Nume elev…………………. Data………………...

Clasa……………….. Nota……..............

TEST PAPER

PRESENT TENSE SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS

I. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in brackets:

1. I ____________ (read) a very interesting book now.

2. Joanne ____________ (work) eight hours a day.

3. Tonight we ____________ (see) a play at the thereatre.

4. Who ____________ you ____________ (speak) to just now?

5. I ____________ (not know) him very well.

6. What will you do if she ____________ (come) late?

7. My wife ____________ (like) coffee for breakfast.

8. What ____________ Tom usually ____________(have) for breakfast?

9. Your train ____________ (leave) at 17.25 from platform 3.

10. What ____________ Mary ____________ (do) ? She's a student.

11. My whole family _______________(go) to church once a week.

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12. My wife and I _________________(go) to the beach in the summer.

13. Listen! The phone ________________(ring) in the other room.

14. Rain seldom ________________(fall) in the Sahara.

15. He is thirteen years old now, and his voice _______________(change).

16. Let's change the conversation. It _________________(get) too serious.

17. Leap year __________________(come) every four years.

18. My grandpa________________(grow) tomatoes this summer.

19. He ________________(grow) them every summer .

20. The children ______________________(leave) for school right now.

21. The children __________________(leave) at 8:30 every morning.

22. Shu! The baby ______________________(take) her nap.

23. In the north the season __________________(change) four times a year .

24. Unfortunately, the patient ______________________ (die).

25. The monsoon _____________________(come) once or twice a year.

26. It's spring and the days _____________________(get) longer.

27. The weather _____________(get) very cold in Moscow in the winter.

28. It _________________(rain) hard, and I don't have an umbrella.

29. It's November and the birds ___________________(fly) south.

30. Many birds of Europe _____________(fly) south to Africa every winter.

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II. Choose the correct verb form:

I ………………a letter now.

Susan ………………..the garden at the moment.

Jane ……………….to bed at 10 o'clock on weekdays.

I am in London this summer. I …………………English.

We ……………….our friends next week.

My brothers ………………….letters every week.

The bus sometimes ……………………..in the morning.

James is a student. But he ………………….this week.

Lions ………………in Africa.

Our train …………………..at 9.25.

She ………………..to the cinema tonight.

My parents …………………..TV now.

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III. Present Simple or Present Continuous? Choose the correct form for
each verb:

1. It ________ quite hard - perhaps we shouldn't go out tonight.

1. snows
2. is snowing
2. I ________ lunch in the cafeteria every day.
1. have
2. am having
3. Salman is rich — he ________ a Mercedes.
1. drives
2. s driving
4. Once a week, I ________ to an art class at the college.
1. go
2. am going
5. I ________ to Toronto next Thursday. Do you want to come?
1. go
2. am going
6. Marie-Claude isn't a Canadian. I ________ she comes from France.
1. believe
2. am believing
7. You won't find Jerry at home right now. He ________ in the library.
1. studies
2. is studying
8. I ________ you're crazy!
1. think
2. am thinking
9. Look! Junko ________ into the water.
1. jumps
2. is jumping
10.Don't give Jan any cheese. She ________ it!
1. hates
2. is hating

IV. A. Make your own 5 sentences at Present Continuous:

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 1. to drink = a bea
2. to sleep = a dormi
3. to understand = a intelege
4. to go = a merge
5. to start = a incepe

1……………………………………………………………………
2……………………………………………………………………
3…………………………………………………………………….
4…………………………………………………………………….
5…………………………………………………………………….

IV. B. Make your own 5 sentences at Present Simple:

1. to eat = a manca
2. to run = a alerga
3. to love = a iubi
4. to do = a face
5. to stay = a sta pe loc

1……………………………………………………………………
2……………………………………………………………………
3…………………………………………………………………….
4…………………………………………………………………….
5…………………………………………………………………….

BAREM:

Oficiu: 1 p
I:3p
II : 2 p
III : 2 p
IV : 2 p.

TOTAL : 10 p.