Progress test 1

I Put the verbs into the correct tense: present simple or present continuous.

1.What ____________ (we / have) for dinner tonight?

2.That coat over there ___________________ (not / belong) to me.
3.I usually ____________ (not / work) on Sundays but today I _____________ (work).
4.I _________________ (not / go) on holiday this summer.
5.It ________________ the moon about 28 days to travel around the earth. (take)
6.What time _____________ (the bank / open)?
7.Kim _____________ (take) her dog for a walk in the evenings.

II Fill in: THE, A, AN or no article (X)

1.Statistics say that ______ women live longer than ______ men.
2.Well Mary, here's ______ first question and it's ______ easy one.
3.We had ______ very nice meal. ______ cheese was exceptionally good.
4.Do you know any of ______ people who live across ______ road?
5.Did you see the film on _________ television or at _________ cinema?
6._________ earth moves around _________ sun every 365 days.

III Circle the correct verb form.

1.At this time yesterday, I wrote / was writing an essay.

2.The football season began / was beginning a month ago.
3.We were watching television when the power went off / was going off.
4.They had left / left many hours before we arrived.
5.My mum had / was having breakfast near the computer when she spilled / was
spilling her cup of coffee on the keyboard.
6.When he woke up his mother already prepared / had already prepared breakfast.
7.Charlie hid / was hiding in the wardrobe when Lola found him.
8.My uncle didn't try / hadn't tried Italian food before he went / had gone to that
restaurant.
IV Complete the definitions with the adjectives below. There are two extra words.

ashamed relieved cross terrified envious disappointed upset confused

1.___________: unhappy because you want something that belongs to somebody else
2.___________: sad because something is worse than you hoped or expected
3.___________: not able to understand what is happening
4.___________: very frightened
5.___________: feeling bad because you did something bad
6.___________: angry

V Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs below:

emigrate grow up move pass away retire settle down

1.My grandfather is in his seventies but he has no plans to _______ from his job.
2.I missed my friends terribly when we _______ house.
3.They’re thinking of leaving the UK. They’d like to ________ to Australia.
4.My best friend ________ in France, so she’s bilingual.
5.When I leave university, I want to go travelling before I ________ and have a family.
6.Tom’s grandmother is ill in hospital. He’ll be extremely unhappy if she _________.

VI Translate the sentences:

1.Nasledio je nešto para od svog dede.
2.Bilo ga je sramota jer je lagao roditelje.
3.Nemam razloga da budem sumnjičav.
4.Odrastao je u selu gde je njegova porodica živela generacijama.
5.Bio je hladan dan iako je sunce sijalo.