NAME __________________________________________ Term ___

EXAM: Evaluación inicial SUBJECT _ English ___

GRADE: 4th ESO GROUP __A____ DATE _______ MARK

Grammar
Present Simple Past Simple Present Continuous
Past Continuous Present Perfect Past Perfect
Future Simple

Fill in the verbs in the correct tense:

1. Paul _________ (drive) a car when he heard this news.
2. Tom always _________ (come) late for his classes.
3. I _________ (lock) the door and _________ (go) to the shop.
4. Pam _________ (jog) in the nearest park at the moment.
5. Helen _________ (call) her granny tomorrow morning.
6. They _________ (already, buy) tickets for the performance.
7. My brother _________ (clean) the room before I came home.
8. Where _________ you __________ (be) recently?
9. Who _________ (play) the computer games now?
10. Where _________ you (go) when I saw you yesterday?
11. When _________ Tim (write) his report for the future conference?
12. Why _________ Andrew (miss) his lectures yesterday?
13. When __________ you (usually, have) your lunch?
14. What _________ Ben (write) on the blackboard when Nick saw him?
15. I _________ (not, like) to go to the museums at all.
16. He _________ (not, help) you because he will be very busy tomorrow.
17. Sam _________ (not, answer) my questions yesterday.
18. John _________ (not, write) this difficult grammar test yet.
19. Mona _________ (not, translate) the text when I came home.
20. Mary _________ (not, play) with her dolls at the moment.
21. The boys _________ (not, play) football at 3 o’clock yesterday.
22. I _________ (always, watch) films on TV.
23. Bill _________ (often, draw) wild animals in his copy-books.
24. Nick _________ (bring) his parrot to school tomorrow.
25. Jessica _________ (already, spend) all her money on souvenirs.
26. We __________ (go) to the amusement park yesterday.
27. I _________ (not, cook) dinner at the moment.
28. The boys _________ (talk) when I saw them yesterday.
29. My mum _________ (lay) the table before we came home.
30. The girls _________ (sing) a wonderful song at the concert yesterday.
31. David _________ (already, read) a lot of adventure stories.
32. Mike always _________ (listen) to rock music.
Reading comprehension

A wo ma n wa s sh o ppin g o n e d a y. Sh e wa s t ir e d , h u n gr y a n d t h ir st y so sh e d e c id e d t o
b u y a pa c ke t o f b isc u it s a n d a c o f f e e a n d f in d a c o mf o r t a b le pla c e t o sit in t h e su n .
Sh e sa t o n a b e n c h , t o o k o u t a ma ga zin e a n d st a r t e d t o d r in k h e r c o f f e e .
A f e w min u t e s la t e r , a t e e n a ge b o y we a r in g pu n k c lo t h e s c a me a n d sa t d o wn n e xt t o
h e r . T h e n t h e wo ma n r e a lise d t h a t t h e pu n k b o y wa s t a kin g b isc u it s a n d e a t in g t h e m
slo wly.
T h e wo ma n wa s a n gr y b u t sh e d id n ’t sa y a n yt h in g. Sh e t o o k a b isc u it h e r se lf . T h e b o y
lo o ke d a t h e r , smile d a n d t o o k a n o t h e r b isc u it . T h e wo ma n t h o u gh t “I’m go in g t o h a ve
t o e a t t h e se b isc u it s q u ic kly, b e f o r e t h is b o y e a t s t h e m a ll”. Sh e t o o k a n o t h e r b isc u it ,
a n d a t e it f a st . T h e r e wa s o n ly o n e b isc u it le f t . T h e b o y pic ke d it u p, b r o ke it in t wo
a n d ga ve h e r h a lf , smilin g. T h e wo ma n smile d b u t in sid e sh e wa s f u r io u s!
T h e b o y go t u p , sa id go o d b ye a n d we n t a wa y. “Yo u n g pe o ple t o d a y ju st h a ve n o
r e spe c t ,” sh e t h o u gh t t o h e r se lf . Sh e o pe n e d h e r b ag t o pu t h e r ma ga zin e a wa y, a n d
wh a t d id sh e se e ? H e r pa c ke t o f b isc u it s! “O h , n o ! I wa s e a t in g t h e b o y’s pa c ke t o f
b isc u it s!”

Re ad t he st o ry and pu t t he pic t u re s in o rd e r.
1 _____ 2 _____ 3 _____ 4 _____ 5 _____ 6 _____ 7 _____

Re ad t he st o ry again and answe r t he qu e st io ns. P u t t he e ve nt s o f t he st o ry in t he right o rd e r.

a) Wh y d id t he wo ma n bu y c of f ee and a ) T h e wo ma n go t a ma ga zin e o u t and

b isc u it s? st a r t e d t o r e a d .

b ) T h e wo ma n st a r t e d t o e a t t h e b isc u it s
q u ic kly.
b ) H o w d id t h e wo ma n f e e l wh e n sh e sa w t h e
b o y e a t in g b isc u it s? Wh y? c ) A pu nk c a me and sa t next to t he
wo ma n .

d ) T h e p u n k sh a r e d t h e la st b isc u it .
c ) Wh y d id t h e wo ma n st a r t e a t in g t h e b isc u it s
e ) T h e p u n k w e n t a wa y.
q u ic kly?
f ) T h e wo ma n d id so me sh o p p in g.

d ) Wh a t d id t h e b o y d o wit h t h e la st b isc u it ? g) T h e wo ma n r e a lise d sh e wa s e a t in g t h e

b o y’s b isc u it s.

h ) T h e wo ma n f ou nd a benc h and sa t
e) H o w d id t h e wo ma n f e e l a t t h e e n d o f t h e d o wn .
st o r y? Wh y?
i) T h e p u n k st a r t e d e a t in g b is c u it s.

j) T h e wo ma n b o u gh t a sn a c k.