NAME AND DATE:

1° YEAR ENGLISH SAMPLE EXAM

A) Present Simple or present continuous? Choose the correct option.

1. I am running / run to school every day.

2. Pete and Fiona always do / are doing their homework on the bus.
3. Fred never watches / is watching TV-
4. We listen / are listening to the radio.
5. He is cooking / cooks dinner now.

B) Present Simple or Present Continuous? Put the verbs into the correct form.
1. Julie ………………………… (work) at the office at the moment.
2. They ………………………… (not/visit) their uncle on Fridays.
3. He often ………………………… (have) breakfast at 7 o’clock.
4. Shut up! I ………………………… (try) to listen to the news.
5. We usually ………………………… (read) horror novels on rainy days.

C) Past Simple. Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.

Hi Susan!

How are you? I’m writing to tell you about may last weekend. On Saturday
I ………………………… (go) to a great party with my friend Laura, we …………………………
(have) a wonderful time there. There ………………… (be) a lot of people dancing and
singing. On Sunday I ………………………… (want) to go for a picninc with my family so I
………………………… (try) to persuade them, and I did! We ………………………… (take) the
food, bikes and balls and ………………………… (spend) a wonderful day!

I ………………………… (be) really happy. What about you? What ………………………………

(you/do) last weekend? Where ……………………………… (you/go)?

Write me soon.

Jenny

D) Past Simple. Correct the mistakes.

1. Megan weren’t at school yesterday.

2. Did you waited for the bus?
3. I didn’t bought that dress yesterday.

E) Put the adjectives in brackets in the comparative or superlative form.

1. Biology is …………………………………………………… (exciting) History.

2. The Nile river is …………………………………………………… (long) than the Amazon.
3. The red book is …………………………………………………… (good) the blue book.
4. Yesterday was …………………………………………………… (bad) day in my life!
5. Alan is …………………………………………………… (good) student in our class!