ENTRY TEST ON PRESENT TENSES

Underline the correct tense 3.A:The police ............ (still/look)for fingerprints left in the room.
1. I am staying / stay at the ımperial Hotel till get my flat B: It ........................ (look) as if they won’t find the criminal.
ready. 4.A: I ......................(love) breathing in clean, counry air!
2. The river Amazon flows / is flowing into the Atlantic B: So do I. I ................................( love) every minute of this
Ocean. walking trip.
3. Buying a house nowadays has become / is becoming 5.A: I ........................(see)my boss about a pay rise this afternoon.
more and more expensive all the time. B: I .................(see). That’s why you’re wearing a suit and a tie.
4. We haven’t decided yet, but we thought / are thinking of 6.A: Why ....................(you / taste) the soup? Is there anything
moving hose. wrong with it?
B:Yes, it ........................(taste) too sweet. I think I’ve used
5. Whether we play on Saturday is depending / depends on sugar instead of salt.
the weather.
7.A: It ..............(look) as if it’s going to rain this afternoon.
6. I’m sleeping / sleep on the sofa until I find a place of B: I know. I .............(look) for my umbrella to take out with me.
7. So in the first scene we see / are seeing him getting up
and then he goes ut / is going out and meets / is meeting Use yet, already, since, tonight howlong, ever, still
a strange wowan. 1. I don’t think Frank has .......... been to a live concert. Why
8. I never do anything I feel / am feeling is against my don’t we take to one for his birthday?
principles. 2. I haven’t seen Louise ................. Jeff’s wedding. I wonder
Match the sentences with the correct discription What’s happened to her.
1. Oh no! Soneone’s heen reading my diary again. 3. I don’t know .............. Jack’s been working on that project,
2. You feel dizzy because you’ve been lying in the sun for but it seems like weeks.
too long. 4. Mr Louis hasn’t rung me back about the contract...............
3. Tugba has just cleared out the garage. 5. We are meeting some friends for a meal.......................
4. He’s such a boring man, who’s always making a fuss 6. Is Ferdane ...........going out with Mark, or have they split up?
about nothing. 7. Feyza has....................finished her test and I’ve only done
5. With the help of a good teacher, Müslüme’s becoming a half of mine.
good pianist.
6. We’ve been out four times this week. Fill in: “has/have been in/to”, “has/have gone to”
7. He has lunch at the Plaza Hotel every day. 1. I ................New York several times, but I ..................Atlanta.
8. They’ve sold their house and gone on a tour of the world 2. My boss ................. Lisbon for a week, so I am doing some
9. Here comes the train! of his work for him.
3. We ..................Milan for ver long, so we don’t know it well
a. actions which happened at an unstated past time and 4. Martin Isn’t here. He ...............the library to get some books.
are commected to the present 5. Martha .....................the school to pick up the kids. She
b. changing or developing situations should be back by 4.00.
c. expressing anger, irritation, annoyance or criticism
d. recently completed actions Some questions asked at the university enterance exams
e. repeated / habitual actions 1. This is the twentieth patient the doctor............... today.(1991)
f. past actions of certain duration having visible results / a- had examined b- was examined c- has examined
effects in the present d- have examined e- was examining
g. exclamatory sentences 2. I have noticed that since I ............... the university, my life
h. emphasis on number; frequency ................. much more interesting. (1992)
i. frequently repeated actions with “always” expressing a- was entering / had become b- have entered / becomes
speaker”s annoyance or criticism. c- had entered/ became d- enter/is becoming
Underline the correct verb form a, b, c, or d to fill the spaces e- entered/has become
1. About 100 people ............. outside the theatre for tickets 3. I ran into him at 10 o’clock this morning just before the
when we got there. board meeting; I ............... him since.
a-were queuing b-queued c-have queued d-queue a-will not have seen b- didn’t see
2. This time last week I ........ to Athens. c- haven’seen d- hadn’t seen e- couln’t see
a- have driven b- have drove 4. Since 1950 the world ............... nearly one-fift of top soil from
c- was driving d-have been driving its agricultural land and one-fift of its tropical forests. (1994)
3. I ............. a shower when the telephone rang. a- was losing b- is losing c- had been lost
a- had b- was having d- has lost e- loses
c- have had d- have 5.. Since he ................... from prison, he ...........unable to sleep
4. She’s changed a lot ........... she left school. properly. (1994)
a- for b-since c-during d- after a- has been released/ was b- had released / had been
5. I’ve been waiting in the rain .......... hours. c- was released/has been d- released / is being
a- during b-since c- for d-many e- has released / has been
6. ................ I was coming home I met my old teacher. 6- I suppose you ...... the contract and understand what it .......(95)
a- during b- while c- before d-since a-read/has meant b-will read/meant c-are
fill in with present Simple or Continuous reading/mean
1.A: I .........................(think) about visiting Jane this afternoon. d-had read/would mean e-have read/means
B: I wouldn’t bother. I ................(think) she’s away for holiday. 7- Jane ............ to the library; she ...........there every friday
2.A: Mr jones ............... (have) a telephone message from his wife morning. (1998)
B: Can it wait? He ....................... (have) a business meeting and a- went/ was going b-has gone / goes
I don’t want to disturb him c- is going / would go d- had gone / went
e- was going / is going U.K.
