ENGLISH EXAM

Surname:

Name:
Date:

PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Its the year 2100. Ben ______________________ (be) a computer programmer and he

______________________
______________________

(live)

on

(finish)

the

moon.

work

at

Every
the

day

at

space

18.00

station

he
and

______________________ (go) to the Matrix caf.

Its 18.30 and Ben ______________________ (look out) of the caf window at the space
cars flying by. Every day he ______________________ (watch) the same space cars, but
today is different. Ben ______________________ (not sit) alone. There 8 (be) a
girl at his table. She ______________________ (read) a digital magazine. The girl is very
beautiful. She ______________________ (have got) short, orange hair and yellow eyes. She

______________________

(wear)

green

space

suit. _________I

______________(know) you? she asks. I ______________________ (not think) so, says

Ben. Im Ben. Whats your name?

PAST SIMPLE OR PAST CONTINUOUS

It ______________________(rain) hard when the bus ______________________(leave) the school.
When

we

______________________

(get)

home,

my

Aunt

Carol

and

Uncle

Arthur

______________________(wait) for us. They ______________________(tell) us to run into the

basement. When I ______________________(look) up the road, I ______________________(see)
that

tornado

______________________(come)

toward

our

house.

We

all

______________________ (run) towards the selter. But it was too late. The tornado
______________________(pass) over us while we ______________________(try) to get down the
stairs.

We

______________________(close)

the

door

when

the

wind

suddenly

______________________(pull) it off. The noise was as loud as a train, and it was very dark. My
uncle

______________________(hold)

me

down

when

suddenly

the

tornado
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______________________ (lift) him and ______________________(throw) him against a wall.

Everybody

______________________(scream)

______________________(throw)

things

on

for
top

help
of

while

us.

the

Suddenly

tornado
the

wind

______________________(stop). It ______________________ (become) very quiet. My uncle and

sister were hurt, but we all ______________________(survive).

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE OR PAST SIMPLE

_____________ you _______________ (ever / dream) of being a film star? Leonardo DiCaprio was
only five years old when he ______________________ star) in his first TV show, and just
thirteen

when

he ______________________

(appear)

in

his

first

film.

Since

then

he ______________________ (not stop) working. He ______________________ (be) in over fifteen

films and he ______________________ (work) with stars such as Robert De Niro and Johnny
Depp. Leonardo ______________________ (be) born in Los Angeles in 1974. After appearing in
TV shows, he ______________________ (get) his first film role in Critters 3, then he starred in
Romeo

and

Juliet.

But

it ______________________

(not

be)

until

Titanic

that

he ______________________ (become) a world-famous teen idol. It was then that Leonardo

______________________ (begin) to appear on magazine covers around the world.
Since Titanic, Leonardo ______________________ (be)very busy. He ______________________
(already / make)three more films and ______________________ (just / start) work on another.
Despite all his fantastic work, he ______________________ (never/win) an Oscar.

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

It ______________________(rain) for hours. We ______________________(wait) until it's sunny
again, but it seems it's going to continue all day. Although now we are at home, we
______________________ (do) a lot of interesting activities. We ______________________(play)
tennis in the sport centre, we ______________________(eat) something in Mcdonalds with some
other friends. When we arrived they said " You're late, we ______________________(wait) for
half of an hour" .

How long ___________ it ______________________(rain)? I don't remember the hour it started.

As we were bored, our grandfather is telling us a story. He says that he
______________________(live) in this house since 1979 when he moved to Coventry. This is his
last year in his company, he ______________________(work) in it since 1949. He
______________________ (not work) in any other place.
Suddenly it stopped raining, I don't know How many hours ______________
we______________________(lie) on the sofa listening to our grandfather, it was a different
summer day

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE OR CONTINUOS

1. At last! I ______________________ (solve) the problem.
2. What ______________________ recently? (you / do) Anything interesting?
3. My brother ______________________ (buy) a new motorbike. It looks great.
4. ______________________ (you / swim)? Your hair looks wet.
5. Oh, There you are! I ______________________ (look) for you everywhere.
6. Sorry we are late. How long ______________________ (you / wait)?
7. I ______________________ (know) Peter for a long time.
8. I ______________________ (never / understand) Maths and Physics.
9. The children are tired because they ______________________ (play) all day.
10. Susan ______________________ (never / believe) in ghosts and fairies.
11. I ______________________ (write) emails all day.
12. John ______________________ (never / see) this film before.
13. What on earth ______________________ (you / do)? Youre covered in mud.
14. ______________________ (you / ever / see) Altamira Cave? I hear its incredibly
beautiful.
15. How long ______________________ (he / learn) English?

