English Exam Practice for Hayley Wong

Use the correct tense to fill in the gaps.

1. Sophia ____________ (study) at ABC Primary School with Barney.

2. Hollie _____________ (eats) at the restaurant every day.

3. Audrey and Mary _____________ (sing) in the school choir every Monday.

4. My father ___________ (like) cooking at home.

5. Hayley and Charlotte ____________ (like) going to the cinema.

6. Audrey _________ (wash) her hair every day so it is very clean.

7. My parents ___________ (wear) jackets in winter.

8. My dog ________ (catch) the ball very well when we play “Fetch”.

9. Mr. Lee _____________ (teach) me English at High Flyer Education Centre.

10. Do you _________ (mix) the vegetables when you make salad?

11. How often __________ (do) Jenny go skating every week?

12. Hank never ________ (kiss) her animals but she _________ (help) clean their beds.

13. My mum ________ (drive) me to school every day.

14. Birds _________ (fly) really high in the sky but my parrot rarely _________ (fly) far.

15. I never ________ (tidy) my bedroom so my mother __________ (tidy) it for me.

My name ______ Hayley. I ____ eight years old. I ________ (have) a lovely kitten and it

_________ (have) two beautiful blue eyes. We _________ (be) good friends.
 English Exam Practice for Hayley Wong

Use the present continuous tense when you see NOW or when you know something is
happening now.

Practice by filling in the gaps

Let’s see what the children are doing now. Hayley _________ (do) her homework and she
_____________ (read) the exercise carefully. The fan ____________ (blow) strongly in the
classroom because it is hot. Hayley and Sophia _____________ (work) hard on their
assignments from school so they _____________ (sit) quietly and _____________ (write) neatly
in their exercise books. They ____________ (not talk) much.

Usually Hayley __________ (do not) her homework carefully and she _______ (make) many silly
mistakes. In spring, the fan ___________ (blow) softly because it is cool. Hayley and Sophia
_________ (talk) a lot because they _________ (like) each other’s company. They
______________ (not sit) quietly and ___________ (write) messily in their exercise books.
However, the place _____ (be) quiet when they __________ (know) it is time to finish their
work.

Contractions

Is not isn’t do not _______

Are not _______ does not _______

Will not _______ cannot _______

Now write these sentences using the contractions for the underlined words.

Peter and Mary are not coming to the party.

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Howard does not go either because he has an exam the next day.

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You cannot forget how to write grammar properly.

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We do not need to eat lunch because I ate a lot.

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 English Exam Practice for Hayley Wong

Choose the correct word from the words given below:

why where who whose when how

___________ dress is this? Is it yours? No it isn’t.

___________ do you go to England? By plane.

___________ do you learn ballet? In the school hall.

___________ are you so happy? I am going to do well in my test tomorrow.

___________ is your best friend? James.

___________ are you arriving for dinner? Around 8 o’clock.

Rewrite the sentences using the correct punctuation

where do you live

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hayley loves to swim on sundays she meets holly at the pool

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tomorrow is tom’s birthday so we are going to hong kong park

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Fill in the blanks with the given words

a an the some

Audrey is making ____________ egg salad sandwich.

There are ____________ fish in the tank.

Mum and I love ________ food at this restaurant.

I have ___________ good news for you. You are going to do well in the English test.

There is _____________ bucket over there for you to fill some water into it.