UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA

CURSO MULTIMODAL DE INGLÉS BÁSICO III

SELF-EVALUATION
SELF-EVALUATION NUMBER: __________
WEEK NUMBER: __________
SCORE: __________

Student’s full name: ____________________________________ Counsellor’s Title: _____________________________

A. Instructions: Put the words in brackets in the Present Simple or Present Continuous.

Example 0. Peter: What are you doing (you/do)?

John: I (1)_____________________(finish) my homework.

Steve: How (2)__________________(your sister/travel) to work every day?

Mary: She (3) ___________________(take) the bus.

Paul: What (4)___________________(you/eat)?

Jill: An Apple. It’s delicious! I (5)_________________(love) apples.

Carlos: Look! It (6)___________________(snow).

Hans: It (7)________________(snow) every year in my country.

Sheila: What (8) __________________(Joanna/do)?

Bill: I (9)___________________(think) she’s an actress, but she

(10) ____________________(work) in a restaurant this month.

B. Instructions: Fill in the blanks with the present progressive or simple present form of the
verb. Read the dialogues aloud. Use contractions.

Example 0. Regis: I’m going (go) crazy in this house.

Robin: I think (think) you need a vacation!

It is 3:00. The telephone rings.

Regis: Hello

Laura: Hello, Regis. What are you (11)________________(do) home in the middle of the afternoon?

Regis: Oh, hi, Laura. I know I (12)________________(be) never home in the afternoon, but today I (13)
__________________(try) to be a househusband!

Laura: Oh really? Where’s Robin?

Regis: Robin (14)_________________(attend) a meeting at the college, so I (15)

_________________(take care of) the kids.
C. Instructions: This is Anna’s first letter in English to David. There are some mistakes. Rewrite
wrong verb forms. Put a tick (√) if the verb form is correct.

Example: Dear David,

I live (0) √__________ in a large flat in Rome. I’m having (0)_have______ two sisters.

They are called Rosa and Maria. We are getting up (16)_____________ at seven o’ clock every
morning, and we have (17)__________________ coffee and a small breakfast. I leave
(18)______________ the flat at eight and walk to the university. I am finishing
(19)_______________ classes at five every day, and I arrive (20)________________ home at six. This
month I work (21)________________ very hard for my first exams.
At the moment, I eat (22)________________ breakfast in the kitchen of our flat, my mother drinks
(23)_______________ coffee, and my sisters are reading (24)________________ magazines.
On Saturday afternoons I am playing (25)________________ tennis with my friends, or I go
(26)______________ to the cinema. Are you liking (27)________________ films?

Please write to me soon.

With best wishes,
Anna

Total Score: _27__