Day: December 17, 2020

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Present Continuous or Present Simple

1. Put the verb in the correct form, present continuous or present simple. – 3 points (0.3 for each sentence)

1. Let’s go! It ___is not raining ______________________________ (not / rain) now.

2. A liar is someone who __dont tell___________________________ (not / tell) the truth.

3. An interpreter ______translate_____________________ (translate) from one language into another.

4. Hurry up! Everybody ____are waiting____________________ (wait) for you.

5. ___Are you listening_______________________ (you / listen) to the radio? No, you can turn it off.

6. _Do you listen_______________________ (you / listen) to the radio every day? No, just occasionally.

7. The river Nile ____flow___________ (flow) into the Mediterranean.

8. The train is never late. It _____always leave__________________________ (always / leave) on time.

9. An atheist _____dont believe_______________________ (not / believe) in God.

10. How is your English? Not bad. It ___inprove_____________________ (improve) slowly.

2. Put in a/an or the. – 2 points (0.5 for each sentence)

1.This morning I bought __a___ newspaper and __a____ magazine. __The____newspaper is in my bag and I don’t know where I put __A____ magazine.

2. I saw ____An_ accident this morning. _The__ car crashed into _A____ tree. _____driver of ___a___car wasn’t hurt but ____The__ car was badly damaged.

3. There are two cars parked outside: _the___ blue one and The____ grey one. ___The__ blue one belongs to my neighbours; I don’t know who ___an__ owner of __The___ grey one is.

4. My friends live in __an___ old house in __a___ small village. There is __The___ beautiful garden behind _____ house. I would like to have __The___ garden like that.  

 

3. Put the verbs into the correct form, past continuous or past simple. – 3 points (0.3 points for each sentence)

1. Jane ____was waiting___________________ (wait) for me when I _____arrieved_______________ (arrive).

2. What _________We’re you doing_______________________ (you / do) this time yesterday? I was asleep.

3. ___________Did you go________________ (you / go) out last night? No, I was too tired.

4. She wasn’t hungry, so she ______Did not eat___________ (eat) anything.

5. It was a funny situation, but nobody _____Laughed_____________ (laugh).

6. I was in a hurry, so I _______did not have________________ (have) time to phone you.

7. When I was young, I ________wanted______________ (want) to be a singer.

8. I _______Was walking__________ (walk) along the street when suddenly I _____heared_______ (hear) footsteps behind me. Somebody ____was following____________ (follow) me. I was frightened and I ____started_______ (start) to run.

9. We went to Kate’s house but she ______________ (be) at home.

10. It was hard work carrying the bags. They ____________________ (be) very heavy.

4. Complete the sentences. Use can’t or couldn’t + one of these verbs – 2 points (0.5 for each sentence)

go, decide, find, go

1.I wanted to speak to Martin yesterday but I __couldnt find___________________________ him.

2. Ann doesn’t know what to do. She ______Can’t decide________________________.

3. Paula ______Couldn’t _____________________ to the meeting last week. She was ill.

4. Jim _______Can’t go________________ to the concert next Saturday. He has to work.

1 Extra point!

A riddle: Who is bigger and Why: Mr. Bigger, Mrs. Bigger, or their baby?  _________________________