Examen de tiempos verbales + Redacción

Nombre del alumno: _______________________________________________ Fecha: 7th March 2016

1. Choose the correct time expression.

1. What is Janice eating never / at this moment / tomorrow?
2. Do you at the moment / often / every day clean your room?
3. Our grandparents always / right now / today give us gifts at Christmas.
4. The students are making sandwiches for the trip now / every day / often.
5. Steve doesn’t now / usually / tomorrow have breakfast before he goes to school.

2. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present
Continuous.
1. Quiet! We ………………… (try) to concentrate.
2. At the moment, Jane ………………… (study).
3. I ………………… (not have) a party this year.
4. The teacher ………………… (not give) us homework on Fridays.
5. Where ………………… you ………………… (go) every day after school?

3. Write sentences with the words below. Use the Past Simple or Past Continuous and when
or while.
1. it / start / to rain / the children / swim / in the sea
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2. we / play / computer games / the biscuits / start / to burn
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3. the participants / clean up / the park / people / take photos
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4. I / walk / to school / I / fall / on some ice
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4. Complete the passage with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or Past Continuous.

The Exxon Valdez was a large ship. It 1……………………… (transport) oil to many countries. On 24th
March 1989, it 2……………………… (travel) from Alaska to Los Angeles when it 3………………………
(hit) a large piece of ice. The ice 4……………………… (make) a hole in the side of the ship and lots of
oil 5……………………… (go) into the sea. Many birds 6……………………… (look for) food in the sea
when the accident 7……………………… (happen). Unfortunately, 250,000 birds 8………………………
(die). It 9……………………… (take) more than two years and thousands of workers to clean up the
beaches.

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5. Complete the e-mail with the verbs in brackets. Use will, or be going to.

Hi Kathy,

About Laura’s party: Emily and Holly 1.………………… (send) the invitations tomorrow.
2.………………… the party ………………… (be) at Linda’s house or yours? Who do you think
3.………………… (come)? Martin always makes trouble. I hope he 4.………………… (not come).
Nicole 5.………………… (not be) at the party because her sister 6.………………… (get married) on the
same day. Oh … and Anna 7.………………… (bake) a surprise birthday cake for Laura. I’m sure we
8.………………… (have) a wonderful party!

Jade

6. Choose the correct verbs to complete the opinions about skyscraper cities. Use will or be going to.

Amy: Building skyscraper cities is a brilliant idea. I think people 1.………………… less energy and
electricity. They 2.………………… cars to get places. (not need, use)

Jay: I’m not sure. They 3.………………… good for the environment but they sound quite ugly. I
4.………………… more about the idea on the Internet later today. (be, read)

Zoe: I told my father about skyscraper cities. He’s an architect. He loves the idea. Next week, he
5.………………… with a group of architects. He 6.………………… with them about the idea.
He believes that in the future, all cities 7.………………… a lot of skyscrapers. (have, meet, talk)

7. Writing. Write about what you did during your last holidays and what you are going to do in your
next vacations. Use between 60-80 words.

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