1. … university is … place of learning.

a. An, an b. A, a c. A, an
2. The gardener often … the lawn on Saturdays.
a. water b. watered c. waters
3. The teams … along the river when they accidentally found a big cave.
a. were walking b. walk c. walking
4. What …… this morning when I phoned you?
a. were you doing b. are you doing c. have you been doing
5. Look! Our new teacher ….
a. comes b. was coming c. is coming
6. Law students … to become a lawyer at Unsri.
a. studies b. are studying c. have been studied
7. Look at that! That puppy is ... than the doll.
a. pretty b. prettier c. more pretty
8. Andrew occasionally ........... horror movies in the cinema with his friends.
a. is watching b. watches c. watch
9. Can you hear the girls’ noise? What ........... about?
a. are they talking b. is she talking c. did they talk
10. Jonathan ........... an English class this semester. I took it last semester.
a. take b. took c. is taking
11. The sun ........... during the day, and it ........... during the night
a. appeared - disappeared b. appears - disappears c. is appearing - is disappearing
12. Two bars of chocolate ... on the table before I went to the bathroom. Who stole them?
a. Are b. Were c. Was
13. I am very thirsty now. I ........... to drink a glass of cold water .
a. am wanting b. want c. wants
14. It was 07.00 pm.Thomas sat at his desk and began to do his homework. At 07.05 p.m. , Thomas ........... his homework.
a. is doing b. has done c. was doing
15. We ........... the assignment when the lecturer came .
a. were doing b. are doing c. did
16. ........... given the test to the students for one hour?
a. Has Ms. Carla been b. Is Ms. Carla c. Has Ms. Carla
17. It was busy Sunday morning. My mother ......... in the kitchen while my father
and I .......... the car in the backyard.
a. cooked, was washing b. cooked, washed c. was cooking, were washing
18. In that painting, there are many ........... living in the cave.
a. dwarf b. dwarfs c. dwarves

Fill in the blanks with the Present Simple or Present Continuous:

1. Ted ____________ (take) a shower right now.
2. What ____________ (we / have) for dinner tonight?
3. My brother __________________ (have) a daughter and a son.
4. I __________________ (not / solve) some math problems at the moment.
5. My grandfather often _________________ (come) over for dinner at the weekends.
6. My school _________________ (begin) at nine every day.
7. What time ________________ (you / wake up) on weekdays?
8. What ________________ (you / do) tomorrow night?
9. I usually ____________ (not / work) on Sundays but today I _______________ (work).
10. She _______________ (not / sleep) now, she _______________ (study).
11. How often _________________ (you / review) your lessons?
12. I _________________ (not / go) on holiday this summer.
13. Can you speak slowly please, I ___________________ (not / understand) you.
14. She _________________ (work) as a secretary in a big company.
15. Miss Clara __________________ (take) a violin class every Wednesday.
16. It _______________ (be) usually so humid here in summer time.
17. Don’t forget to take your coat, it ___________________ (be) cold outside.
18. This flower __________________ (smell) so good.
19. That coat over there ___________________ (not / belong) to me.
20. Where _________________ (you / live)?

Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses using the SIMPLE PAST or the PAST PROGRESSIVE: 1. Christine
______________________ (eat) dinner last night when you ______________________ (knock) on the door.
2. I ______________________ (begin) to study at nine last night and I ______________________ (still / study) at eleven.
3. When Jack ______________________ (drop by) to visit me, I______________________ (have) dinner.
4. Did your parents call you last night while you _______________________ (watch) TV?
5. When Sam ______________________ (finish) his assignment I ______________________ (talk) to my friend on the phone.
6. Yesterday Alicia and Gaby ______________________ (go) to the cinema; yet, I stayed at home to finish my project.
7. As we ______________________ (travel) from Paris to Brussels we ______________________ (stop) at a small restaurant to get
something to eat.
8. While I ______________________ (try) to repair the leaking roof, I ______________________ (fall) down.
9. My brother ______________________ (be born) in Lisbon in 1986.
10. I ______________________ (graduate) from Oxford in 1997.