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Test paper

1.Write the plural from of the following nouns:

Dress= river=
Toy= homework=
Mouse= box=
Tooth= glass=
Man= fox=
Candy= fish=
Beauty= class=

2. Complete using the correct tense present simple or present continuous:

1. Look! He (leave) the house.

2. Quiet please! I (write) a test.

3. She usually (walk) to school.

4. But look! Today she (go) by bike.

5. Every Sunday we (go) to see my grandparents.

6. He often (go) to the cinema.

 7. We (play) Monopoly at the moment.

8. The child seldom (cry) .

9. I (not / do) anything at the moment.

10.(watch / he) the news regularly?

3. Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).
1. While Tom (read) , Amely (watch) a documentary on

TV.
2. Marvin (come) home, (switch) on the computer

and (check) his emails.

3. The thief (sneak) into the house, (steal) the jewels

and (leave) without a trace.

4. Nobody (listen) while the teacher (explain) the tenses.

5. While we (do) a sight-seeing tour, our friends (lie) on

the beach.
6. He (wake) up and (look) at his watch.
4. Name the days of the week.
5.Name the seasons.
6 .Explain in four lines: How is the weather today!
 PAST
VERBS PAST TENSE
PARTICIPLE
to be = a f was, were been
to bear = a purta bore borne, born
to beat = a bate beat beaten
to become = a deveni became become
to begin = a incepe began begun
to bend = a indoi bent bent
to bind = a lega bound bound
to bite = a musca bit bitten
to bleed = a sangera bled blen
to blow = a sufla blew blown
to break = a sparge broke broken
to breed = a creste (educa) bred bred
to bring = a aduce brought brought
to build = a construi built built
to burn = a arde burnt burnt
to burst = a izbucni, a exploda burst burst
to buy = a cumpara bought bought
to catch = a prinde caught caught
to choose = a alege chose chosen
to come = a veni came come
to cost = a costa cost cost
to creep = a se tara, a se furisa crept crept
to cut = a taia cut cut
to deal = a imparti, a distribui dealt dealt
to dig = a sapa dug dug
to dive = a (se) scufunda, a sari in
dived /dove dived
apa
to do = a face did done
to draw = a trage, a desena drew drawn
to dream = a visa dreamt dreamt
to drink = a bea drank drunk
to drive = a conduce drove driven
to eat = a manca ate eaten
to fall = a cadea fell fallen
to feed = a hrani fed fed
to feel = a simti felt felt
to fight = a lupta fought fought
to find = a gasi found found
to fly = a zbura flew flown
to forbid = a interzice forbade forbidden
to forget = a uita forgot forgotten
to forgive = a ierta forgave forgiven
to freeze = a ingheta froze frozen
to get = a obtine got got, gotten
to give = a da gave given
to go = a merge went gone
to grow = a creste grew grown
to hang = a atarna hung hung
to have = a avea had had
to hear = a auzi heard heard
to hide = a ascunde hid hidden
to hit = a lovi, a izbi hit hit
to hold = a tine held held
to hurt = a rani hurt hurt
to keep = a tine, a pastra kept kept
to kneel = a ingenunchea knelt knelt
to know = a sti, a cunoaste knew known
to lay = a intinde, a culca laid laid
to lead = a conduce led led
to lean = a (se) sprijini leant leant
to leap = a sari leapt leapt
learnt,
to learn = a invata learnt, learned
learned
to leave = a pleca left left
to lend = a da ccu imprumut lent lent
to let = a permite, a lasa let let
to lie = a se intinde lay lain
to light = a aprinde lit, lighted lit, lighted
to lose = a pierde lost lost
to make = a face made made
to mean = a insemna meant meant
to mow = a cosi, a secera mowed mown
to meet = a intalni met met
to pay = a plati paid paid
to put = a pune put put
to read = a citi read read
to ride = a calari rode ridden
to ring = a suna rang rung
to rise = a rasari, a se ridica rose risen
to run = a alerga ran run
to say = a spune, a zice said said
to see = a vedea saw seen
to seek = a cauta sought sought
to sell = a vinde sold sold
to send = a trimite sent sent
to set = a apune, a pune set set
to sew = a coase sewed sewn
to shake = a scutura shook shaken
to shine = a straluci shone shone
to shoot = a impusca shot shot
to show = a arata showed shown
to shrink = a se micsora shrank shrunk
to shut = a (se) inchide shut shut
to sing = a canta sang sung
to sink = a (se) scufunda sank sunk
to sit = a sedea, a sta jos sat sat
to sleep = a dormi slept slept
to slide = a aluneca slid slid
to smell = a mirosi smelt smelt
to sow = a semana, a insamanta sowed sown
to speak = a vorbi spoke spoken
to spell = a silabisi; a vraji spelt spelt
to spend = a petrece spent spent
to spill = a varsa spilt split
to spin = a roti, a rasuci spun spun
to spread = a raspandi spread spread
to stand = a sta in picioare stood stood
to steal = a fura stole stolen
to stick = a (se) lipi stuck stuck
to sting = a intepa stung stung
to stink = a mirosi urat stank stank
to stride = a pasi cu pasi mari strode stridden
to strike = a lovi struck struck
to strive = a nazui, a se sforta strove striven
to swear = a jura, a injura swore sworn
to sweep = a matura swept swept
to swim = a inota swam swum
to take = a lua took taken
to teach = a invata pe cineva taught taught
to tear = a rupe tore torn
to tell = a spune, a povesti told told
to think = a crede, a se gandi thought thought
to throw = a arunca threw thrown
to understand = a intelege understood understood
to wake = a (se) scula woke, waked woken, waked
to wear = a purta wore worn
to weave = a tese wove woven
to weep = a plange wept wept
to win = a castiga won won
to wind = a (se) rasuci wound wound
to write = a scrie wrote written
 Affirmative/Negative/Ques Signal
Tense Use
tion Words

