FIRST PARTIAL EXAM

7° TETRAMESTER

NAME: ELISEO ADALBERTO AVIÑA SOTO

I. - WRITE TRUE OR FALSE IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES

1. - IS THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS (ALSO CALLED PRESENT PROGRESSIVE) IS A VERB TENSE WHICH

IS USED TO SHOW THAT AN ONGOING ACTION IS HAPPENING NOW? TRUE .

2. - THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS CAN ALSO BE USED TO SHOW THAT AN ACTION IS GOING TO TAKE
PLACE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. READ ON FOR DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS, EXAMPLES, AND PRESENT
CONTINUOUS EXERCISES. TRUE .

3. - “YOU ARE WATCHING TV." IS AN EXAMPLE OF PRESENT CONTINUOUS? TRUE .

4. - “YOU ARE NOT WATCHING TV." IS AN EXAMPLE OF NEGATIVE IN PRESENT CONTINUOUS?

TRUE .

5. - “ARE YOU WATCHING TV?" IS AN EXAMPLE OF QUESTION IN PRESENT CONTINUOUS?

TRUE .

II. - CONVERT THE NEXT WORDS IN CONTINUOUS SENTENCES, YOU CAN USE THE STRUCTURE OF
PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1. - (I / STUDY AT THE MOMENT)

A: I AM STUDYING AT THE MOMENT

2. - (I / NOT / SLEEP)

A: I AM NOT SLEEPING

3. - (YOU / PLAY BADMINTON TONIGHT)

A: YOU ARE PLAYING BADMINTON TONIGHT

4. - (WE / WATCH TV)

A: WE ARE WATCHING TV

5. - (SHE / NOT / WAIT FOR THE BUS)

A: SHE IS NOT WAITING FOR THE BUS

6. - (THEY / READ)

A: THEY ARE READING

7. - (YOU / NOT / READ THE NEWSPAPER)

A: YOU ARE NOT READING THE NEWSPAPER

8. - (I / NOT / LIVE IN PARIS)

A: I AM NOT LIVING IN PARIS

9. - (HE / WORK IN A RESTAURANT NOW)

A: HE IS NOT WORKING IN A RESTAURANT NOW

10. - (I / NOT / MEET MY FATHER AT FOUR)

A: I AM NOT MEETING MY FATHER AT FOUR

III. - WITH YOUR OWN WORDS, WRITE 5 SENTENCES USING PRESENT OR PAST CONTINUOUS
TENSE.

1. I AM NOT WORKING TONIGHT

2. SHE IS WASHING HER CLOTHES
3. WE ARE WATCHING TV
4. WE ARE GOING TO THE MOVIES NEXT WEEK
5. ARE WE HAVING CELEBRATIONS?
IV. - COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING PAST CONTINUOUS SENTENCE, YOU CAN USE THE STRUCTURE
OF PAST CONTINUOUS AS EXAMPLE

1. - JULIE WAS SLEEPING (SLEEP) AT THREE O´CLOCK

2. - YOU WERE STUDYING (STUDY) AT THREE O´ CLOCK

3. - MRS BROWN WAS NOT WALKING (NOT / WALK) IN THE GARDEN

4. - THE DOGS WERE NOT PLAYING (NOT / PLAY) OUTSIDE

5. - WE WERE WATCHING (WATCH) TV AT MIDNIGHT

6. - THEY WERE EATING (EAT) ITALIAN FOOD

7. - JOHN WAS PLAYING (PLAY) FOOTBALL IN SATURDAY

8. - WE WERE TRAVELING (TRAVEL) TO LONDON AT THREE O´CLOCK

9. - YOU WERE NOT EATING (NOT / EAT) BACON AT NIGHT

10. - HE WAS USING (USE) THE PC DURING THE CLASS

V. - UNSCRAMBLE THE NEXT SENTENCES IN PAST CONTINUOUS.

1. - (NOT / I / PLAYING / WAS)

A: I WAS NOT PLAYING

2. - (BACON / YOU / NOT / WAS / EATING / AT NIGHT)

A: YOU WERE NOT EATING BACON AT NIGHT

3. - (AT MIDNIGHT / WAS / WATCHING / WE / TV)

A: WE WERE WATCHING TV AT MIDGNIGHT

4. - (WAS / WALKING / MRS BROWN / IN THE GARDEN / NOT)

A: MRS BROWN WAS NOT WALKING IN THE GARDEN

5. - (EATING / THEY / WAS / ITALIAN FOOD)

A: THEY WERE EATING ITALIAN FOOD

EXTRA POINTS EXERCISES

I. - CONVERT THE NEXT SENTENCES TO PAST OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1. - I´M WRITING AN STORY TO MY SON.

A: I WAS WRITING AN STORY TO MY SON

2. - ANA IS MAKING A PODCAST IN HER CELLPHONE.

A: ANA WAS MAKING A PODCAST IN HER CELLPHONE

3. - ERNESTO WAS NOT DOING SPORTS.

A: ERNESTO IS NOT DOING SPORTS

4. - FERNANDO WAS TRAVELING TO LONDON.

A: FERNANDO IS TRAVELING TO LONDON

5. - EMILIO IS GOING TO THE CHURCH

A: EMILIO WAS GOING TO THE CHURCH

II. - COMPLETE THE NEXT SENTENCES WITH "HAVE" OR "HAS", YOU CAN USE THE STRUCTURE OF
PRESENT PERFECT

1. - I HAVE EATEN BREAKFAST TODAY.

2. - YOU HAVE BEEN TO ASIA.

3. - HE HAS WRITTEN A RESUME.

4. - WE HAVE TRAVELLED TO GERMANY

5. - IT HAS RAINED IN THE FIELD.