ENGLISH EXAM

Surname: Name:

Date:

PRESENT SIMPLE
1. I normally _________________________(have) lunch at 14:30
2. The bus _________________________(leve) at 17:00, not at 17:30, so hurry up!!
3. ____________you _____________(travel) to India very often?
4. They _________________________(not believe) in Aliens so
_________________________(not ask) them those kind of questions.
5. Sophie _________________________(be) a policewoman, she
_________________________(arrest) thieves every day.
6. He _________________________(not walk) to school in the morning.
7. ____________ Kate ________________(take) the bus in Mapleton Road?
8. They _____________________ (love) swimming here.
9. Sue _____________________ (hate) Crocodiles and snakes.
10. __________ you _________ (drink)coffee?
11. I _______________ (travel) to Cordoba very often
12. This teacher ________________ (explain) very badly

PRESENT CONTINUOUS
1. They _________________________(live) with some friends at the moment.
2. ___________ Brian __________________(train) for the following NY Marathon?
3. She _________________________(not learn) German at school at the moment.
4. What degree ____________ you _______________(study) at university?
5. I _________________________(not work) right now because I’m on holiday.
6. My mum _________________________(get) ready for my brother’s graduation.
7. ____________ Angela ___________________(lie) on the sofa? I need her.
8. Catherine _________________________(not receive) a prize for her work.
9. We _______________________ (wait) for your father
10. ___________ Mike _______________________(smile) at me?
11. Susan _______________________ (not clean) the house.
12. I_______________________ (watch) my favourite soap opera.
13. _____________You _______________________(write) a letter to him?

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 PRESENT SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS

1. Today she ’s spending/spends time with her grandmother.

2. They usually are going/go to the gym on Sundays morning.
3. We ’re having/have a barbecue in Bill’s house at 15:00. Do you want to come?
4. No, she can’t answer the phone, she has/is having a shower now.
5. I always have/am having a coffee before I ’m leaving/leave for work in the morning.
6. They sometimes fly/are flying to Sweden, but usually they are going/go by boat.
7. Where are you? I ’m sitting/sit outside in the sunshine!
8. He always brings/is bringing a monolingual dictionary to his English class.
9. I normally travel/am travelling by bus to Madrid, but today travel/am travelling by
train because it was cheaper.
10. I'm a disaster, can you tell me What do we study/are we studying at school now?
11. They don’t arrive/aren’t arriving home before seven on Moondays.
12. Shut up! I try/am trying to concentrate a little bit now.
PAST SIMPLE

1. I _________________________(come) to England in 2006. It’s been a long time.

2. Lucy _________________________ (not pay) the bill, before leaving the restaurant.
3. _________ he________________(write) an e-mail to his parents? They are worried.
4. We _________________________ (go) to New York in January.
5. Bart _________________________ (not eat) all the cake because he
_________________________(fall) ill.
6. ____________ you _______________________ (get) a new bike for your birthday?
7. We _________________________ (open) the windows because the air conditioner
_________________________ (break) down yesterday. our car into the garage
8. Lucy ____________________________ (grow) in Canada.
9. Last weekend I ____________________________ (go) to the mountains.
10. ______________ you _________________(try) the new videogame?
11. We ____________________________ (not enjoy) the party very much.
12. ___________ Mary ___________________(visit) Granada with you?

PAST CONTINUOUS

1. We _________________________ (not chat) with friends at 21:00.

2. I_________________________ (not play) the guitar, I _________________________(play)
the drums.

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3. ____________Sheila ___________________ (study) French?.
4. They _________________________ (not laugh) at you.
5. ___________ It _____________________(not snow) in the city?.
6. Paul _________________________ (lie) on the sofa and she _________________________
(listen) to a CD.
7. Jo and Tom _________________________ (dance) in the disco.
8. Yesterday evening I ____________________________ (write) letter.
9. She ____________________________(not speak) about what she was suppose to speak.
10. What ______________ they __________________ (wear) at the party?
11. It ____________________________ (rain) for a long time yesterday.
12. Manuel ____________________________(not plant) some trees in the garden.

