Name: __________ Date: _________

Unit Test

(Present Progressive)

1. Add –ing to the following verbs. Rewrite the words. (10 pts)

1. make 2. visit
3. sit 4. get
5. run 6. happen
7. have 8. cry
9. stay 10. fix

2. Use the words below to make sentences in Present Progressive. (5 pts)

Eg: she / eat noodle She is eating noodle

1. I / read a book
2. it / not rain
3. they / watch a film
4. we / listen to the radio / ?
5. Laura / walk the dog / ?

3. Write the sentences in Present Progressive. (10 pts)

1. John ________________ (read) a book now.

2. What _________________ (you do) tonight?

3. Jack and Peter _________________ (work) late today.

4. Silvia _________________ (not listen) to music.

5. Maria __________________ (sit) next to Paul.

6. How many other students _________________ (you study) with?

7. The phone _________________ (not ring).

8. The train to Glasgow (leave) from platform 8.

9. I (begin) to understand the Present Continuous now.

10. Sue (work) tonight.

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4. Complete the sentence below. (25 pts)

A. The Bus

The bus 1________(come). The passengers 2____________ (sit down). One woman
3____________ (give) the driver the money. An old man 4____________ (read) his newspaper.
The young boy 5____________ (ring) the bell. Two children 6___________ (run) for the bus. The
bus 7____________ (stop) and the people 8____________ (get off) it. .

B. Autumn Is Here

It is beginning of autumn. I can see though the window that it 9___________ (rain). The wind
10____________ (blow) and some leaves 11____________ (fall). My brothers 12___________
(listen) to records and they 13____________ (discuss) the weather. It seems that the summer is
over and there is nothing to look forward to. A small dog outside 14____________ (run) and
15____________ (bark) in happily. I guess he 16____________ (look) for shelter. I think that the
best thing about autumn and winter is that spring and summer are soon to follow.

C. A Busy Afternoon

It is 06:00 o'clock in the afternoon. Everybody is busy. Father 17____________ (read) the
Evening paper. Mother 18___________ (help) David with his homework. Miriam
19____________ (do) the dishes. Uri 20____________ (wash) the family car. Our little dog
21____________ (bark) unhappily. He 22_____________ (wait) for somebody to take him out.
There are a lot of actives outside. People 23____________ (come) from work. Mothers
24___________ (call) their children to come back home. Another day 25____________ (come) to
an end.

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