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

1. ______________________ (you / have) breakfast before you came here?
2. He went to Alaska where he ______________________ (not / be) before.
3. ______________________ (she / find) a place to stay when she went to Boston?
He ______________________ (not / play) tennis before that day.
4. She told me that she ______________________ (see) a ghost.
5. His mother was angry because he ______________________ (not / help) her with the
shopping.
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6. ______________________ (you / finish) your homework before you went to the cinema?
7. I lost the key that he ______________________ (give) to me.
8. Why ______________________ (you / clean) the bathroom before you bathed the dog?
9. I went downstairs because I ______________________ (hear) a noise.
10. She put on the red dress, which she ______________________ (not / wear) for ages.
11. When they came home, Sue ______________________ (already/ cook) dinner
12. The waiter served something that we ______________________ (not / order).
13. We could not send you a postcard because we ______________________ (forget) our address
book.
14. Where ______________________ (she / live) before she moved to Chicago?
15. The children collected the chestnuts that ______________________ (fall) from the tree.

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE OR PAST SIMPLE

It______________________ (be) a cold and rainy Sunday, so I ______________________
(decide) to finish the essay that I ______________________ (start) writing a few days before.
I ______________________ (switch) on the computer and I ______________________
(open) the document.Then I ______________________ (begin) looking for my notes that
I______________________ (handwrite) on a sheet of paper. But the
notes ______________________ (be) not on my desk and I ______________________ (can /
not) remember where I (put) them.I ______________________ (turn) the whole house upside
down.
And where ______________________ (find / I) my notes?
I ______________________ (leave) them in the sitting room, under a huge staple of papers and
magazines. Now that I ______________________ (find) my notes, I ______________________
(want) to continue writing my essay. First I______________________ (know / not) what to
write but then I ______________________ (have) lots of ideas.
I ______________________ (complete / almost) my essay when my computer
suddenly ______________________ (crash) and I ______________________ (notice) that
I (forget) to save the document.
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After I ______________________ (reboot) my computer, I ______________________ (see) that

at least 5 of the pages I______________________ (type) ______________________
(be) missing.
So I______________________ (have) to start all over again.

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Mark and Peter were brothers. Their parents could not take care of them. One family adopted
Mark, and another family adopted Peter. Mark and Peter ______________________ (dream)
of finding each other since 2005. When they finally met, they were surprised by how much they
had in common. For most of their adult lives, their jobs had been related, even though they
(not

______________________

work)

in

the

same

business.

Mark

______________________ (make) furniture, and Peter ______________________ (sell)

furniture. Mark ______________________ (interview) for jobs in furniture stores and
decided to take a position at Marks store. Peter ______________________

(talk) to a

customer when he saw a man who looked like him walk into the store. Peter stopped what
he______________________ (do) and introduced himself. That first day, Peter and Mark
talked for hours. They found out that they ______________________(not / live) in the same
city, but they had attended schools in the same district for most of their childhood. They

______________________ (9) (cross / paths) for many years.

PHRASAL VERBS
Be careful!!!!, you have to put the verb in the correct tense.
be down

be over

break up

break into

break down

fall apart

give back

give up

go away

go out

go back

look after

look forward to

look out

She ________ a bit _____________ his boyfriend has ______________________ with her recently;
he only said " It______________________ all is finished, Just ____________ me ___________ all
the things I had in your house". She felt like her heart had __________________ into pieces. All
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happened when she has to ___________________________ her grandmother. She was really busy
and ____________________________ see him again after a month without moving from her
grandmother's bed.
It wasn't all. The same year, her car had ___________________________ twice, a robbers
_______________________ her house. She just wanted to __________________ to normal life, try
to ____________________ from the city or __________________ with her friends in town.
Although she wanted, it was impossible to __________________ to the moments of her
childhood, when everything was easier...
Suddenly somebody screamed: " ________________ a car is coming towards you!!"

MODAL VERBS
The computer is a wonderful invention, however you must/can use it carefully. In order to
avoid losing documents, you mustn't/should always save everything you type. In addition,
you mustn't/ might print out a copy of all important documents. One of the greatest fears of
computer users is a virus. There are certain dates on which you could/ought to turn on your
computer for fear of infection. Your computer may/should get a virus if you insert used
diskettes, so you could/have to try to avoid doing so. Moreover, you should/can want to buy
an anti-virus program. But, overall you are able to/mustn't allow anybody to enter in your
computer without permission and you must/may be careful whit people on the internet,
because you don't know who might/need to be behind the other screen.

VOCABULARY
Remember: Each one counts two points, bad spelling one point and wrong zero.
Ama de llaves/sirvienta
Cuello de la camisa
Confiar en
De humor cambiante
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