Get ready for the common test! 1. Put these verbs in the present in BE + V-ing: a) Listen! The neighbour _________________ (PLAY) the didjeridoo. b) Wow! These athletes ________________ (DIVE) off the cliff: it's so dangerous! c) What ________ you ___________ (DO)? d) I ________________ my lessons. (LEARN) e) ______ your brother______________ (STUDY) ? f) No, he ________________ (STUDY): he and Mary ________________ (PLAY) videogames. g) Now they _____________________ (RUN) away. N'oubliez pas que quand on ajoute -ing à un verbe: – le -e final de la base verbale disparaît. Ex. make → making; give → giving – la consonne finale est doublée si la base verbale ne compte qu'une syllabe et qu'elle se termine par une seule consonne précédée d'une seule voyelle. Ex. win → winning 2. Make sentences: What are they doing? The kangaroo ___________________________ The boy and the fish _______________________ The horse _____________________ over the wall. 3. SIMPLE PAST or PRETERITE in BE + V-ing – Complete the sentences. a) When were you born? I ___________________________ in summer. b) What were you doing yesterday? We ________________________ our homework. c) Did you finish on time? No, I________________ on time: as usual I ________ (BE) late. d) Where _____ Obama __________ before being elected President of the US? He lived in Chicago. 4. SIMPLE PAST or PRETERITE in BE + V-ing – Underline the 'clue' and circle the correct form. Yesterday morning I went was going happened was happening paid : the machine didn't work and it added was paying wasn't working was adding as I to the supermarket, as usual, but something really strange money onto my bank account. While I me back but she checked* the ticket, the salesperson* called was checking was calling didn't notice* the mistake. She just told me there was a wasn't noticing was just telling was being discount* on tomatoes. a discount = une réduction; to notice = remarquer; to check = vérifier the salesperson = la vendeuse. 5. PRESENT PERFECT: complete the sentences. Dans le texte qui suit, un jeune homme passe un entretien d'embauche et on lui pose des questions sur son expérience passée. Conjugue les verbes au present perfect. a) _________ you ever ___________ (WORK) in a hotel? b) Yes, I _______________________ (BE) part of the staff at the youth hostel of my town for two summers. c) What tasks _________ you __________ (DO) in this job? d) I ____________________ (COOK) and I ________________ (MAKE) the beds and my boss __________ always ___________ (SAY) that I did a great job. e) So, how comes he _________________ (not KEEP) on his team? f) I ____________________ (HAVE) a car accident and the boss _________________ (HIRE) someone else. 6. The big mix! - Choose the correct form for each verb. Mind the context. Deux amis, Luke and Jenna, viennent accueillir Sandy à l'aéroport. Complète leur conversation en surlignant la forme correcte du verbe. Attention au contexte! Raye les formes impossibles. is arriving was arrived Luke: ''Look! Sandy are arriving at the luggage pick-up point.'' ''Has she traveled arrived ''Is she traveling was arriving Jenna: ''Did she travel by car?'' ''Did she traveled was driving didn't even look drives doesn't even look Luke: ''She drove for 6 hours to go to the airport but she don't even look tired!'' drive doesn't even looking has driven did she doing have met were she doing meet Jenna: ''What was she doing when you metted her?'' has she done met already worken has worked were already working was working Luke: ''I think she was already working for Google then: she haves worked for was already worked did worked moves them for 8 years. She moven to the Silicon Valley in 2007.'' moved has moved was talking took While they were talking , Sandy was taken her baggage. have talked has taking have talking taken