Test Paper

TEST PAPER NO 2

I.

Choose the correct form: 1. What shall we have? Do you like/ Are you liking fish? 2. What do the people here do/ are the people here doing in the evenings? 3. Follow that bus. Then you turn/ are turning left. 4. Mother tastes/ is tasting the soup to see if it needs more salt. 5. Andy builds/ is building his own house in the country.

II. Put each verb into either the present simple or the present continuous: 1. What………………………………....(you look) at? ( I wear) ……………………………….the wrong clothes? 2. I (look after) ………………………………..Jack’s dog this weekend. ( you want)…………………………to take it for a walk? 3. At the moment we………………………………………(send) all the mail by courier, because the post office is on strike.

III. Choose the correct form: 1. Someone stole/ has stolen my bike! 2. I’m afraid the last train left/ has left an hour ago. 3. I’ve written/ wrote two letters so far. 4. From the minute he got up this morning Gary asked/ has been asking silly questions! 5. This is the first time we met/ we have met.

IV. Put each verb into the past simple , present perfect simple or present perfect continuous: 1. Shakespeare………………………………………..(write) many plays. 2. I………………………………………………(swim) which is why my hair is wet. 3. They………………………………..(sell) their house six months ago. 4. We……………………………………………(never fly) on a plane before.

5. How long………………………………………….(they study) German?

V. Choose the correct form: 1. I suddenly remembered that I forgot/ had forgotten my keys. 2. While Diana watched/ was watching her favourite television programme, there was a power-cut. 3. Who was driving/ drove the car at the time of the accident? 4. By the time Sheila got back , Chris went/ had gone. 5. Mr Todd was teaching/ had been teaching for ten years when he retired.

VI. Complete the sentences with the following phrasal verbs: give away; go down with; work up; get on with; give up; work out; put up; go in for; put down ; get up to; 1. They……………………….a free CD with next month’s magazine. 2. I can’t………………………………how to start this machine. 3. What page……………………we……………………….in the last lesson? 4. I think he’s planning to……………………………………politics. 5. He handed his gun to the police officer and…………………………….himself…………………… 6. All this physical work makes you………………………….an appetite. 7. He has a way of always………………….me…………………, and I feel so foolish. 8. Three people in my office……………………………..with the flu. 9. The sooner we finish the speeches, the sooner we can ………………………………..the celebration. 10.The shop…………………….just………………………..all its prices. I’m not going back.

VII.Complete the sentences with a synonym of the word in italics. 1. She is not only a skilled painter, she is also a(n0……………………………….piano player. 2. The doctor read my notes carefully, then gave me a(n) …………………………examination.

3. It’s very important that you don’t tell anyone. In fact , it’s…………………………. 4. You’ ve managed to persuade me. Your argument is most……………………………. 5. Skiing can be dangerous, but I like to take a few…………………………