Exercice 1

Complétez les phrases au présent simple:

1.Sarah (work) ________ in a hospital.

2.She (be) ________ a doctor.

3.John (teach) ________ English in a new school.

4.His students (come) ________ from all over the world.

5.Paul usually (go) ________ to work by car.

6.On the train Tom (have) ________ time to work on his laptop.

Exercice 2

Complétez les phrases au présent simple à la forme négative:

1.The children (be/not) ________ tired.

2.Tina (have/not) ________ any brothers or sisters.

3.I (drink/not) ________ alcohol.

4.She (like/not) ________ snails.

5.I (be/not) ________ from Spain.

Exercice 3

Complétez les phrases au présent simple à la forme interrogative:

1.(have/you/a car) _______________ ?

2.(speak/they/French) _______________ ?

3.(be/I/wrong) _______________ ?

4.(play/he/soccer) _______________ ?

5.(be/you/on vacation) _______________ ?

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive)

1. Look! Sara (go)   to the movies.

2. On her right hand, Sara (carry)   her handbag.

3. The handbag (be)   very beautiful.

4. Sara usually (put)   on black shoes but now she (wear)   white
trainers.

5. And look, she (take)   an umbrella because it (rain)   

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past perfect)

1. When he (wake up)   , his mother (already /prepare)   

breakfast

2. We (go)   to London because our friends (invite)   us

3. He (hear)   the news, (go)   to the telephone and

(call)   a friend.

4. When she (start)   learning English she (already

/learn)   French.

5. Jane (already / type)   three pages when her computer

(crash)   .

6. By the time the doctor (arrive)   at the house the patient

( die)   .

7. Before that day we (never / think)   of traveling to Japan.

8. I (know)   him a long time before I (meet)   his family.

9. They (not / know)   where to meet because nobody

(tell)   them.

10. It (be)   cloudy for days before it (begin)   to rain.

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect).

1. I (just / finish)   my homework.

2. Mary (already / write)   five letters.

 3. Tom (move)   to his home town in 1994.

4. My friend (be)   in Canada two years ago.

5. I (not / be)   to Canada so far.

6. But I (already / travel)   to London a couple of times.

7. Last week, Mary and Paul (go)   to the cinema.

8. I can't take any pictures because I (not /buy)   a new film yet.

9. (they / spend)   their holidays in Paris last summer?

10. (you / ever / see )   a whale?

Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).

1. The receptionist (welcome)   the guests and (ask)   

them to fill in the form

2. The car (break)   down and we (have)   to walk home.

3. The boys (swim)   while the girls (sunbath)   .

4. My father (come)   in, (look)   and (tell)   

me to tidy up my room.

5. While one group (prepare)   dinner the others

(collect)   wood for the campfire.

6. While the parents (have)   breakfast the children

(run)   about.

7. Martha (turn)   off the light and (go)   to bed.

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple future or future perfect)

1. Tomorrow I think I (start)    my new project.

2. I (finish)   it by the end of this month.

3. The teacher (probably/assign)   a test to his students next

Monday.

4. He (correct)   it by the end of next week.

5. My friend (certainly/get)   a good mark.

6. By 9 o'clock, we (finish)   our homework.

7. They (leave)   the classroom by the end of the hour.

8. I think I (start)   my trip tomorrow

Choisis le temps verbal qui convient (present perfect simple ou progressive).

1. Beatrice   for half an hour.

2. Laura   five letters.
3. I   on this project for less than an hour, so
I still   all the documents.
4. Ralph is so tired because he   for 26 hours.

Complète les phrases en conjuguant les verbes au present perfect simple ou progressive.

1. I (study)  all day, but

I am afraid I (learn/not)  much.
2. Andrew (eat)  two bars of chocolate today.
3. The boy’s clothes are dirty because he (play)  in the mud.
4. I (arrive/just)  at the station.
5. We are exhausted because we (do)  exercise all morning.
6. Edward feels a bit unsteady because he (cycle/not)  for five years.
7. How long (you/work)  for this company?
8. The kids (finish/not)  their homework yet.
9. Niall (watch)  the film seven times.

