English Grammar- Midterm Nº 3
STUDENT’S NAME
DATE
A- Present tense: Complete the sentence with the present simple form of the
verb in the box
Catch- cost- enjoy- feel- go- have- live- study- travel- understand
1- Ricky goes to English lessons twice a week
2- The US president ___________in the white house
3- We always __________ the bus to work at eight in the morning
4- This bicycle _________over $500
5- He_______ playing computer games with his friends
6- Most people in france ___________ their summer holiday in July and august
7- Nigel and Bruce _________for their exams in the evening
8- The moon __________ round the earth at3,683 kilometers per hour
9- How do you ________ today? Are you better?
10- I don’t _______ this question. Can you help me?
B- Complete the article about an internet businessman. Use the present simple
or the present continuous form of the verb.
A day in the life of Simon Nixon
I normally get up (get up) at seven o’clock, buy this week I ________ (start) work
earlier because it’s a busy period. I ____________ (usually arrive) at work at nine
and I __________ (check) my emails. Today I _________ (work) on reports on our
website because these tell me how many people ______________ (currently visit)
our websites. For example, we _________ (have) about six million visitors every
month and this number __________ (increase). We ___________ (also make) a lot
of improvements to our sites at the moment. The internet business is a very
competitive and it __________ (get) harder to stay at the top.
C- Past tense: put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past
continuous.
1- As soon as Margaret got (get) off the train, she pulled (pull) her coat around
her. Rain __________ (fall) heavily and a cold wind __________ (blow) across
the platform. She _________ (look) around, but no one ________________
(wait) to meet her. She __________ (turn) to leave when she ____________
(hear footsteps. A man ________ (walk) toward her. He ____________ (say)
“you are finally here”.
2- George _________ (pick) up his bag then, ___________ (throw) it over his
shoulder. It________ (get) dark and he ___________ (have) a long way to go.
He wished that he had let someone know that he was coming. It __________
(start) to rain, and he was feeling cold and tired from the long journey.
Suddenly, he __________ (hear) a noise, then he ___________ (see) two bright
lights on the road ahead. A car _____________ (head) towards him. It slowed
down and finally __________ (stop) beside him. A man ____________ (sit) at
the wheel. He __________ (open) the door quickly and ________ (say) “get in,
George”
D- Present perfect and past simple: put the verbs in brackets into the present
perfect or past simple
1) They have got married and are now on their honeymoon (get married)
2) I _____________studying 10 years ago (finish)
3) I ___________a very interesting book about the Spanish Empire (finish)
4) I _____________ the watch that my wife gave me on our honeymoon (lose)
5) This morning I ___________to the Spanish Embassy in Paris (be)
6) They ____________five years ago in Napoles (get married)
7) Today I ____________a program on television about Africa (watch)
8) This is the first time I ____________to the Theatre (be)
9) Today I ____________tennis with my nephew (play)
10) My mother is not at home, she __________to the school to speak to my
teacher (go)
11) Where have you been this afternoon? I __________in a restaurant with my
wife (be)
12) When I ____________to London I visited the National Gallery (go)
13) A week ago I ___________a very interesting book about Islamic culture
(read)
E- Questions and answers: make questions by putting the words in the correct
order and answer it.
1- Of/ what/ like/ do/kind/ music/ you?
What kind of music do you like?
I like pop music
2- Book/who/ favourite/ wrote/ your?
3- Your/ are /how/ parents/ old?
4- You/ do/computer/ whose/ use?
5- Are/friends/ your/ what/ like?
6- Visited/ how/ have/ many / you/ countries?
7- Eyes/ are/ what/ your/ colour?
8- Games/ you/ how/ often/ do/ computer/ play?
G- Countable and uncountable noun: complete the text by writing a, an or –
no article
Where does__-__ chocolate come from? Next time you buy _______ bar of
chocolate, think about where it come from. Did you know that it is made from
_____ cocoa butter? this butter comes from the beans of ______ cocoa trees.
They grow mainly in South America and Africa.
Amazing chocolate facts:
- The Aztecs thought ________ cocoa beans were very important. They
believed that the beans brought ______wisdom
- The Aztecs and the Maya used the beans to make _____ hot drink
- The word chocolate comes from ______ word in the Aztec language,
xocoalt
- The Spanish brought _____ cocoa to Europe in the 16 century. They mixed
the beans with ______ sugar
- There is _____ iron in cocoa.
