Grammar

1 Choose the correct answer. (6 x 3 = 18 points)

1. Brad leaves / is leaving work at the same time every day.
2. Naomi and Jane act / are acting in the school play this year.
3. Doesn’t he make / Isn’t he making a sandwich to take on the train?
4. Do you often go / Are you often going to the park?
5. I’m not going / I don’t go to Manchester tomorrow.
6. Don’t the politicians agree / Aren’t the politicians agreeing about this issue?

2 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple, Present
Continuous,
Past Simple or Past Continuous. (6 x 3 = 18 points)

1. We couldn’t go to the concert last night, but we …………………… (watch) it on

television.
2. Meg …………………… (enjoy) the party last night.

3. Ruth …………………… (drive) when I saw her yesterday.

4. Wait a second! I …………………… (change) my profile on Facebook.
5. I’m surprised that you …………………… (drink) tea today; you usually drink coffee.

6. Who …………………… Jeff …………………… (speak) to while we were waiting in

the car?

3 Rewrite the sentences using the time expression given. (5 x 3 = 15 points)

1. He doesn’t eat a hamburger for lunch every day. (today)
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2. Karen is working late tonight. (every night)
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3. Janice always sings in the bath. (at the moment)
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4. The scientists usually test their theories. (last year)
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5. She doesn’t visit us on Sundays. (never)

4 Complete the passage with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple, Present
Continuous and
Past Simple. (8 x 2 = 16 points)

Most people have heard of skateboarding, but how many people 1.……………………
(know) about sandboarding? Some people believe that it 2.…………………… (start) in
ancient Egypt. Sandboarding 3.…………………… (be) similar to skateboarding because
participants 4.…………………… (use) a flat board to ride over a smooth surface. But in
 sandboarding, participants 5.…………………… (balance) on a board while it
6.
…………………… (glide) over a sandy surface. Today, this “new” sport
7.
…………………… (become) popular in many countries, and some holiday resorts
8.
………………… (now start) to offer sandboarding activities to their guests.

5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (7 x 2 = 14 points)
1. Nobody …………………… (use) the car now.
2. Tom …………………… (paint) when he fell.
3. …………………… many tourists …………………… (visit) this town during the
summer months?
4. He is shy because he …………………… (not speak) English well.
5. I …………………… (know) something was wrong.
6. We generally …………………… (go) to bed early, but tonight we ……………………
(wait)
for Dad to arrive.

6 Complete two sentences with the words given. There may be more than one possible answer.
(4 x 4 = 16 points)
1. Mum / cook / dinner
a.  while I was having a shower.
b.  most evenings.
2. Jed / buy / new clothes
a. . for last year’s party.
b. . while his wife was having coffee.
3. Donna / not learn / French
a. . this year.
b. . last year.
4. We / play / football
a. . when it started to rain.
b. . every Sunday afternoon.