PAST SIMPLE or CONTINUOUS

1. When I phoned/was phoning my friends, they played/were playing Monopoly.

2. What did you do/were you doing yesterday when the television broke/was
breaking down?
3. It was a sunny afternoon and people sat/were sitting on the grass in the park. Then
suddenly it started/was starting to rain.
4. Vicky had/was having a beautiful dream when the alarm clock rang/was ringing
5. Susan played/was playing the piano while Mary sang/was singing.
6. Yesterday morning I woke/was waking up, I dressed/was dressing up, I had/was
having breakfast and then I ran/was running to school because I was/was being late
for school
7. Anthony called/was calling while I parked/was parking the car.
8. Miranda drove/was driving to work when she saw/was seeing the accident.
9. Thomas didn’t watch/wasn’t watching the film when Sonia arrived home.
10. Did he lie/was he lying on the sofa at 5,30 yesterday?
11. When I left/was leaving the office, the phone rang/was ringing.
12. It snowed/was snowing in the mountains when we got up/was getting up
yesterday.
13. Barbara was living/lived in Paris when she was/was being 15 years old.

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 PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

1. Tina _________________________ (forget) her backpack again.

2. I _________________________ (not have) a routine checkup yet.
3. Christopher _________________________ (suffer) from allergies until this year.
4. _____________ They ____________________(go) to USA yet?
5. _____________ I _______________________(meet) you before?
6. We _________________________ (lose) our tickets for the concert.
7. She _________________________ (freeze) the meat for next week.
8. Mrs. Polanski ________________________ (know) Peter since he was a little boy.
9. The letter you sent me ____________________________ (not arrive) yet.
10. I ____________________________ (check) my mailbox for it every day.
11. ____________ they ever_________________ (kiss) a girl?
12. The President ____________________________ (tell) so many times that people don’t trust
on him.
13. She ____________________________ (break) six bones since she began practicing
gymnastics.
14. I ___________________________(have) a horrible cold recently.

FOR or SINCE

1. Nobody has come to see us ___________ we bought this small house.

2. I’ve worked with you ___________ nine years.
3. Jack the Ripper has been in prison ___________ two years
4. They’ve had this car ___________April.
5. We have been there ___________ October
6. I have been a vegetarian ___________ 1998
7. My family and I have lived in this flat ___________ five years.
8. I’ve been very patient with you ___________ several years.
9. Mr. Johnson has worked for this company _____________ 1980.
10. Kate hasn't eaten anything _____________ six hours.
11. Peter has read eleven books _____________ last weekend.
12. Jason and Clara have been friends _____________ more than 10 years.
13. I haven't seen my uncle Thomas _____________ a long time
14. Cindy has driven her car _____________ only five months.
15. We haven't seen Mr.Parker _____________ this morning.

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 ALREADY or YET
1. Have you finished your homework _____________?.
2. Yes mum, I have ________________ finished them.
3. We are going to a concert on Friday but we haven’t bought the tickets __________.
4. I have ________________ spoken with my parents at the phone.
5. Freddy has ________________ sung “We will rock you” in the concert!!
6. Have you thought about coming to the party ___________________?
7. Mike hasn’t showed up ___________________
8. My parents have ___________________ visited me in Italy.
9. You don't have to do it. I've ___________________ done it.
10. I've had no time. I haven't done it ___________________
11. Have you prepared the dinner ___________________
12. I've ___________________ told you what to do. Listen carefully this time
13. We haven't finished ___________________
14. We've ___________________ had our breakfast.
15. Has the post arrived ___________________?

JUST, EVER and NEVER

1. Have you just/never/ ever been camping?
2. I have just/never/ ever finished reading the book you recommended me.
3. Cervantes has just/never/ ever (not) sung a pop song
4. Steve has just/never/ ever been to Barcelona.
5. Has she just/never/ ever won a competition?
6. No, She has just/never/ ever (not) won any swimming competition.
7. Susan has just/never/ ever committed a crime.
8. The Queen has just/never/ ever (not) visited Spain.
9. Has your mother just/never/ ever punished you?
10. No, she has just/never/ ever (not) punished me
11. Have you just/ever/never ridden a horse?
12. I’ve just/ever/never (not) seen a circus.
13. He has just/ever/never finished this exercise.
14. My parents have just/ever/never (not) gone outside of Spain.
15. Have you just/ever/never won the lottery?
16. I have just/ever/never told you the truth.

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 PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE OR PAST SIMPLE.

1. I ____________________________ (stay) in a luxury last summer.

2. This year I ____________________________ (be) in three different countries.
3. We ____________________________ (write) our essays yesterday.
4. My class ____________________________ (repeat) this exercises twelve times so far.
5. She ____________________________ (have) two exams today.
6. Mrs.Duglas ____________________________ (work) in a factory 5 years ago.
7. ____________ Helen ____________________ (ever, try) sushi?
8. ____________ you ___________________ (go) to the wedding last Saturday?
9. I ______________________(come) to England in 2006
10. I ______________________ (be) living in England since 2006.
11. ___________ they __________________ (watch) a film yesterday?
12. They _____________________________ (just leave) the bus station