TEST PAPER

I Choose the correct alternative, present simple or present continuous: (20 p)

1. About 1000 people visit/ are visiting Machu Picchu every year.
2. The mountains in Peru are/ are being over 4000 metres high.
3. I dont understand/ am not understanding why people like camping.
4. We spend/ are spending three days camping in the mountains next week.
5. The paths become/ are becoming worn away by tourists.
6. Do people drop/ are people dropping litter in your street?
7. She studies/ is studying microbiology at university at the moment.
8. I think/ am thinking the sea is too dirty to swim in.
9. The river Amazon flows/ is flowing into the Atlantic Ocean.
10. The number of tourists increases/ is increasing fast.
II. Mix and match: (20 p)
1. I had been trying to call him all
morning.
2. We had been working on the project
for months.
3. She had red eyes because she had
been peeling onions.
4. I hadnt been walking for very long
before.
5. The snow was very deep.
6. When he asked me that question I
realized.
7. They hadnt been living there very
long.
8. She was ill because.
9. They said they had only been
waiting.
10. The ground was wet.

a) when he called me
b) when they decided to move again
c) it had been snowing all night
d) she hadnt been crying
e) when it was cancelled
f) for a few minutes but I think it might
have been longer
g) it had been raining
h) she had been working too hard
i) someone offered me a lift
j) I hadnt been paying any attention to
him.

III. Fill the blanks with the right verb: 10 points
Infinitive Past simple Participle Translation
abode
to become
to blow
bought
(a veni)

IV. Your friend wants some advice on what she should take with her on her first trip abroad. Write
a letter of 100 words. 30 points
I.
Visit
Are
Dont understand
Are spending
Are becoming
Do people drop
Is studying
Think
Flows
Is increasing

II
1-a
2-e
3-d
4-i
5-c
6-j
7-b
8-h
9-f
10-g