English Quiz

Exercise 1 (10 p)

When to use which tense (Present Simple or Present Continuous)?

1. For actions happening regularly, often or never, we use…………………………………….

2. For actions happening now, we use …………………………………..
3. The signal word 'usually' indicates that we have to use …………………………………….
4. The signal word 'now' indicates that we have to use …………………………………….
5. For actions happening while speaking, we use …………………………………
6. For actions set by a schedule or timetable, we use ………………………..............
7. Which tense do you have to use with the following signal words: sometimes, never,
every day? …………………………….
8. Which tense do you have to use with the following signal words: Listen!, at the moment,
right now? ………………………………

Exercise 2 (20 p)

Put the verbs into the correct tense (Present Simple or Present Continuous).

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?
11. Mary and Joe (be) …………………………..in a clothes shop at the moment.
12. They (look) ………………………………..at some jeans.
13. Joe only (have) ……………………………..one very old pair of jeans.
14. So he (want) ……………………………to buy a new pair of jeans now.
15. Right now, he (try on)…………………………………… a pair of blue jeans.
16. These jeans (fit)……………………………….. very well,
he (say)………………………………..
17. But they (not suit) ………………………….you, Mary (reply) …………………………. Try
on another pair.
18. What (think / you)…………………………… he (ask) ……………………………Mary, when
has tried on another pair.
19. Great! How much (cost / they)……………………………….?
20. Samantha (do)…………………………………. her homework at the moment.

Exercise 3 (10 p)
Complete the sentences. Use “This”, “That”, These” or “Those.

1. Look at newspaper here.

2. are my grandparents, and people over there are my
friend's grandparents.
3. building over there is the Chrysler Building.
4. is my mobile phone and is your mobile phone on the
shelf over there.
5. photos here are much better than photos on the book.
6. was a great evening.
7. Are your pencils here?
8. bottle over there is empty.
9. bricks over there are for your chimney.
10. John, take folder and put it on the desk over there.

Exercise 4 (10 p)

Fill in the article “a”, “an” or “the” where necessary. Put X where no article is used.

1. I like blue T-shirt over there better than red one.

2. Their car does 150 miles hour.
3. Where's USB drive I lent you last week?
4. Do you still live in Bristol?
5. Is your mother working in old office building?
6. Carol's father works as electrician.
7. The tomatoes are 99 pence kilo.
8. What do you usually have for breakfast?
9. Ben has terrible headache.
10. After this tour you have whole afternoon free to explore the city.
Exercise 5 (10 p)
Tell the correct time. Make sentences. Write the numbers in words.

It's………………………………………………………………….
1.

It's ………………………………………………………………….
2.

It's ………………………………………………………………….
3.

It's ………………………………………………………………….
4.

It's ………………………………………………………………….
5.

It's ………………………………………………………………….
6.
 It's ………………………………………………………………….
7.

It's ………………………………………………………………….
8.

It's ………………………………………………………………….
9.

It's ………………………………………………………………….
10

Exercise 6 (10 p)
Fill in the spaces with the correct subject or object pronoun.

For example,
He knows Tom.
He knows him.

1. He lives with Jennifer.

He lives with .

2. Thomas likes the movie.

Thomas likes .

3. Jane and I are friends.

are friends.
4. The computer is broken.
is broken.

5. He will talk to Jeff later today.

He will talk to later today.

6. The children play in the park every day.

play in the park every day.

7. He does not know Peter and Mike.

He does not know .

8. My mother and father like baseball.

like baseball.

9. The teacher helped my friend and I.

The teacher helped .

10. The hockey players have a game tonight.

have a game tonight.

Exercise 7 (10 p)
Write the correct possessive adjective in the space. Choose from: my, your, his, her, its, our, their.

"Hi ! I'm Maggie and this is family. I've got a big sister, Lisa, and a
big brother, Bart. parents are Marge and Homer. brother is
a pain: he never makes bed after getting up and he always gets
into trouble. But Lisa is perfect : she always completes homework.
We love
dog."
"Hi ! I'm Milhouse. Best friend is Bart Simpson, I love him : he is fun!
But sister Lisa is very different, she is annoying: she always
does best and she is extremely helpful. Homer, father, is
crazy: he always does stupid things. And he loves doughnuts!"
Exercise 8 (10 p)
Write the correct possessive pronoun in the space. Choose from: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours,

theirs.

1. These pens are Bill's and Sue's pens.

2. This office is her office.
3. That book is our book.
4. This coat is your coat.
5. That dog is my dog.
6. This hat is his hat.
7. These magazines are our magazines.
8. That pencil is my pencil.
9. Those books are George's and Anne's books.
10. Is this chair your chair?

Exercise 9 (10 p – 0.5/point)

Choose the best answer
1 19th
nineteenth

ninteenth

nineteen

2 8th
eight

eighth

eigh

3 the seventh
7st

7th

7nd

7rd
 4 20th
twentieth

twentyth

twentyeth

5 the fourth
4th

4nd

4st

4rd

6 the fifth
5th

5nd

5rd

5st

7 90th
ninetyeth

nintieth

ninetieth

8 12th
twelfth

twelth

twelve

9 the sixth
6th

6st

6rd

6nd

10 50th
 fifty

fiftyieth

fiftieth

11 the second
2st

2rd

2th

2nd

12 100th
hundredth

hundrieth

hundreth

13 the third
3rd

3st

3nd

3th

14 9th
nine

ninth

nineth

15 30th
thirtieth

thirtyieth

thirtyeth

16 60th
sixtieth

sixtyeth
 sixty

17 95th
ninetieth fifth

ninty fifth

ninety fifth

18 the first
1nd

1rd

1th

1st

19 29th
twenty ninth

twenty nineth

twent nin

20 40th
fortieth

fortyieth

fortyeth