Text
 I found my first day at school so disappointing that I ran away determined never to return. But my
mother turned a def ear to my raging protests and quietly but determinedly dragged me by the arm each
morning and deposited me in the schoolroom. Eventually I realized that I had lost the battle and decided
that I was going to be forced to stay here. I might as well get to like it and do what I could to learn
something. To my surpriseI soon found that I enjoyed my lessons and looked forward to going to school,
even though we lived in fear and trembling of the teacher because of his first and active belief in the
adage “Spare the rod and spoil the child.” I disliked being forced to do things against my will, for I have
not been accustomed to it, and I used to think what a paradise school would be if we were left in peace to
do our studies without the presence of the school-master.

All the various grades were housed in one room and the master used to teach a class at a time. It must
have been a hard job for him, and we didn’t do anything to ease his lot. Luckily I was keen on learning, so
keen in fact, that soon my only dread was that my father my one day be unable to afford the school fees,
which at that time amounted to three pence a month. Because of this I stared rearing a few chickens,
which I sold for six pence each. By this means I could not only help to meet the school fees, but I had
money to buy books as well. In addition, any fears about my father’s poverty were quiteunfounded
because I can never remember him denying any of us anything we asked and he was particularly generous
where I was conerned.

One thing in particular stands out in my mind during my early schooldays, probably because it was first
lesson in discipline. We were not fond of the teacher because of his frequent use of the stick, often we
thought without just cause. One day we learned that an inspector was coming to the school and
immediately saw our chance of getting our revenge on the master. We got together and decided to play
truant for the whole day during the inspector’s visit, but the following morning he got the last laugh, for
as soon as we showed our faces, he was waiting for us with a stick. We were each stripped naked and
given twenty four lashes on our bare bottoms. This hurt so much that for the next three days I was quite
unable to sit down at my school desk. But whatever injury this caused to my body and my pride, I knew
well enough that I had deserved it. And from that day I have always learnt to accept punishment that I
feel I have justly earned, however humiliating this may be.

2.1.1 Tick the appropriate answer (3pts)

1 . The best title for this text is

a. My early schooldays c. My father’s poverty.

b. I was keen on learning. d. My first day at school

2. Every morning, the boy goes to school

a. together with his father.. c. together with his school-master.

b. together with his mother. d. alone.

3. The boy’s name is

a. Kwame Nkrumah. c. Leopold Sedar Senghor

b.Nelson Mandela d. is unknown to us.

4. Finally, the boy

a. disliked his lessons very much. c. was not happy to go to school.

b. liked his lessons very much. d. did not like learning.

5. “ Spare the rod and spoil the child” means

a. if the rod is used, the child will be spoilt.. c. if the rod is not used, the child

b. if the rod is used, the child will not be spoilt. will not be spoilt. d. the child will be spoilt if the rod is used.

6. “School fees” are

a. money received by a student. c. money to buy books.

b. money paid every month at school. d. fears about my father’s poverty

2.1.2 Are the following statements true or false? ( 3pts) Justify with quotations from the text:

1. The boy could not help to meet the school fees.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. The boy enjoyed his first day at school.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. The boy’s father never gave him what he asked.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………

2.1.3 Find in the text synonyms or antonyms for the following words: (4 pts )

1. proverb = ………………….. 3. war ≠ ……………….. 2. finally = ………………… 4. won ≠ ………………..

2.2 LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE (10 pts )

2.2.1 Complete with the appropriate tense of the verbs in brackets (5pts )

1. This child is ill because he ……………..raw mangoes. ( to eat )

2. Apparently, the sun ………….. in the East. (to rise)

3. How many letters …………………………this year? ( you, to write )

4. I ………the Headmaster in Dakar last year. (to see )

2.2.2 Fill in the blanks with the present tense of the verbs in brackets: (2.5 pts )

I ………….my first day at school so disappointing ( to find ) that I ………..away ( to run ) determined
never to return. But my mother ………….a deaf ear ( to turn )to my raging protests and quietly but
determinedly …………me by the arm ( to drag ) each morning and …………….me in the schoolroom ( to
deposit )

2.2.3 Complete the dialogue below with the appropriate tense of the verbs in brackets: (2.5 pts )

Husband ---__How …………you, darling ? ( to be )

Wife --- Fine, thanks.

Husband--- …………………to the market tomorrow ? ( you, to go )

Wife---Yes.I ………………………….rice, meat, vegetables and fruit. ( to buy )

Husband--- I …………………some spaghetti, too. ( to want )

Wife---All right. I …………………you some. ( to buy )