Test paper
Tenses
Section A: Fill in the Blanks (12 marks, 1 mark each)
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.
1. She ____ (write) letters every day. (Present Simple)
2. They ____ (play) now. (Present Continuous)
3. I ____ (finish) my homework already. (Present Perfect)
4. We ____ (wait) for an hour. (Present Perfect Continuous)
5. He ____ (go) to the store yesterday. (Past Simple)
6. They ____ (watch) TV when I called. (Past Continuous)
7. I ____ (see) the movie before you mentioned it. (Past Perfect)
8. They ____ (study) for hours before the exam started. (Past Perfect Continuous)
9. I ____ (call) you tomorrow. (Future Simple)
10. He ____ (travel) to London next week. (Future Continuous)
11. We ____ (finish) our project by the end of this month. (Future Perfect)
12. By next month, they ____ (live) here for a year. (Future Perfect Continuous)
Section B: Multiple Choice (12 marks, 1 mark each)
Choose the correct answer from the options given.
13. She ____ to the gym every day.
- a) goes
- b) is going
- c) went
- d) will go
14. Right now, he ____ dinner.
- a) cooks
- b) is cooking
- c) has cooked
- d) will be cooking
15. They ____ this movie three times.
- a) see
- b) are seeing
- c) have seen
- d) had seen
16. We ____ for the bus for 30 minutes.
- a) wait
- b) are waiting
- c) have been waiting
- d) waited
17. Last week, she ____ a new dress.
- a) buys
- b) is buying
- c) bought
- d) will buy
18. When I arrived, they ____ dinner.
- a) cook
- b) are cooking
- c) were cooking
- d) had cooked
19. Before I moved here, I ____ in New York.
- a) live
- b) am living
- c) lived
- d) had lived
20. They ____ for two hours before the storm started.
- a) walk
- b) are walking
- c) walked
- d) had been walking
21. She ____ the report by tomorrow.
- a) finishes
- b) is finishing
- c) will finish
- d) finished
22. This time next week, I ____ on a beach.
- a) sit
- b) am sitting
- c) will be sitting
- d) sat
23. By the end of the year, they ____ 100 units.
- a) produce
- b) are producing
- c) will produce
- d) will have produced
24. By next summer, we ____ in this house for ten years.
- a) live
- b) are living
- c) have lived
- d) will have been living
Section C: Sentence Transformation (12 marks, 1 mark each)
Rewrite the sentences in the indicated tense.
25. (Present Continuous) She writes a letter.
26. (Past Perfect) They play tennis.
27. (Future Perfect Continuous) He reads the book.
28. (Present Perfect) She watches TV.
29. (Past Continuous) They eat dinner.
30. (Future Continuous) He runs every morning.
31. (Past Simple) She speaks French.
32. (Present Perfect Continuous) They study for exams.
33. (Future Simple) I make a cake.
34. (Past Perfect Continuous) We work on the project.
35. (Present Simple) She is reading.
36. (Past Perfect) He is studying.
Section D: Error Correction (14 marks, 2 marks each)
Identify and correct the errors in the following sentences.
37. She has been writing a letter yesterday.
38. They plays tennis every Sunday.
39. He will have write the report by tomorrow.
40. We was watching a movie when you called.
41. By next year, I will be working here for five years.
42. She did her homework now.
43. They have been wait for you since morning.
Ielts based questions
1) Here is a pictorial representation of how recycled paper is made . Summarise the
information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons if
required
Write at least 150 words.
2) Shops should give preference in selling local food rather than imported food. Do you
agree or disagree?
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