Get ready for the common test! 1. Put these verbs in the present in

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 to the supermarket, as usual, but something really strange
was going
happened as I paid : the machine didn't work and it added
was happening was paying wasn't working was adding
money onto my bank account. While I checked* the ticket, the salesperson* called
was checking was calling
me back but she 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