Preparation for the First Written Paper, December 2014.

I Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tenses: Present Simple and Present
Continuous.
1. She ________________ (not eat) pizza very often.
2. What computer game ________________ you ________________ (play) now?
3. I ________________ (not like) traditional music. Its boring!
4. They ________________ (play) football in the park every weekend.
5. Mark ________________ (watch) TV at the moment.
6. What time ________________ she ________________ (finish) school today?
7. What time ________________ she ________________ (start) school every day?
8. Our teacher always ________________ (give) us a lot of homework.
9. What ________________ they ________________ (do) at the moment?
10. Mark ________________ (not watch) TV, he's reading.
11. He ________________ usually ________________ (not listen) to classical music.
12. We ________________ (not go) to the park because its raining.
13. How often ________________ you ________________ (go) to the gym?
14. She ________________ (cry) because the film is very sad.
15. He ________________ (wash) his car every Saturday.

II Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions.

1. Stop fooling __________! Do you hear me?
2. Theres no need to be afraid. Just calm __________.
3. Im calling the police! I cant put __________ with that noise any longer!
4. I was walking past your house and I decided to drop __________.
5. All my friends are crazy __________ Internet forums.
6. I bumped __________ Jessica yesterday and I almost didnt recognise her.
7. As far as Im concerned, they get __________ really well with their parents.
8. After school we usually hang __________ the shopping centre.
9. Dont look at me. Im not going! You know Im not __________ nu-metal.
10. You didnt grow __________ in England, did you?

III Complete the sentences with the correct reflexive pronoun or each other.
1. She didnt come with me. I went there ____________.
2. I dont think she needs our help. She can collect the money _______________.
3. They dont like _______________ at all. Theyre from different gangs.
4. Our club is going to pay only for the meals and we have to pay for the hotel
_______________.
5. How do you find the game? Are you enjoying _______________?
6. The members dont know _______________ very well because they only meet once
a year.
7. The clubs coach and my father know _______________ because they attended the
same school.
8. Mum, you shouldnt blame _______________ for the situation. Its my fault.
9. After a game of paintball he saw his face in the mirror and began to laugh at
_______________.
10. We always try to help _______________. Thats what friends are for.
11. Frankly, I think they need to start thinking for _______________.
 IV Put the verbs into the correct tense - Simple Past or Present Perfect.
1. Whose car ___________(he/ drive) yesterday?
2. What ___________ (just / happen)?
3. He ___________(hear) a strange noise for a time.
4. ___________ /( the film/ not begin) only ten minutes ago?
5. My mother ___________(do) some gardening last summer.
6. They ___________(not eat) anything since breakfast time.
7. The concert ___________(be) an enormous success for more than 15 years.
8. They ___________(destroy) some animal species recently.
9. Mr Field ___________(telephone) her just a minute ago.
10. Those organizations ___________(recycle) paper for a moth but last year they
___________ (not do) anything of the kind.
11. I ___________________________ (have) my job for two years.
12. ___________________________ (you/go) to Los Angeles last summer?
13. She ___________________________ (live) in Rome for three years.
14. ___________________________ (you/ever/be) to China?
15. I ___________________________ (play) tennis yesterday.
16. Tim ___________________________ (break) his leg last year.
17. How long ___________________________ (David/be) interested in cinema?
18. They ___________________________ (go) to New York in 1990.
19. She ___________________________ (not/play) tennis last Sunday.
20. ___________________________ (you/go) to the cinema last night?
21. ___________________________ (she/ever/be) to Australia?
22. We ___________________________ (go) to Canada last summer.
23. She ___________________________ (just/tidy) her room.
24. We ___________________________ (not/eat) yet.
25. Bob ___________________________ (study) French two years ago.

V Complete these sentences using for or since.

1. Mark has had violin lessons ________ last January.
2. We have known Diane ________ two years.
3. Have you seen Andrew ________ last week?
4. Karen has had long hair ________ she was 13.
5. They have been close friends ________ twenty years.
6. My parents and I lived in the same house ________ 1990.

VI 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.