College Notre-Dame de Jamhour
Name: ________________________________
Class: ________________________________
Date: ________________________________
Grammar Test / 20
I. Complete the dialogue with the present simple or present continuous. (6pts)
Mr Jackson: Where's David?
Mrs Jackson: In the sitting room. Peter's with him.
Mr Jackson: Is he? He ____________________________ (not / to go) in the sitting
room in the evening when we ____________________________ (to
watch) TV. He ______________________________ (not / to talk) to us.
He __________________(to stay) in his bedroom. But when Peter
_____________________________(to come), he
___________________________(to sit) in the sitting room with him. What
____________________________ (they / to do) now?
Mrs Jackson: They _________________________________ (to write) a song.
Mr Jackson: I__________________________________ (not / to like) Peter.
David ______________________________ (not / to do) his homework
when Peter is here. They talk for hours.
Mrs Jackson: Well, they ________________________________ (not / to talk)
now and I think the song they _____________________________ (to
write) together is very good.
II. Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous. (6pts)
1. We ___________________________ (to eat) lunch when the door bell
______________________________ (to ring).
2. I __________________________ (not / to buy) the car last year, I
___________________________ (to buy) it last month.
3. Kelly ____________________________ (to park) her car,
__________________________ (to get) out, and ___________________________
(to walk) into the bookshop.
4. What _____________________________________ (John / to do) while you
_______________________________ (to skate)?
5. What ___________________________ (you / to say)? I
___________________________ (not / to listen) to you.
6. I _____________________________ (to catch) the flu yesterday.
III. Circle the correct answer. (4pts)
1. He offered paying / to pay for lunch.
2. I like drinking / to drink hot chocolate.
3. My father refused giving / to give me his car.
4. My friend avoids eating / to eat peanut butter because he is allergic to it.
5. He offered helping / to help with the housework.
6. Finish painting / to paint and wash your hands.
7. Most people pretend being / to be nice.
8. When the teacher punished Jane, she began crying / to cry.
IV. Underline the mistake in each sentence and correct it on the line below. If the
sentence is true, put a tick.(4pts)
1. While I was openning the door, my brother was closing the window.
_______________________________
2. Jenny don’t have a cute dog. _____________________________________
3. The student braught his mobile phone to school. _________________________
4. My dad cut his finger yesterday. __________________________
5. The teacher enterred the class and introduced herself. ________________________
6. Yesterday, I beginned reading a very nice story. ___________________________
7. This girl has a lot of candy. __________________________
8. Mary and Joe likes playing football. ________________________
