NAME:

CLASS: DATE:

THE FIRST WRITTEN PAPER

1. Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or continuous tense.

a) She ______________ (go) to the cinema very often.

b) John _______________ (play) basketball now.
c) They _______________ (go) to the restaurant every Sunday.
d) I ________________ (not/work) at the moment.
e) While we are talking, he ____________ (sleep).
f) He is going to the party tonight. He __________ (not go) very often.

2. Complete the sentences by putting the verbs in brackets into either the present perfect or past
simple tense.
a) I _______________ (go) to my hometown three times.
b) We _____________ (finish) this project last week.
c) Yesterday, I ___________ (see) my friends.
d) I ________________ (not/have) any coffee today.
e) ______ you ________ (be) to the museum in Rome?
f) Last year I ________________ (visit) Spain.

1. Complete the sentences by using the correct word/phrasal verb from the list.

a) His writing has little _____________ on writers abroad.

b) She felt ____________ pain in her leg.
c) Alison ____________ the truth to her friends.
d) Is this exercise _______________ for small children?
e) They are ________________ the situation very closely.
f) Has he ______________ the bomb?
g) A killer wave ___________ through the Indian Ocean in 2004.
h) Some people are __________ success.

KEY WORD LIST- Nouns: impact, thrill, threat, summary Adjectives: intense, appropriate, amazed, likely
Verbs: reveal, monitor, forecast, sweep, chase, seek Phrasal verbs: set off, set up