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TEST 1 - Present Tense

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TEST 1 - Present Tense

This document contains a reading comprehension test with multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about verb tenses and parts of speech in short conversations and passages. The questions test identification and use of verbs in the present simple and present continuous tenses.

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Test 1 Present tenses (Units 4-7)

Test1A
Read the conversation between two students. Then look at the answers below
and write the correct answer in each space.
Lisa: Who () is Michelle talking to?
Amy: I can't see Michelle.
Lisa: You(l) looking in the right place. She's over there.
Amy: Oh, that's Adrian. He's new here.
Lisa: Really? Where (2). ........... he live? (3)..you know?
Amy: No, 1(4)...........................................know anything else about him.
Lisa: What (5)
.................................... they talking about, I wonder?
Amy: Well, he (6)
............................... look very interested. He's got a very bored expression on
his
face. And he (7)
saying anything.
a) are
1 a) aren't
2 a) are
3 a) Are
4 a) aren't
5 a) are
6 a) aren't
7 a) aren't

b) do
b) doesn't
b) do
b) Do
b) doesn't
b) do
b) doesn't
b) doesn't

c) does
c) don't
c) does
c) Does
c) don't
c) does
c) don't
c) don't

d) is
d) isn't
d) is
d) Is
d) 'm not
d) is
d) isn't
d) isn't

Test lB
Read Tessa's postcard to Angela and write the missing words. Use one word only in each space.
We're () having a great time here. It's beautiful, and the sun (1) ...........................
Yesterday I went water-skiing! What (2)
you think of that?

shining.

I'm (3)
at a table in our hotel room and writing a few postcards. The room is
fine, but we (4) ......................................like the food very much. But it (5)
matter because we (6)
out to a restaurant every evening.
We're both (7)
very lazy at the moment. I (8) .. up quite
late in the morning, and Nigel (9) ..up even later. You know of course how much
Nigel's work (10)
to him and how he's (11)
talking
about it. Well, the holiday is so good that he's forgotten all about work. So it's the perfect holiday. The
only problem is that it's (12)
us a lot of money. But we'll worry about that later.

Test l C
Each of these sentences has a mistake in it. Write the correct
sentence. The children is doing their homework now. The
children are doing their homework now.
1 The girls are play tennis at the moment.

2 Both my brothers likes sport.


..
3 Anna wearing her new coat today
..

4 What colour you like best?


..
5 My suit case is weighing ten kilos?
..
6 At the moment I stay at a hotel.

7 Robert cath the same bus every month


..
8 What is this word mean here

Test lD
Complete the conversations. Put in the correct form of each verb.
Use the present continuous or the present simple. A: Is Janet
in, please?
B: Yes, but / think (I / think) she's busy at the moment. She's washing (she / wash) her hair.
1 A:
..............(I / think) of buying a new computer.
B: But computers
(cost) so much money. What's wrong with the one we've
got?
A:
... (it / get) out of date now.
2 A: Your new trousers ........................................ (look) nice.
B: Thank you. The trouble is . . . (they / not / fit) properly.
.......... (I / not / know) why I bought them, really.
3 A: What
( y o u/ d o) ?
B:.
(I / weigh) this letter..................
(I / need) to know how
many stamps to put on it.
4 A:
........... (I / think) this road is really dangerous. Look how fast that lorry
B:
5 A:
B:
6 A:
B:
A:
7 A:
B:
A:
B:
8 A:
B:
A:

............. ( 1 / agree). People shouldn't go so fast.


.. (I / like) musicals. And this is a great show, isn't it?
....................... (you / enjoy) it?
Yes, I am.
......................................(I / love) every minute of it.
...........................(I / always / fall) asleep. I just can't keep awake.
What time ............................................ (you / go) to bed?
About ten o'clock usually. But .......................................
(it / not / make) any difference.
Could you post the goods to me, please?
Yes, certainly.
...............(I / live) at a guest house at the moment as ...........
(1 /
look) for a flat. So could you send it to my work address?
Yes, of course. And you'll have the goods by the end of the week,.... .. .... .. ... .... .. .. .. . (1 / promise).
Why
................. (you / want) to change the whole plan?
I'm just not happy with it.
And
......................... (1 / not / understand) why ...............................
(you / be) so
difficult about it.

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