Name: …………………………………………………..

Date: : ………………………………………………….

Form: VII th…………………………………………….

Initial Test Paper

1. Answer the questions: (5x1p=5p)

1. What’s your name?________________________________________

2. How old are you?__________________________________________
3. What is your favourite book?_________________________________
4. Describe your best friend!___________________________________
5. Where did you spend your holiday?____________________________

2. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Continuous or Present Simple. (10x1p=10p)

1. The children _________________________ (play) football in the courtyard every weekend.

2. My friend __________________________ (work) in the office right now.
3. Listen! The baby ________________________ (cry).
4. They _______________________ (not read) a book at the moment.
5. John sometimes ____________________ (drive) to work.
6. Our parents _______________________ (not go) on holiday every summer.
7. You never ________________________ (drink) coffee.
8. We ____________________________ (swim) in the ocean now.
9. Many people ________________________ (visit) New York every year.
10. Mother ____________________________ (cook) dinner at the moment.

3. Complete the sentences. Use the comparative or superlative. (10x2p=20p)

1. This year it’s…………………………………..(hot) than it was last year.

2. What’s…………………………………(good) way to get to the centre?
3. The library’s…………………………...(quiet) place in the university for studying.
4. Books are…………………………………..(entertaining) than computer games.
5. What does……………………………….(early) flight to London leave?
6. A computer is………………………………..(useful) than a typewriter.
7. That’s………………………………..(bad) excuse I’ve ever heard!
8. The first story she told was………………………….(funny) than the second one.
9. This book is………………………(interesting) that that one.
10. It’s …………………………….(heavy) weight I’ve ever lifted!

4. Fill in the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (5x2p=10p)

5.I ....................... (never/eat) Chinese food in my life.

6.Shakespeare ................... (write) more than 36 plays.
7.If the weather .................. (stay) fine, we will go for a walk.
8.Look at those clouds! It ................... (rain).
10. I ……………………(get) in time if I take a taxi