ELTAM –School competition 8-th grade

Present Simple or Present Continuous

1. John sometimes ______________ newspapers. (read)
2. We never ______________ meat in the morning. (eat)
3. Listen! Marry ______________ in the kitchen. (sing)
4. My sister usually ______________ in the kitchen. (dance)
5. My mother ______________ dinner now. (make)
6. They often ______________ the bathroom. (clean)
7. Look! The sheep ______________ home. (come)
8. Every day his grandfather ______________ for a walk. (go)
9. I ______________ with my friend at the moment. (play)
10. Birds ______________ mice. (eat)

Choose the present perfect or past simple:

1. I ___________________ (never / go) to Vienna.

2. My great great grandfather ___________________ (have) five sisters

3. He ___________________ (live) in Manila for a year when he was a student.

4. Oh no! I ___________________ (lose) my wallet!

5. ___________________ (you / see) Julie today?

6. At the weekend, they ___________________ (play) football, then they ___________________

(go) to a restaurant.

7. I ___________________ (read) six books this week.

8. Amy ___________________ (live) in Portugal when she was young.

9. She ___________________ (visit) her grandmother last month.

10. The Vandals ___________________ (invade) Rome in the year 455.

GET

When sailors wake up, they __________ (get off) the bed and __________ for the day. After
that, they __________ the deck of the ship, and __________ for work. Once they’re finished
working, they __________ the deck and __________ back to their rooms.

1 get off, 2 get ready, 3 get on, 4 get to, 5 get off, 6 get

Good Luck 