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Quiz 1
A- Fill in the blanks with the Present Simple or Present Continuous:
1. Ted is taking (take) a shower right now.
2. What are we having (we / have) for dinner tonight?
3. My brother has (have) a daughter and a son.
4. I am not solving (not / solve) math problems at the moment.
5. My grandfather often comes (come) over for dinner at the weekends.
6. My school begins (begin) at nine every day.
7. What time do you wake up (you / wake up) on weekdays?
8. What are you doing (you / do) tomorrow night?
9. I usually don’t work (not / work) on Sundays but today I am working (work).
10. She isn’t sleeping (not / sleep) now, she is studying (study).
B- Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous form of
the verbs in brackets.
1- I switched off (switch off ) the computer because it was making (make) a strange
noise.
2- My dad was listening (listen) to classical music when I arrived (arrive) home
from school.
3- We were playing (play) video games when my mum said (say) ‘Turn the volume
down!’
4- My cousin met (meet) his wife, Bianca, while he was living (live) in Italy.
5- My little sister drew (draw) a picture while I studied (study) for my French exam.
6- While they were trying (try) to fix the computer, all the lights went out (go out).
7- When we left (leave) school yesterday, it was pouring (pour) with rain.
8- When you saw (see) Paul, was he wearing (wear) a black jacket?
9- I was trying (try) to log on when the WiFi stopped (stop) working.
10- While Dad was printing (print) an article, the printer ran out (run out) of paper.
C- Write the following verbs in the past simple and the past participle form:
awake, bear, beat, become, begin, bend, bite, bleed, break, blow, bring, broadcast,
build, burn, buy, catch, choose, cost, cut, dig, deal, cost, draw, dream
Awake, awoke, awoken
Bear, bore, born
Beat, beat, beat
Become, became, become
Begin, began, begun
Bend, bent, bent
Bite, bit, bitten
Bleed, bled, bled
Break, broke, broken
Blow, blew, blown
Bring, brought, brought
Broadcast, broadcast, broadcast
Build, built, built
Burn, burnt, burnt
Buy, bougt, bought
Catch, caught, caught
Choose, chose, chosen
Cost, cost, cost
Cut, cut, cut
Dig, dug, dug
Deal, dealt, dealt
Draw, drew, drawn
Dream, dreamt, dreamt