PROGRESS TEST (B)

(Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect Simple, Present Perfect

Continuous)

NAME: DATE:

CLASS: MARK:

A. Fill in the correct form of the verb. (Present Simple or Present Continuous)

1.Every afternoon, my son___________________ lunch in the school cafeteria and

he ___________________ a book in the backyard. (HAVE, READ)
2. The children _____________ in their bedrooms at present. They usually _______________ a
nap at around this time. (SLEEP, TAKE)
3. She ________________ a red pullover and black jeans today. (WEAR)
4. Listen! Bill ________________________his electric guitar. (PLAY)
5. James usually __________________ jeans and t-shirts, but while he _______________for the
bank now, he ______________________a suit and a tie. (WEAR, WORK, WEAR)
6. Janette _____________________in a little village in the Alpes. (LIVE)
7.The Sun _________________ in the West. (SET)
8. What ________________? – I __________________for my glasses. (DO, LOOK)
9. We ____________________like pop music, we prefer rock. (NOT/LIKE)
10. ________you___________that water _____________ at 100 degrees celsius? (KNOW, BOIL)
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B. Fill in the correct form of the verb. (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous).

1. Can’t you ever be punctual? I _____________________here for an hour. (WAIT)

2. Tom ___________________his room white. It looks better now. (PAINT)
3. Can’t you forgive me? No, Tom. What you ______________________is unforgivable. (DO)
4. Tom and Chris ________________________together since they were kids. (PLAY)
5. _________you ____________ your email this afternoon? (CHECK)
6. I _________________ that book all afternoon. It is such a good novel. (READ)
7. My father ___________________this job for twenty years. (DO)
8. Carlos ____________________________ every book from the shelf. He is bookaholic. (READ)
9. My hands are dirty because I ___________________________my old bicycle. (REPAIR)
10. My family ____________________ to the same beach every summer since I was young. (GO)
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C. Choose the correct form of the words.

1. Bruce is definitely a sociable/ society man. He has a lot of friends.
2. When it comes to dangerous/ danger situations, Kevin always acts quite calm.

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3. People are increasingly worried about the pollution/ polluted of the environment.
4. The film had a very imaginative/ imagination plot. I’ve really liked it!
5. Jane and her best friend have a wonderful collection/ collective of postal stamps.
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D. Find the mistakes and correct them:

1. I never don’t drink coffee in the evening. It makes me feel agitated.
2. Where is you from? I am from Uruguay.
3. She usually wake up in the morning, washes her face and eats a bowl of cereals.
4. She are always complaining about how much she hates her job.
5. We attend a meeting in Chicago this weekend.

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Bonus points : 10p

GOOD LUCK!☺