UNIDADES TECNOLOGICAS DE SANTANDER

LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT
ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE - ENGLISH 2

Skill or linguistic content: Grammar and vocabulary. Description: Practice the use and meaning of
friendship phrases, and differentiate the structure of simple present and present continuous. Unit: 1 Lesson: 2
Name: ___________________________________________ Date: ___________________
FRIENDSHIP PHRASES
A. Complete the conversation with the friendship phrases from the box.
enjoy your company get to know get along Lose touch
have a lot in common keep in touch have the same sense of humor
Andrew: I still can’t believe we’re best friends.
John: Me neither. You are a jock and I’m a skater.
Andrew: I know but we ______________ so well since the very beginning. I
mean you and I ______________.
John: Oh, yeah. We can’t never be still.
Andrew: And we ______________, we laugh even with the most stupid joke.
John: You know I really ______________, you are like my brother. But at the
beginning I though you just were a brainless quarterback.
Andrew: Well when people ______________ me, they discover that’s not true.
John: Yes, I can assure that! I hope we never ______________.
Andrew: Don’t worry with the internet and all that stuff we will ______________, you’ll be my mate forever!
SIMPLE PRESENT AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Simple Present Present Continuous

A: What language are they speaking?

They speak French in France. B: They’re speaking French.

Use: We use the present simple to talk about
permanent facts and general truths.
Structure:
(+) Subject + verb (in present) + complement
(-) Subject + do/does NOT + verb (in present) +
complement
(?) Do/does + Subject + do/does + verb (in present) +
complement
B. Read the sentences and circle the correct one.
1) I doing this grammar test right now!
I do this grammar test right now!
I’m doing this grammar test right now!
2) I’m not usually reading adventure stories.
I don’t usually read adventure stories.
I’m not usually read adventure stories.
3) My parents get up very early every day.
My parents are getting up very early every
day.
My parents gets up very early every day.
C. Read the sentences below and decide if they are right (✓) or not (✘). If they are wrong correct
them.
1) We’re make a cake for mum’s birthday now. ___ _____________________________________
2) Sunday I’m calling my grandmother.
3) I wake up every morning at 7:00.
4) At the moment my sister doesn’t studying English. ___ _____________________________________
5) My parents take the dog for a walk right now.
6) She is talking on the phone now.
Use: We use the present continuous to talk about
something temporary, an action happening now or an
activity in progress.
Structure:
(+) Subject + to be + verb ING + complement
(-) Subject + to be + NOT + verb ING + complement
(?) To be + Subject + verb ING + complement
4) My best friend play at my house after school
on Fridays.
My best friend plays at my house after school
on Fridays.
My best friend is playing at my house after
school on Fridays.
5) My brother doesn’t watching TV right now
because he has to do his homework.
My brother doesn’t watch TV right now
because he has to do his homework.
My brother isn’t watching TV right now
because he has to do his homework.
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