__________________________________________________________________________
29. although
_____________________________________________________________________
30. whenever
____________________________________________________________________
31. wherever
____________________________________________________________________
32. yet
_________________________________________________________________________
33. but

Fill in the blanks with the correct idioms.

 bring home the bacon like two peas in a pod cream of the crop spill the beans

hard nut to crack in a pickle the apple of her eye went bananas couch potato
butter me up

34. My husband is a ____________________ on the weekends. He watches sports for 8 hours a

day Saturday and Sunday!
35. Kim’s nephew is the ____________________. She loves to read to him and
takes him to the park because he is fun to be with.
36. She ___________________ over the dress and bought one in every color
37. The mayor invited only the _____________________ his Christmas party.
38. My daughter tried to _______________________by helping me around the house only so I
would let her go to the concert.
39. “I really need your help because I’m ___________________________.
40. We’ll all be there at 6 for the surprise party – now don’t ______________________________!
41. I can't sit around all day - someone's got to ___________________________________.
42. Ever since John met Mark at high school, they have been ____________________________. They
are always together, they never leave each other’s side.
43. He's a _________________________________, but I think I can get him to agree to the contract.

LISTENING

Two friends meet after not seeing each other for a long time

Listen to the mp3 file and put the correct question in the spaces below

A Where did Peter and Anna last see each other?

B Where did Anna meet her husband?
C How has Peter's beard changed?
D How has Peter's hairstyle changed?
E Why did Peter get his hair cut short?
F Why did Peter get his beard cut short?
G What color is Anna's new car?
H What color were Peter's glasses?
 I Where is Peter going now?
J Where did Peter use to work?
K Why did Anna move into a new apartment?
L Why did Anna sell her old car?
M When are they meeting tonight?
N When can Peter call Anna?

44.
Q:
A: At Cathy's graduation party.

45.
Q:
A: He's had it cut shorter.

46.
Q:
A: Because he didn't like brushing and washing it so often.

47.
Q:
A: Red.

48.
Q:
A: In a bookstore.

49.
Q:
A: Because it was too small for her.
50.
Q:
A: After 7 p.m.