2nd TERM EVALUATION TEST

Solve all the items of this test, and write the answers on a single sheet of paper. The test
is meant to cover a range from simple to complex exercises.
THE TEST CONSISTS IN 90 QUESTIONS. YOU GET ONE POINT FOR EACH
CORRECT ANSWER. EVERYONE STARTS FROM TEN GIVEN POINTS. THOSE
WHO ALREADY SUBMITTED AN ESSAY SHOULD START ONLY FROM POINT
IV.
I. Choose the correct answer:
e.g: Have you been in the fashion business long?
a) Yes, since ten years
b) Yes, for ten years.
c) Yes, ten years ago.
1. Did you go to the opera last night?
a) Yes, we have seen Tosca.
b) Yes, we were seeing Tosca.
c) Yes, we saw Tosca.
2. On which side of the road do you drive in your country?
a) We drive on the right.
b) We are driving on the right.
c) We do drive on the right.
3. A: Is work easy to get in your country?
B: No, at the moment unemployment
a) rises
b) rose
c) is rising
4. How long have you lived here?
a) I am living here for three years.
b) I live here for three years.
c) Ive lived here for three years.
5. A: She looks very confident. Is she an experienced water-skier?
B: No, its the first time
a) shes done it.
b) shes doing it.
c) she did it.
II. Put the verbs in brackets into the Simple Present or the Present Continuous tense:
1. They (want) .. to see you for a minute. 2. He (walk) .. to hospital every day. 3.
She (move).. her books into her new bookcase. 4. He usually (speak) .. his
mother tongue, but today he (speak) .. English. 5. You (drink) .. coffee or tea?
6. You (understand) .. the Present Tenses in English? 7. He (play).. the piano
like a professional musician. 8. You can't speak to Mary now; she (sleep)... 9. I (not

hear) ... what you (say) .. . 10. It's autumn. The leaves (turn) .. yellow and
(fall) .. down. 11. I (wear) .. a raincoat because it (rain) ... 12. Something
(burn) .. in the oven; I (see) .. that smoke (come) .. out of it. 13. We (not
drink) .. tea with milk in our country. 14. We (spend) .. next week with our parents;
we (go) .. on a trip with them. 15. You (go) .. to town this afternoon?
III. Answer the questions, using the Past Continuous in your answers.
MODEL:

When did she meet her brother? (walk in the park). She met her brother when

she was walking in the park.

1. When did you break your leg? (come down the stairs) 2. When did he compose the
symphony? (have a holiday) 3. When did they learn French? (live m France) 4. When did
you hear the news? (listen to the wireless) 5. When did the man hurt himself? (ride a
horse) 6. When did she find the book? (do the house) 7. When did they lose their child ?
(walk about town) 8. When did lie pay you a visit? (have lunch) 9. When did John notice
the flaw? (inspect the vase) 10. When did he ask her that? (talk about their future)
IV. Put in appropriate forms of the past, used to, will or would. Alternatives are
possible. The first two are examples:
WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE!
The thing I remember most about my childhood was my visits to my aunt Charlotte in her
lovely country house. She (be) was a remarkable woman by any standards. She (be) was
really skilled at water-divining and she (1 find)...... water on the most unpromising bits of
land. The farmers (2 love)...... her, especially as she (3 never accept)...... money for
water-divining. Water (4 always find)...... its own level, she (5 say)...... and I know
exactly where that level is. Water-divining is a gift from God and you dont accept
payment for that. She had a gift for noticing changes in the weather, too. Its going to
rain soon she (6 say)...... , I can feel it in my bones, and she (7 always be)...... right! In
her later years, she developed a bad back and (8 often visit)...... her osteopath. She (9
never tire)...... of telling us that her osteopath (10 say)...... as he massaged her painful
back, Its going to rain, Charlotte. I can feel it in your bones!