NAME: ... SURNAME: ...…. CLASS:……… DATE: ...
1B - ENGLISH GRAMMAR MOCK TEST
A) PRESENT SIMPLE vs PRESENT CONTINUOUS (2 pts x 15 blanks = 30 pts)
1. Every morning she ……… (get up) at six o’clock and she ……….. (have) breakfast with her family.
2. What ……….. (your father – do)? – He ……… (be) a journalist and he ……….. (like) his job very much.
3. What ……… (you – do) at the moment? – I ……….. (study) with one of my friends: we ………. (always – study) together.
4. Where ………(you – go) tonight? – We ……… (go) out with some of our friends.
5. How often ………. (your parents – go) abroad? – They ……….. (go) abroad twice a year.
6. They ……….(not – live) in town, they ………..(live) in the countryside.
7. At the moment they ………. (look for) a new job.
B) MATCH THE QUESTIONS WITH THEIR ANSWERS 1. Where are your parents going? a. Yes, she is.
2. Is your mother cooking now? b. Because my little brother makes me angry. 3. What are your friends doing? c. They are going to work.
4. Why are you shouting? d. They are going home. 5. When are they leaving? e. They are leaving soon.
6. Who are you waiting for? f. I’m waiting for my brother: he’s late, as usual.
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C) REWRITE THESE SCRAMBLED SENTENCES 1. going / friends / stadium / Mark / the / with / is / his / to 2. ? / does / your / where / work / sister
3. ? / down / why / it / are / all / writing / you 4. days / they / hard / aren’t / these / studying 5. ? / to / aren’t / school / you / today / going
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D) FIND AND CORRECT THE MISTAKES
1. My friends aren’t studing now, they are plaing PS. 2. Are your sister watching a video on MTV?
3. What do you do now?
4. What is your favourite kind of music? – I like very much rock music. 5. Where do you going now? – We going home because is late.
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E) TRANSLATE THESE SENTENCES INTO ENGLISH
1. Dove andate di solito il fine settimana? –Di solito andiamo in montagna, ma oggi restiamo a casa perché piove.
2. Che cosa state facendo? – Stiamo guardando un video su Youtube.
3. Ti piace andare in bicicletta?- Sì, mi piace moltissimo. Oggi è una bella giornata e vado al lavoro in bicicletta.
4. Perché non scrivi? – Perché preferisco ascoltarLa.
5. Quante volte vai in palestra? – Ci vado una volta alla settimana, il giovedì, ma oggi non ci vado perché ho molti compiti da fare.
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