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Your Test
A) Negate the given sentence.
Example: He is playing on the computer. - He is not playing on the computer.

1) Our teacher checks the homework every day.

2) I am repairing my bike.

3) He is looking at a photo.

4) I collect picture postcards.

B) Fill in the verbs in brackets into the gaps.

1) Angela sometimes .................................. a museum. (to visit)

2) I ........................................ a nice film now. (to watch)

3) They ................................... from Tokyo. (to be)

4) The cat seldom .......................................... on the sofa. (to sleep)

C) Fill in the correct verb forms.

1) Pat drive / drives a school bus.

2) Sandy often forget / forgets her homework.

3) Do / Does they walk to school.

4) Anne and Tom am / are / be / is feeding the cows.

D) Signal words in sentences

1) Which sentence is correct?

Listen! We play the drums.
We never play the drums.

2) Which sentence is correct?

They always go to school by bus.
They go to school by bus at the moment.

3) Which sentence is correct?

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Timmy is asking a lot of questions now.
Timmy is sometimes asking a lot of questions.

4) Which sentence is correct?

Every day the boy is making a snowball.
Look! The boy is making a snowball.

E) Which answers are correct?

1) Which verb forms are used with the Present Progressive?

am + infinitive + -ing
are + infinitive + -ing
infinitive
infinitive + -ing
is + infinitive + -ing
to be + infinitive + -ing

2) Which verb forms are used with the Simple Present?

are + infinitive + -ing
infinitive
infinitive + -ed
infinitive + -ing
infinitive + -s

3) Which are typical signal word words for the Simple Present?
at the moment
every day
now
often
sometimes
yesterday

4) Which are typical signal words for the das Present Progressive?
Listen!
at the moment
every day
now
often
sometimes

F) Which tense is used for the following actions?

Present Progressive
1) things in general Simple Present
Present Progressive
Simple Present 4) habitual actions
Present Progressive
2) actions in the present - one follows after the other Simple Present
Present Progressive
Simple Present

3) repeated actions