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Inglese 5

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Inglese 5

The document appears to be a reading test containing a list of random words in English. It is followed by exercises on verb tenses and grammar points in English, including questions to practice verb tenses orally. The exercises cover topics such as the present simple, present continuous, past simple and present perfect tenses. They also cover articles, plural nouns, and the use of since and for. The document provides examples to practice and reinforce English grammar rules.

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READING TEST

Tough Squirrel Rural Sixth Isthmus Anemone


Antarctic Asterisk Brewery Cavalry Confortable
Defibrillator Deteriorate Explicit Exponentially February
Ignominious Library Massachusetts Often Phenomenon
Specific Temperature Worchestershire Literally Ironic
Colonel Kernel Enormity Disinterested Cache
Rewind Pleasure Heir Draught Scissors Successful
Reasonable Sherbet Vicissitude

ESERCIZI

B - Complete the sentences with the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets:

1 I (make) ............................. my dinner at 8 o’clock last night.


2 Joe and Sam (use) ............................. the wrong program in IT yesterday.
3 Who was that guy you (dance) ............................. with at the party?
4 Paula (come) ............................. home from school when she saw an accident.
5 In 1999 my father (live) ............................. in Dublin. That’s where he met my mother.
6 He (open) ............................. the box when he cut his finger.
7 This time last week, we (visit) ............................. my grandmother.
8 I (sit) ............................. at the back of the classroom so I couldn’t see the screen.
9 Andrew (insert) ............................. a photo into his document when the teacher stopped the class.
10 I (start) ............................. to do my homework when my friend sent me a message

C - Choose the correct options:


1 I listened / was listening to the radio when I heard / was hearing this fantastic song.

2 When the teacher said / was saying ‘Stop!’, I still tried / was still trying to finish the last question.

3 I feel really silly! While I danced / was dancing, I fell / was falling and broke / was breaking my elbow.

4 Tim played / was playing a computer game when his mum called / was calling him for lunch.

5 I looked / was looking for a file on my memory stick when I noticed / was noticing there was a virus.

6 Ron found / was finding a really interesting website about dance music while he surfed / was surfing
the internet.

7 My mum had / was having breakfast near the computer when she spilled / was spilling her cup of
coffee on the keyboard.

8 When you saw / were seeing me yesterday, I didn’t go / wasn’t going to school, I went / was going to
the doctor’s – I felt terrible.

9 How many pictures did you take / were you taking while you travelled / were travelling around Ireland?

10 Why did you chat / were you chatting to Philip while I tried / was trying to tell you something really
important?

D - Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets:

1 I (switch off ) ............................. the computer because it (make) ............................. a strange noise.

2 My dad (listen) ............................. to classical music when I (arrive) ............................. home from
school.

3 We (play) ............................. video games when my mum ,(say) ............................. ‘Turn the volume
down!’

4 My cousin (meet) ............................. his wife, Bianca, while he (live) ............................. in Italy.

5 My little sister (draw) ............................. a picture while I (study) ............................. for my French
exam.

6 While they (try) ............................. to fix the computer, all the lights (go out)............................. .

7 When we (leave) ............................. school yesterday, it (pour) ............................. with rain.

8 When you (see) ............................. Paul, he (wear) ............................. a black jacket?

9 I (try) ............................. to log on when the WiFi (stop) ............................. working.

10 While Dad (print) ............................. an article, the printer (run out) ............................. of paper.

E - Choose the correct options.

1 I’ve been here for / since 3 o’clock.


2 They’ve known each other for / since many years.

3 Nobody has heard from Carla for / since Saturday.

4 My mum has been in her new job for / since three weeks.

5 She hasn’t called me for / since the party.

6 He has played for Arsenal for / since 2006.

7 My grandparents have been married for / since forty years.

8 It hasn’t rained for / since about three weeks.

9 Nothing has happened for / since yesterday morning.

10 Jorge hasn’t played tennis for / since his injury.

F - Complete with Since or For:

1 - Nobody has come to see us ___________ we bought this small house.


2 - She has been a doctor ___________ 1998.
3 - Nobody has seen her ___________ then.
4 - They have all been ill ___________ last week.
5 - Peter went to the library. He has studied there ___________ a long time.
6 - It has been very foggy ___________ early morning.
7 - I’ve worked with you ___________ nine years.
8 - He has been in prison ___________ two years.
9 - She has worked in that office ___________ a month.
10 - He hasn’t eaten anything ___________ twenty-four hours.
11 - He hasn’t eaten anything ___________ yesterday.
12 - They haven’t spoken to us ___________ we were at school.
13 - I haven’t talked to her ___________ my birthday.
14 - She’s been ill ___________ years.
15 - I’ve been very patient with you ___________ several years.
16 - I’ve had this job ___________ three months.
17 - I’ve known her ___________ we both studied in London.
18 - We’ve lived in Germany ___________ 1997
19 - They’ve had this car ___________April.
20 - Things have changed ___________ I was in your house.
21 - I’ve known her ___________ the Gulf War.
22 - We have been there ___________ October
23 - I have been a vegetarian ___________ 1998
24 - I have lived in this flat ___________ five years.
25 - I’ve known her ___________ ages.

ORAL ACTIVITIES WITH PAST TENSES: ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

1 - When did you start learning English?


2 - What did you last eat?
3 - How did you go to university / work this morning?
4 - What did you see when you woke up?
5 - What films did you watch this month?
6 - Where were you last Sunday?
7 - How much money did you spend on your lunch today?
8 - When did you last check your e-mails?
9 - What was the best birthday present you got?
10 - What did you quit doing?
11 - What time did you go to bed yesterday?
12 - When was the best birthday for you?
13 - How many books did you buy last month?
14 - What did you do before the class?
15 - Who was your childhood superhero?
16 - When and where were you born?
17 - What important things happened in your life last year?
18 - Who did you last send a text to?
19 - Where did you go on your last vacation?
20 - What did you do at university / work yesterday?
21 - What was the last present you got?
22 - What past event do you want to repeat?
23 - When was the last time you cried?
24 - What was the last song that you listened to?
25 - What was your favourite subject at school?

ON-LINE EXERCISES: a good way to check your progress

Present Simple, Present Continuous e Contrasto


https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar/present-simple.htm
https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar/present-progressive.htm

Past Simple, Present Perfect e Contrasto


https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar/past-simple.htm
https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar/present-perfect-simple.htm

Articles
https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar/articles.htm

Singular and Plural


https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar/plural.htm

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