Test Paper - 9th Grade - Present Tenses (B)

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PROGRESS TEST (B)

(Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect Simple, Present Perfect


Continuous)

NAME: DATE:

CLASS: MARK:

A. Fill in the correct form of the verb. (Present Simple or Present Continuous)

1.Every afternoon, my son___________________ lunch in the school cafeteria and he       


___________________ a book in the backyard. (HAVE, READ)
2. The children _____________ in their bedrooms at present. They usually _______________ a
nap at around this time. (SLEEP, TAKE)
3. She ________________ a red pullover and black jeans today. (WEAR)
4. Listen! Bill ________________________his electric guitar. (PLAY)
5. James usually __________________ jeans and t-shirts, but while he _______________for the
bank now, he ______________________a suit and a tie. (WEAR, WORK, WEAR)
6. Janette _____________________in a little village in the Alpes. (LIVE)
7.The Sun _________________ in the West. (SET)
8. What ________________? – I __________________for my glasses. (DO, LOOK)
9. We ____________________like pop music, we prefer rock. (NOT/LIKE)
10. ________you___________that water _____________ at 100 degrees celsius? (KNOW,
BOIL)
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B. Fill in the correct form of the verb. (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous).

1. Can’t you ever be punctual? I _____________________here for an hour. (WAIT)


2. Tom ___________________his room white. It looks better now. (PAINT)
3. Can’t you forgive me? No, Tom. What you ______________________is unforgivable. (DO)
4. Tom and Chris ________________________together since they were kids. (PLAY)
5. _________you ____________ your email this afternoon? (CHECK)
6. I _________________ that book all afternoon. It is such a good novel. (READ)
7. My father ___________________this job for twenty years. (DO)
8. Carlos ____________________________ every book from the shelf. He is bookaholic.
(READ)
9. My hands are dirty because I ___________________________my old bicycle. (REPAIR)
10. My family ____________________ to the same beach every summer since I was young.
(GO)
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C. Choose the correct form of the words.


1. Bruce is definitely a sociable/ society man. He has a lot of friends.

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2. When it comes to dangerous/ danger situations, Kevin always acts quite calm.
3. People are increasingly worried about the pollution/ polluted of the environment.
4. The film had a very imaginative/ imagination plot. I’ve really liked it!
5. Jane and her best friend have a wonderful collection/ collective of postal stamps.
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D. Find the mistakes and correct them:


1. I never don’t drink coffee in the evening. It makes me feel agitated.
2. Where is you from? I am from Uruguay.
3. She usually wake up in the morning, washes her face and eats a bowl of cereals.
4. She are always complaining about how much she hates her job.
5. We attend a meeting in Chicago this weekend.

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Bonus points : 10p

GOOD LUCK!☺

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Keys:

A.
1.has, reads
2. are sleeping, take
3. is wearing
4.is playing
5. wears, is working, is wearing
6. lives 7.sets 8. are you doing/ am looking 9.don’t like 10. Do you know, boils
B. 1.have been waiting 2. Has painted 3. Have you done 4.have been playing    5. Have you checked 
6.have been reading 7. Has been doing 8. Has read 9. Have been repairing 10.has been going
C. 1. sociable 2. dangerous 3. pollution 4. imaginative 5.collection
D. 1.fara don’t 2. are 3. Wakes up 4.is always complaining 5. Are attending

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