TEST PAPER

Name:
Date:

Class:

1. Put the verbs in brackets into the simple present or the present
continuous tense.
1. Hardly anyone (wear) a hat nowadays.
2. I'm afraid I've broken one of your coffee cups.
-Don't worry. I (not like) that set anyway.
3 . I (wear) my sunglasses today because the sun is very strong.
4. Tom can't have the newspaper now because his aunt (read) it.
5. I'm busy at the moment. I (redecorate) the sitting room.
6. The kettle (boil) now. Shall I make the tea?
7. You (enjoy) yourself or would you like to leave now?
-I (enjoy) myself very much. I (want) to stay to the end.
8. How you (get) to work as a rule?
-I usually (go) by bus but sometimes I (walk).
2. Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past
continuous of the verbs in brackets.
1 .I ____________ (watch) TV when she ____________(call).
2. Sam ____________(wait) for us when we ____________(arrive).
3. ____________she____________(drive) fast when she ____________(crash)?
4. The last time I ____________(see) Daniel he ____________(work).
5. He ____________(break) his leg while he ____________(skate).
6. Emily ____________talk) on the phone when I ____________(come) in.
7. I____________(not answer) the phone because I ____________(study).
8. While the teacher ____________ (talk), he ____________ (look) outside.
9. When my sister ____________(be) younger, she ____________ (not like) soup.
10. He ____________(make) a lot of friends while he ____________(live) in the US.
3.Complete the text. Use the PAST SIMPLE or the PRESENT PERFECT.
Film maker David Morris ___________________________ (BE) interested in cinema
since he ___________________________ (BE) a small child. He
___________________________ (MAKE) his first film when he ___________________________
(BE) just twelve years old. He is now almost 40 and he ___________________________
(MAKE) 30 films. David loves travelling. His work _________________________ (TAKE) him
all over the world. He ___________________________ (BE) to Africa, India, Australia,
China, the USA and South America. Last year he ___________________________ (VISIT)
Russia for the first time. David is married to the singer, Leena Lennox. They
___________________________ (BE) married for ten years. They live with their two
children on the Greek island of Crete. They ___________________________ (BUY) a house
on the island in 1987 and they ___________________________ (LIVE) there since then.

TEST PAPER
Name:
Date:

Class:

1. Put the verbs in brackets into the simple present or the present
continuous tense.
1. Hardly anyone (wear) a hat nowadays.
2. I'm afraid I've broken one of your coffee cups.
-Don't worry. I (not like) that set anyway.
3 . I (wear) my sunglasses today because the sun is very strong.
4. Tom can't have the newspaper now because his aunt (read) it.
5. I'm busy at the moment. I (redecorate) the sitting room.
6. The kettle (boil) now. Shall I make the tea?
7. You (enjoy) yourself or would you like to leave now?
-I (enjoy) myself very much. I (want) to stay to the end.
8. How you (get) to work as a rule?
-I usually (go) by bus but sometimes I (walk).
2. Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past
continuous of the verbs in brackets.
1 .I ____________ (watch) TV when she ____________(call).
2. Sam ____________(wait) for us when we ____________(arrive).
3. ____________she____________(drive) fast when she ____________(crash)?
4. The last time I ____________(see) Daniel he ____________(work).
5. He ____________(break) his leg while he ____________(skate).
6. Emily ____________talk) on the phone when I ____________(come) in.
7. I____________(not answer) the phone because I ____________(study).
8. While the teacher ____________ (talk), he ____________ (look) outside.
9. When my sister ____________(be) younger, she ____________ (not like) soup.
10. He ____________(make) a lot of friends while he ____________(live) in the US.
3.Fill in the email with the correct past simple or present perfect:
Dear Mandy,
Luckily Im writing this email to you, the technician (just/ fix)
my computer! He (try) yesterday, but he (not/can)
because he (need) some spare parts. My PC .. (break)
down some days ago and I . (feel) desperate. I (have) to
borrow my boyfriends laptop this week. Thanks to it I (already/write)
the literature essay. your brother (apply) for the job he

 (tell) me last week? He really (want) to make a good

impression at the interview.
I (meet) some nice people at university this year. They
(study) different subjects last year, but they (choose) some
subjects Im studying, so we (share) some seminars together so far
and they are really nice.
you (decide) when youre coming to London yet?
Love, Molly.
4. Complete the right form of the irregular verbs:
ROMANIAN

V1

V2

V3

5. Write a short composition about what Christmas means to you. (Who do you celebrate it with?
Do you usually receive presents? What activities do you like to do in that period of the year?)