Practice Test

Name _________________________________________________________
I . Present Perfect Progressive
Write positive sentences in present perfect progressive.
1.Albert / squash / play ____________________________________________________________
2.Hannah / the match / watch _______________________________________________________
3.we / in the park / wait _______________________________ ____________________________
4.you / a song / sing ___________________________________ ___________________________
5.I / a magazine / read _________________________________ ___________________________
Write negative sentences in present perfect progressive.
1.we / not / in the mountains / walk __________________________ ________________________
2.Beatrice / not / in Boston / teach __________________________ _________________________
3.Ricky / not / the car / wash ________________________________ _______________________
4.she / not / a poem / write __________________________________ _______________________
5.we / not / tea / drink _____________________________________________________________
Write questions in present perfect progressive.
1.they / trees / plant _______________________________________ _______________________
2.Henry / in the garage / work _______________________________ _______________________
3.they / in the lake / swim __________________________________________________________
4.how long / Boris / English / learn ___________________________________________________
5.how long / you / for me / wait ______________________________________________________
Use the verbs in Present Perfect Progressive, if possible. If it is not possible, use the Present Perfect Simple.
1. We ________________________________ (know) them for 15 years.
2. They ________________________________ (watch) TV for 3 hours.
3. He ________________________________ (have) this car for 20 years.
4. We ________________________________ (work) for 7 hours without a break.
5. How long ________________________________ (you / learn) English?
6. Mr Smith ________________________________ (be) in hospital for 5 days.
7. Steven ________________________________ (hear) a mouse squeak all night.
8. ______________________ __________(you / see) Lucy?
9. She _______________________________ (prepare) dinner for two hours.
10. Don't worry, they ______________________ __________(touch / not) your gameboy.

II . Past Perfect
Task 1. Write the verbs in the chart below into Past Participle Tense.
Present Tense
begin
break
become
bring
choose
drink
eat
fall
feel
hear
have
go

Past Participle Tense

Present Tense
lose
put
run
sell
show
sleep
steal
swim
write
read
do
make

Past participle Tense

Task 2. Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect simple).
1.The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we ________________ __________(build) .
2.He ________________ __________(not / be) to Cape Town before 1997.
3.When she went out to play, she ________________ __________(do / already) her homework.
4.My brother ate all of the cake that our mum ________________ __________(make) .
5.The doctor took off the plaster that he __________________________ (put on) six weeks before.
6.The waiter brought a drink that I ________________ __________(not / order) .
7.I could not remember the poem we __________________________ (learn) the week before.
8.The children collected the chestnuts that __________________________ (fall) from the tree.
9. __________________________ (he / phone) Angie before he went to see her in London?
10.She __________________________ (not / ride) a horse before that day.
Task 3. Put the verbs in brackets into the gaps in the correct tense Past Perfect or Simple Past.
Example: Pat _________ (to live) in London before he _________ (to move) to Rome.
Answer: Pat had lived in London before he moved to Rome.
1) After Fred ________________ (to spend) his holiday in Italy he ________________ (to want) to learn
Italian.
2) Jill ________________ (to phone) Dad at work before she ________________ (to leave) for her trip.
3) Susan ________________ (to turn on) the radio after she ________________ (to wash) the dishes.
4) When she ________________ (to arrive) the match already ________________ (to start).
5) After the man ________________ (to come) home he ________________ (to feed) the cat.
6) Before he ________________ (to sing) a song he ________________ (to play) the guitar.
7) She ________________ (to watch) a video after the children ________________ (to go) to bed.
8) After Eric ________________ (to make) breakfast he ________________ (to phone) his friend.
9) I ________________ (to be) very tired because I ________________ (to study) too much.
10) They ________________ (to ride) their bikes before they ________________ (to meet) their friends.

3. Reported Speech (Indirect Speech)

Report what these people said.
Emily: "Our teacher will go to Mexico tomorrow."
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Helen: "I was writing a letter yesterday."
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Robert: "My father flew to Dallas last year."
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Patricia: "My mother will celebrate her birthday"
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Michael: "I am going to read a book this week."
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Jason and Victoria: "We will do our best in the exam."
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Andrew: "We didn't eat fish."
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Alice: "I spent all my money."
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David: "John had gone at six."
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Emily: "I was very tired,"
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David: "Be careful."
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Alice: "I will get a drink."
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Andrew: "Why haven't you phoned me?"
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Jason: "I can't drive them home,"
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Victoria: "Do you prefer tea or coffee?"

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Helen: "I like this song
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Robert: "She is my girlfriend."
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Patricia: "Have you been shopping?"
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Michael: "Don't make any noise."
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4. Adjectives
Classify the adjectives and put them in the chart below.
silly sleeping cotton American reddish flat triangular enormous horrible large tiny
blue French wooden paper driving new modern difficult portable leather gold
broken toasted cracked lunar electric antique dark silver soy boiled squared

Opinion

Appearence (Size,Shape, Color

Age)

Participle
Adjectives

Origin

Material

Size-Purpose