NAME

XII th grade
TEST PAPER

Complete the sentences by using the Present Simple or the Present Continuous, Past Simple
or the Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets:
1. I _____ (go) to school every Monday. Leonardo _____ (go) to school twice a week.
2. My friend _____ (work) in a chocolate factory. She _____ (work) hard at this very
moment.
3. I _____ (to be) at school yesterday and I ______ (see) all my friends.
4. I _____ (listen) music when my brother ______ (come) home.
5. Everybody ______ (know) she ____ (like) reading. She ____ (like, not) music.
6. What ____ you ____ (talk) about? I ______ (believe, not) you.
7. As the students _____ (try) to understand the situation, one of them _____ (identify)
the problem.
8. Everybody ____ (know) what _____ (happen) in the campus last summer. ____ you
____ (know, not)?
9. While my mother ____ (cook) dinner, I ___ (eat) an apple. My sister ____ (leave) the
house. She ____ (go) to the cinema an hour ago.
10. My sister ______ (to be) in her room. She ____ (read) a very interesting book.
Complete the sentences by using the Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect
Simple, Present Perfect Continuous, Past Simple or the Past Continuous form of the verbs
in brackets:
1. The rivers.....................in winter. (freeze)
2. What Tom................ (do) now? He............................. (clean) his shoes.
3. I...................... (see) him at the bar every day.
4. I . into the garden to see what the boys................................(go; do)
5. The teacher ( write) something on the blackboard while the children ( throw) paper balls at
one another.
6. Tim ( crush) into the street light because he (drive) too fast.
7. She always ...................an umbrella.(carry)
8. I (see) Lisa in the theatre last night. She (sit) in the first row.
9. He (have).. a big knife in his hand.
10. She (leave) a big fortune to her grandson.

11. I (wait) ........................................................for you for about a quarter an hour.

12. Whats the matter with you? Are you OK? I.(be) just tired.
13. I (wash)...................................................all morning and I.................................... (not
finish) yet.
14. .............................you ever....................... (visit) the Art Museum?
Yes, I.............................. (see) the exhibition twice.
15. I ...................just..................(see) your uncles garden. He has some wonderful tulips.
Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Tense Simple or
Continuous, Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous, Past Tense Simple
or Past tense Continuous:
a.

I (read) ............................................my lessons every evening.

b.

My sister (play) .................................................the piano for three hours.

c.

We (drink) ....................................orange juice today.

d.

They (do)....................... already .................................. the homework.

e.

My father (fix) ..................just ............................... the car.

f.

Listen! The baby (cry)............................................

g.
h.
i.

They always (finish) ..............................................the projects in time.

We (watch/not) ...............................................TV since 4 oclock.
She (drink/not) .....................................................coffee every morning.

j.

Her brother (paint) ........................................for two hours.

k.

They (go/not) ...................................................to a party tonight.

l.

She (finish) ...........................already ................................. her drawing.

m. The mechanic (fix) .....................just ..............................the motorbike.

n.

The postman arrived when I ............................ (have) lunch.

o.

I dropped the vase when .................................. I (dust) the furniture.

p.

They (close) ...................... already..............................the window.

q.

Richard saw Mary when she............................ (cross) the street.

r.

It started to rain while Irene ................................. (walk) in the park.

s.

We (have) .................................. dinner when my friend rang me up.

t.

Yesterday he got a ten, as he (learn)....................................the lesson very well.

u.

It started to rain while Irene (walk) in the park

v.

I cant come to the phone I (have) ......................................a shower at the moment.

w. She sometimes (arrive).............................................late to the meetings.

x.

My friends (play/not) ........................................dominoes at weekend.

y.

I never (get up).........................................early.

z.

My mother (talk/not).................. ............................... on the phone for 1 hour.

NAME

XII th grade
TEST PAPER

Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Tense Simple or
Continuous, Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous, Past Tense Simple
or Past tense Continuous :
a) When the guests arrived I ...............still..................................... (cook).
b) She............................................................ (sleep) when the phone rang.
c) Jimmy fell down while he.......................................................... (climb) the ladder.
d) ``Whats that sound? ````I think the James (have) ..a cocktail party.
e) Your brother (owe)..Jane three dollars.
f) Dont disturb the manager. He (talk)..on the phone now.
g) He (appear)..to be an intelligent young man.
h) Please excuse my dirty clothes. I......................................................... (work) in the
garden since noon.
i) Please excuse my dirty hands. I................................................ (repair) the car all
morning.
j) We call Ann butter fingers. She......................................................... (break) things
ever since she was a little girl; that is why.
k) Alice needs a holiday. She........................................................... (work) too hard ever
since she started.
l) Pauls car broke down when he.................................................... (drive) to work.
m) ..................you ever........................... (ride) a Honda motorbike?
n) How long......................... you............................ (know) your best friend?
o) The show................................ just...................................... (begin).
p) We........................................ (miss) the last train. What shall we do?
q) The pupils (read)............................................ the lesson when the teacher entered the
classroom.
r) ...............Harold ............................ (book) the hotel room yet? Well, he
(write)............................ to the hotel ten days ago.
s) My

father

(usually/get)....................

up

at

oclock,

but

today

(get)...................... ......................up later.

t) Mike (read) ..................................a letter when mother (open) .....................the door.
u) We (not hear) .........................................anything from him for ten days.
v) They often (go) ...................................on a trip in the mountains.

he

w) Mary (do)....................... her homework when mother (come).......................... home.

x) Look at the clouds. It (rain)..................................... in a few minutes.
y) My grandparents (work)........................................ in the garden for half an hour.
z) Tom (not go) ....................................................to school yesterday.
Complete the sentences by using the Present Perfect Simple or the Present Perfect Continuous, Past
Perfect Simple or the Past Perfect Continuous form of the verbs in brackets:
1. Pupils ______ (learn) a lot of English since the end of the year.
2. My mother ________ (water) the flowers. She has just finished her work.
3. The pupils _______ (study) Russian before they came to England.
4. Ann _________ (look for) Mark all the morning. She finally saw him in the library that
afternoon.
5. Fred ________ (play) football all the afternoon. Tell him to come home now.
6. _____ she ____ (see) him already? Yes, she ____
7. When I got there I saw I ____

(meet) him this afternoon.

(leave) my friends behind.

8. By the time the rain started, we _____

(clean) the garden.

9. She _______ (live) in the same house since 1989. She still lives there.
10. Mary ____ (call) me all the morning. She finally got me that afternoon.

Put the verb in brackets into the correct tense.

1. Who (invent)

the washing machine?

2. Where (be)

you yesterday?

3. When I was buying the stamps somebody (call)

4. They (build)

my name.

a new power station at the moment.

5. Somebody (steal)

my watch at the swimming pool last week.

6. She speaks English but she (not speak)

Italian.

7. My favourite country is Thailand. I (be)

there four times.

8. Jack is from New York. He (live)

there all his life.
9. I saw Lisa at the museum when I was going to restaurant but she (not see)
me.
10. I (not go)
11. I (never eat)

to the cinema last night. I

bananas.

Carol invited us to the party but we (not go)

was

too

tired.
12.

. We had other things to do.

13. Can you swim? No I (never swim)

14. 'Where's Jill?' 'She (have)

.
breakfast at the moment.'

15. 'Where are you going on holiday?' 'I don't know. We (not decide)

yet.'