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TE,ST A - THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

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1. They wish to speak to you. (He)

2. Buses pass my house every hour.

3. They help their father. (Jolin)

4. We change planes at Heathrow.
5 You watch too much TV (She)
6. They worry too much. (Tom)
7. I wash my socks every day. (He)
8. I always cany an umbrella. (My sister)
9 They wash the floor every rveek. (My mother)
10. FIis sons go to the local school.
i 1. Do you lil<e frog legs? (he)
12. These seats cost $10
13. Tliey fish in the lake. (My friend)
i4. Elephants never forget.
15. They usually catch the 8.10 bus.
16. They sometimes miss the bus.
i 7. I mix the eggs and sugar together. (She)
18 The rivers freeze in winter.
19. They fly from London to Edinburgh.

20 Iuseacomputer.
What do they do on weekends?
They do nothing. They lie in bed all day.
22. The boys hury home fiom school.
23. They kiss their morher. (The girl)
24. They dress well. (Her sister)
25 We do exercises every rnoming. (My brother)
26. They usr-rally have hmch at two o,clock.
27 These boys play football every day.
28. Do you make cakes every week? (your mother)
29. Do you speak English? (she)
30. I go to the mouutains every winter. (Her sister)
31 I get up at seven o'clock every day. (Ar-)
32. I usually drive very fast. (peter)
33 The children watch cartoons every day.
34 They play basl<erball f,or rhe local tearn (He)
35 I usually have comflal<es for breakfast.
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TEST B . THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

1 Read the following (a) in the negative (b) in the interrogative

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1. Yor,r know the answer.

2. He has breakfast at 8.00.
3. He loves her.
4. Some schoolgirls wear unifonns.
5. FIe tmsts yon.
6. He tries hard.
7. The park closes at 8 p.m.
8. He misses his rnother.
9. The children like sweets.
10. He finishes work at 6.00
1 1. He lives by the sea.
12 He takes care of his sister.
13. Tliis rnachine heats u,,ater
14. She has fmit for breakfast.
15 She carries a sleeping bag.
16. He usually beiieves you.
17. She dances well.
18. You remember the address.
19. She sometimes plays tenlis with her father.
20. He worries abolrt her.
21 My father works at night.
22. He leaves home at 8.00 every day.
23. Ann likes Itahan food.
24. She agrees with you.
25. Their dogs bark all niglit.
26 Their neighbours often make too much noise
27 She is a teacher
28. Tom looks very well.
29. Tbey sel1 fresh orange juice here.
30. Tiiey are very busy.
31. She cuts her hLrsband's hair.
32. They pick apples in October.
33 The last train leaves at rnidnight.
34 Her son collects insects.
35. He relaxes at weekends.

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3. Jane always catches her bus at the corner of her street.
4 My mother meets her friends on Fridays.
5. The Greens live in the same town.
6. Torn likes his English lessons.
7 Hqr father teaches English,
8 She speaks French well.
9. The chiidren want their lunch at two o'clock.
10 They alr,vays have their lunch at half past one.
1 1. He works every day.
12. George studies very hard.
13. Your students go abroad every year.
14. Mary often helps her mother.
15. I feel great today because I got a good mark.
16 We like to go out
17 We like to go out in the afternoon.
18. My class begins at eight o'clock.
19 This is her office,
20 They want to go to the cinema.
21 . She likes swimming very mnch.
22. Tom and Peter go to their office in the morning.
23 Her son speaks Enghsh fluently.
24 I think this book is very boring.
25.Her parents always go to Spain in summer.
26. He speaks four langllages.
27 The children alrvays play in this park.
28 My grandrna always buys the food in this same shop.

30. Bus nurnber 20 stops near our house.

31 I like her because she is always so friendly

33 They play tennis every weekend

34 N'Ir White rvorts in a factory.

35. Kirn is a lrierrd of Tony's.

36 She is very happy because her boyfriend is coming
i7 Her f iend likes horror films.
38. She makes cal<es +on Saturdavs.

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TEST B - PLURALS
I Write the plural fonns of the following nouns:
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church
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tomato
house

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city
woman
man

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child
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potato
foot

slielf
roof

wife

goose
pencrl

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2. This tooth is good.

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3. That shelf must be white.

4. This story is about a child.
5. That woman is a secretary.
6 My foot is too big for that shoe.
7. This church is very oid.
8. This molrse is bigger than tliat one.
9. That black larife is very sharp
l0 This plroto is lnine
1 1. There is a bridge.
12. His wife is a nurse (put ltis into the plural too).
13. The play in our theatre is very good.
l4 The tomato is in the fridge.
15 Tliat glass is clean.
16 A wolf lives in the zoo.
17 . That boy is very intelligent.
18 This sandwich is deliciorls.
19. There is a nice watch in that shop.
20. A horse is a very nice animal.
,..1**^..ort man eats more than a little boy.

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TEST A - PLTJRALS

Put the followiug sentences into the plural:

1 A dog is an animal.

2 A potato is a vegetable.
3 Her foot is very small.
4 This chair is made of wood.
5 Prlot is usually a lnan.
6 That pencil is not sharp.
I. An eye can be blue or brown.

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8. A fislr can swiln.

9 Tliis cow gives a lot of milk.
10 Ar airport ts a busy place.
1 l. A motorway is a fast road for a motor-car.
12 Our garden has an apple tree.
I 3. We drink tea ont of a cup.
14 We put a tomato in our salad.
I5 There is a goose in our garden.
16. A mollse ioves cheese.
11 . A teacher is a man or a womar.
18. A fly is an insect.
19. Tliat story is very interesting.
20. This piano is too big for our room.
21. That box should be under the table.
22 A sheep gives milk.
23. We can make a cake with flour, milk and an egg.
24. This cat eats meat.
25 There is an ox in the field.
26. That country is in the south.
27 Please put this shelf on that wall.
28. A roof is red.
29 A girl always wears a dress.
30 City is a big town.
31 . A postman must wear a cap.
32. Frenchrnan is a European.
33 My tooth hurls.
34. Ring is made of silver or gold.
35. A wife is always busy.
36 This is our btrs
37 I like this photo
38. He is a national hero.
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