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THE CAMEL
The camel can go without water in its hump. This is not
true. It stores food in its hump. The camel’s body changes the expressions with have
food into fat. Then it stores the fat in its hump. It cannot store the Is that your camera? Can I have a look? (= look at it)
fat all over its body. Fat all over an animal’s body keeps the Is that your bicycle? Can I have a go? (= ride it)
animal warm. Camels live in the desert. They do not want to be Goodbye! Have a good journey! (somebody is going away)
warm during the day. Do you have a moment? (have some time)
The desert is very hot. The camel gets hotter and hotter during Can I have a word with you? (speak with you)
the day. It stores this heat in its body because the nights are cool. We always have a good time in English lessons (we enjoy them)
The Arabian camel has one hump. The Bactrian camel of I’m going to have my hair cut. See you later. Can you meet me at
Central Asia has two humps. It also has long. It also has long the hairdresser’s? (causitive)
thick hair because the winters are cold in Central Asia. I want to learn to ski but I don’t have the time.
There is a lot of sand in the desert. The camel has long Fill in the gaps in the sentences
eyelashes. The sand cannot go into the camel’s eyes. 1. I always have...................and ..................... for breakfast.
Arabic has about 150 words to describe a camel. Arabs 2. I have an .....................with the dentist at 3 o’clock.
need all these words because the camel is very important to them. 3. Do you want to have a game of................................?
4. Jane’s having a ................... on Saturday. Are you going?
Vocabulary 5. Do you want to have a ......... ? The bathroom’s just here.
Put the right word in the blanks. 6. You must have a................. to talk about these problems.
Also winters store hotter camels Answer the questions about yourself
Cool heat desert during food 1. Have you got any brothers or sisters?
All over describe hump eyelashes thick 2. What time do you have English lessons?
3. What do you have for lunch?
1. We……… Milk, fruit, and vegetables in the refrigerator. 4. Do you have to go to lessons every day?
2. Fall is .......... in Canada. Winter is cold. Winter is .......... 5. Do you always have a party on your birthday?
cold in the Soviet Union. What do you say?
3. Can you ........... an elephant? What does it look like? 1- (Someone is thirsty) Why don’t you have ..........................?
4. There are different animals .......... the world. 2- (someone is going away) Bye! Have a ............................!
5. Some people have long .............. on their eyes 3- (someone sneezes (Atchoo!) and has a red nose) Oh! Have you
6. It does not rain very much in the ............................ got a ...............................?
7. Mark’s engneering textbook is very ................ . It has 4- (someone has a new camera) Is that new? Can I have........... ...?
more than 1000 pages.
8. Some camels have one ..................and some have two. Phrasal verbs with take
9. We cook food with ..................... from a stove. Phrasal verb meaning/ use example
10. not many Arabs ride on ................... . Now they use cars. Take after sb resemble sb Jenny really takes afrter
Questions her mother
1- Where do camels live? take it /sth back return sth If the shirt doesn’t fit, take
2- What does a camel store in its hump? it back.
3- The camel doesn’t store fat all over its body. Why? Take back sth say you regret I’m sorry I was wrong.
4- Why does it store heat during the day? Saying sth I take back what I said.
5- Why does a camel need long eyelashes? Take sth down make a note Let me take down your
Comprehension Of sth name and number.
Put a circle around the letter of the best answer. Take smb in deceive smb Don’t be taken in by
1. The camel can go without ............... for a long time. products claiming to help
a. food b. fat c. water d. heat you lose weight in a week
2. It stores ............... in its hump. Take in sb/sth in give a home She’s always taking in
a. water b- food c- heat d-hair Sb/sth stray animals
3. Long ................ keep sand out of the camel’s eyes. Take in sth include sth Thi price takes in the cost
a-thick hair b- eyelashes c- humps d-ears accommodation & meals
4. The Bactrian camel has long thick hair because .............. Take sth in reduce the width This dress is too big-I’ll
a-it lives in a hot desert b-it stores fat in its hump of (clothing) have to take it in a bit
c-Winters are cold is Asia d-the sand gets in its eyes take off leave the ground As the plane was taking
5. In the passage the writer points out that..... off, I remembered I had
a- There are two kinds of camels turned the iron off
b- The camel has a good body for life in the desert take sth off remove (clothing) Take your coat off.
c- The camel stores in its hump. Remove(make-up) I forgot to take my
d- The camel is very important for Arabs. make -up off.
Take sb on employ sb We’re taking on 50 new
employees this year.
Have / had / had Take on sth/sb agree to dto sth He’s taken on too much
What can you have? work..
1-lunch dinner breakfast a meal something to eat Take sb out invite sb to a place He was looking forward to
2-a party a meeting a competition a game(football/chess) taking his daughter out to
3-a lesson an exam homework an appointment a nice restaurant.
4-a shower a bath a sauna a swim Take over sth take control Who’s going to take over
5-tea/cofee a drink a sandwich an ice-cream of sth the shop when Mr Jones
some cheese retires.
Take sth up start an activity Ali has taken up painting
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