BASIC ENGLISH II TEST

STUDENTS NAME: Steven Alberto Hoggan Ching

I. Use present simple or present continuous.

1. It ……usually doesn’t rain…………………..(usually / not rain) at this time of the year

but today it ………………is raining…………………..(rain) very hard.
2. I’m always playing (always / play) basketball on Saturday morning but right now I am
listening (listen) to music.
3. My dad usually works (usually / work) on Saturdays but today he is at home. At the
moment he is watching (watch) the news on television.
4. Right now Ron is writing (write) a story about eagles.
5. I am using (use) the computer at the moment because I want (want) to send an e-
mail message.
6. My mother Knows (know) a lot about History, so today she is helping (help) me with
my homework.
7. Right now the boys are having (have) breakfast.
8. How often do you visit (you / visit) your grandfather?
9. I’m sorry. I don’t understand (not/understand)
10. We don’t need (not / need) your help at the moment.

II. Decide whether the verbs underlined are in the correct tense.

I was sitting at a desk writing letters. Outside the wind shut the garden shed’s door. Again and again. I
wasn’t able to concentrate on my work. I got up and went to the window. The sounds of the storm
were getting louder and the murmurs of a distant thunder was reaching me at that moment. I was
thinking I was going to finish what I was doing but I went back to my writings. The rain was pouring
down in large drops. I heard an animal howling. A dog – I thought. But it was the wind. I was seeing
the trees bending down to the ground. Some leaves rushed high up to the sky but suddenly they gave
up their struggle and returned. At that instant someone knocked at the door. While I turned towards
it I realized that it was me. My heart beat aloud. When I continued the letter I wrote I constantly
smiled upon my cowardness.

Crazy
Mom’s
Fashion
It started 20 years ago. One day, Jane Smith, a busy mom and a loving wife, went shopping for new
clothes. After a few hours of searching, she came home exhausted and disappointed. In the mid-80s,
few manufacturers made clothes for women over thirty. “Thousands of women in England have the
same problem, and I will help them,” – thought Mrs. Smith. With very little money, no connections in
the fashion world and a husband who thought that her idea was crazy, the ambitious woman decided
to start up her own business.

Jane designed her first collection of twenty clothing items, bought suitable material and sewing
machines, and hired experienced tailors. The Smiths’ balcony turned into a workshop. When the
collection was ready, Jane offered it to a famous chain of stores. To her surprise, they bought the
whole collection at once. When they asked her about the name of her company, Jane looked at her
husband, smiled and said: “Crazy Mom”. The collection was sold in a very short time – women liked
Jane’s models. In a month, the manager of the chain ordered more clothes from “Crazy Mom” and
Jane had to hire more people and find a bigger place for the workshop. The next step was opening
her own shop at the central train station in Manchester.

Now “Crazy Mom” has 50 boutiques all over the world. Mr. Smith left his job as an engineer and
became head of the company. Their four children also work in the company and, according to Jane,
this is what makes the business so successful.

?Why didn’t Jane manage to buy any clothes .1

Because there were a few manufactures that were making clothes for
women in England
?What difficulties did Jane face when starting up her business .2

a) Her Husband though that was a crazy idea

b) She didn’t had enough money to start working on her clothing mark

.c) She didn’t had connections to the fashionista world

?What special trait helped Jane succeed in her new career .3

The fact that her husband though she was crazy

?What did Mrs. Smith do in order to start her business .4

a) Jane Designed her clothing collection

b). She bought suitable materials for the clothes

c) And then she hired employees and started to work on Her House’s
Balcony
 ?”Why did Jane decide to call her collection “Crazy Mom .5

Because his husband though it was a crazy idea and He

though it wouldn’t have future

Made By:

Steven Alberto Hoggan Ching

Computer Engineering
2nd Semester
English II Class From Saturday from 11AM to 1PM.