15-minute Test 1 Name: ..............

I. Fill in the correct form of the verbs:

1. Look! Tom _______________ his bike over there. 1. ride
2. Nora _______________ a lot of books every week. 2. read
3. Alec _______________ a test right now. 3. write
4. Pam often _______________ funny animals at school. 4. draw
5. The boys _______________ in the yard at the moment. 5. run
6. We always _______________ to school in time. 6. come
7. I _______________ a very interesting film now. 7. watch
8. You often _______________ a lot of mistakes. 8. make
9. We _______________ to the classical music now. 9. listen
10. Paul never _______________ SMS to his friends. 10. send
11. I _______________ (not) the flowers at the moment. 11. water
12. Tim _______________ (not) his friends every day. 12. call
13. They _______________ (not) football now. 13. play
14. Anna _______________ (not) to the zoo every day. 14. go
15. We _______________ (not) Andrew at the moment. 15. help
16. You _______________ (not) this rule today. 16. know
17. Liz _______________ (not) food at present. 17. buy
18. He _______________ (not) German right now. 18. learn
19. I _______________ (not) Lesley every day. 19. meet
20. Tina _______________ (not) cookies at the moment. 20. eat
21. _____________ you __________ your e-mail now? 21.receive
22. ___________ Ben __________ his pens every day? 22. lose
23. ____________ they __________ in the corridor now? 23. stand
24. _________ Kate ___________ a nice dress today? 24. wear
25. ___________ you __________ a new song right now? 25. sing
26. __________ she __________ her car to work today? 26. drive
27. __________ they ________ a cake at the moment? 27. eat
28. ___________ Tina _________ a lot of SMS today? 28. get
29. __________ he ________ in the park at present? 29. ski
30. __________ you ________ your pet every day? 30. feed
31. __________ Nick ________ coffee right now? 31. drink
II. Supply the correct form of the verbs given in the brackets.
1. It is Friday evening and the Brown family are at home. Mrs. Brown (listen) ........................ to a
concert on the radio; Mr Brown (read) ........................... a paper, George Brown (do) ......................
his homework and Ann Brown (write) ........................ a letter.
2. Mr Brown always (read) ............................ his newspapers in the evenings. Mrs Brown
sometimes (knit) ......................... but she (not knit) ........................... tonight.
3. Mr. Black often (go) .......................... to the theatre but his wife (not go) ................... very often.
He (like) ........................ all sorts of plays. She (prefer) ........................ comedies.
4. Tonight they (watch) ............................. a very modern comedy. They (enjoy) ..................... it, but
they (not understand) .................................. some of the jokes.
5. - What (happen) ........................ in your class? (The teacher/ give) ............................ lectures every
day?
- No. He (give) ...................... one lecture a week, and on the other days he (show) .........................
films or (discuss) ........................... books with us.
6. A bus conductor (get) ........................ more exercise than a bus driver. The driver just
(sit) ............................ in his cab but the conductor (stand) ........................... and
(walk) ..................... about and (run) ......................... up and down the stairs.
7. - Why (that man/ stand) .......................... in the middle of the road?
- He (try) ............................ to get across. He (wait) ........................ for a gap in the traffic.
- Why (he/ not use) .......................... the subway?
- Lots of people (not bother) ............................... to use the subway. They (prefer) ...........................
to risk their lives crossing here.
8. - (You/ wear) ........................... a new coat, aren't you?
- Yes. (You/ like) ............................ it?
- The colour (suit) ............................. you but it (not fit) ........................ you very well. It's much too
big.
9. All the guides here (speak) ...................... at least three foreign languages, because a lot of foreign
visitors (come) ....................... every summer.
10. Paul (take) ...................... a party of French tourists round now and tomorrow an American
party (come) ........................
11. - Englishmen very seldom (talk) ............................... on the Underground. They
(prefer) .......................... to read their newspapers.
- Those two men in the corner (talk) ...........................
- But they (not talk) ................................ in English.
12. - Jones and Co. (have) ......................... a sale at the moment. Shall we look in on our way home?
- I'd love to but I'm afraid I won't have time. I (meet) ...................... Tom at 5.30.
- (You/ go) ............................ out with Tom often?
13. I usually (go) ............................ by train, but this weekend I (go) ..................... by bus. It
(take) ........................ longer but it (cost) ........................ less.
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