Simple A: He speaks. action in the always,

Present N: He does not speak. present taking every ,
Q: Does he speak? place once, never never,
or several times normally,
often,
facts
seldom,
actions taking place sometime
one after another s, usually
if
action set by a sentences
timetable or type I (If
schedule I talk, )

Present A: He is speaking. action taking place at the

Progressi N: He is not speaking. in the moment of moment,
ve Q: Is he speaking? speaking just, just
now,
action taking place
Listen!,
only for a limited Look!,
period of time now, right
action arranged for now
the future

Simple A: He spoke. action in the past yesterday,

Past N: He did not speak. taking place once, 2 minutes
Q: Did he speak? never or several ago, in
times 1990, the
other day,
actions taking place
last
one after another Friday
action taking place if
in the middle of sentence
another action type II (If
I talked,
)
Past A: He was speaking. action going on at a when,
Progressi N: He was not speaking. certain time in the while, as
ve Q: Was he speaking? past long as
actions taking place
at the same time
action in the past
that is interrupted
by another action

Present A: He has spoken. putting emphasis on already,

Perfect N: He has not spoken. theresult ever, just,
Simple Q: Has he spoken? never, not
action that is still
yet, so far,
going on till now,
action that stopped up to now
recently
finished action that
has an influence on
the present
action that has
taken place once,
never or several
times before the
moment of
speaking

Present A: He has been speaking. putting emphasis on all day,

Perfect N: He has not been thecourse or for 4
Progressi speaking. duration (not the years,
ve Q: Has he been speaking? result) since
1993, how
action that recently
long?, the
stopped or is still whole
going on week
finished action that
influenced the
present
Past A: He had spoken. action taking place already,
Perfect N: He had not spoken. before a certain just,
Simple Q: Had he spoken? time in the past never, not
yet, once,
sometimes
until that
interchangeable day
with past perfect if
progressive sentence
putting emphasis type III
only on (If I had
the fact (not the talked, )
duration)

Past A: He had been speaking. action taking place for, since,

Perfect N: He had not been before a certain the whole
Progressi speaking. time in the past day, all
ve Q: Had he been speaking? day
sometimes
interchangeable
with past perfect
simple
putting emphasis on
theduration or
course of an action

Future I A: He will speak. action in the future in a year,

Simple N: He will not speak. that cannot be next ,
Q: Will he speak? influenced tomorrow
If-Satz
spontaneous decisi
Typ I (If
on you ask
assumption with her,
regard to the future she will
helpyou.)
assumptio
n: I think,
probably,
perhaps

Future I A: He is going to speak. decision made for in one

Simple N: He is not going to the future year, next
speak. week,
(going to) conclusion with
Q: Is he going to speak? tomorrow
regard to the future

Future I A: He will be speaking. action that is going in one

Progressi N: He will not be on at a certain time year, next
ve speaking. in the future week,
Q: Will he be speaking? tomorrow
action that is sure to
happen in the near
future

Future II A: He will have spoken. action that will by

Simple N: He will not have be finishedat a Monday,
spoken. certain time in the in a week
Q: Will he have spoken? future

Future II A: He will have been action taking place for , the

Progressi speaking. before a certain last
ve N: He will not have been time in the future couple of
speaking. hours, all
putting emphasis on
Q: Will he have been day long
speaking? thecourse of an
action

Condition A: He would speak. action if

al I N: He would not speak. that might take sentences
Simple Q: Would he speak? place type II
(If I were
you,
I would
go home.)

Condition A: He would be speaking. action that might

al I N: He would not be take place
Progressi speaking.
putting emphasis on
ve Q: Would he be speaking?
thecourse / duratio
n of the action

Condition A: He would have spoken. action if

al II N: He would not have that might have sentences
Simple spoken. taken place in the type III
Q: Would he have spoken? past (If I had
seen that,
Iwould
have
helped.)

Condition A: He would have been action that might

al II speaking. have taken place in
Progressi N: He would not have the past
ve been speaking.
puts emphasis on
Q: Would he have been
speaking? thecourse / duratio
n of the action