PROGRESS TEST

I Circle the correct verb form:

1. Zoe watches / is watching her favourite TV programme every Friday.
2. John doesn’t wear / is not wearing a white shirt today.
3. Lisa! Do you listen / Are you listening to me?
4. The train always leaves / is leaving on time.
5. No, she can’t answer the phone; she has / is having a shower.
6. They sometimes read / are reading poems in the lessons.
7. My favourite aunt, Monica, teaches / is teaching archeology at the university.
8. My mum cooks / is cooking dinner tonight.

II Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in Present Simple tense or
Present Continuous tense.
1. Right now I (watch) _____________ a movie. I (watch) _______ a lot of movies.
2. Alison and I (study) ______________ for the exam. We (not, want) ________________
to fail it!
3. Jaime usually (eat) _______ cold cereal for breakfast, but today he (eat) _____________
a toast instead.
4. (you / come) _____________ to see us next month?
5. I (not understand) ______________ this word. Can I borrow your dictionary?
6. Jason never (drive) ______________ to work as he hasn’t got a car.
7. I (go) ______________ on holiday at the end of the month.

III Complete the sentences. Use the infinitive or -ing form of the verbs in brackets.
1. I really enjoy _______________ (watch) sport on television.
2. We spent hours _______________ (cook) dinner.
3. They decided _______________ (go) to the USA this summer.
4. I fancy _______________ (stay in) to watch a film this evening. How about you?
5. She expected _______________ (hear) from him, but he didn’t call her.
6. He’s very polite. He offered _______________ (carry) my bags.
7. I finished _______________ (write) the essay at midnight.

IV Match the sentences to the words below. There are three words you do not need.
impatient confident arrogant shy generous lazy strong funny
1. Someone who thinks they are better than everyone else. ________________
2. Someone who doesn’t like to wait. ______________
3. Someone who doesn’t like doing anything. _______________
4. Someone who finds parties and new people difficult. ______________
5. Someone who likes to give to others. ______________
V Complete the sentences with the words below. There are two words you do not need.
creative easy-going gentle modest outgoing passionate rebellious
1. Tom never does what the teacher asks him to do. He is ____________ and rude.
2. Kiera’s parents are so ____________. She can do anything she wants to.
3. Johnny is really good at painting and writing stories. He’s very ____________ .
4. Ben is friendly and talkative. He is really ____________ and makes friends easily.
5. Clara is very ____________. She never hurts people’s feelings.

VI Translate the sentences:

a) into Serbian
1. The award encourages young people to do exciting cultural, social and adventure
activities in their free time.
2. Perhaps the most surprising result was that classical music fans and heavy metal fans
have very similar personalities.

b) into English
3. Obično izbegavam da vozim kasno noću.
4. Složili su se da provedu ceo odmor u Španiji.
5. Predložio je da gledamo film u bioskopu.