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GROUP IVOCABULARY SKILLS

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ENGLISH WORKSHEETPREPARATION FOR THE TEST

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GROUP IIGRAMMAR SKILLS

A. PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS EXERCISES

1. Complete the sentences with the Present Simple ofto be.

a. English ________ a very important language.b. ________ Portuguese the principal language of the world? No, it ______.c. Portuguese and Italian _______ Romance languages.d. Rodrigo and Jim _______ English teachers.e. _______ French the main language of Portugal? No, it ______.f. Where ______ you from? I _______ from Australia.

2. Complete the table with the 3rd person singular of the verbs in the Present Simple.

Sstudy communicate use speak do stay pass finish watch hurry play

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He studies

3. Complete the sentences with the verbs in the present simple.

George (1) ______ (be) an English boy but his parents (2) _____ (be) from Germany. Hisgrandfather (3) ______ (be) from France and his grandmother (4) _____ (be) Portuguese, so he(5) _______ (speak) four languages: English, German, French and Portuguese. He (6) ______(go) to a state secondary school, where he (7) _______ (study) his favourite subjects: scienceand technology. He often (8) _______ (play) football and tennis with his friends at school. When

he (9) ______ (go) home, he (10) _______ (watch) TV and (11) _______ (listen) to pop music.His favourite group (12)_______ (be) The Corrs.


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4. Write these sentences in the negative:a. I speak English. ___________________________________________________________.b. I play chess in my free time. _________________________________________________.

c. Sheila sends e-mails to America. ______________________________________________.d. My parents come everyday to my school. ________________________________________.e. Alice and I study at the same school. ___________________________________________.f. Peter likes science and technology. _____________________________________________.g. Mike has swimming classes on Tuesdays. _______________________________________.

5. Choose the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.

a. This week my brother reads / is reading an English book.b. Sam always has / is having lunch at school.c. I cant sleep because the baby next door cries / is crying every night.d. I walk / am walking to school every day, but today I go / am going by bike.e. This classroom is empty because the students work / are working in the lab.

f. Wheres Mary? She studies/ is studying upstairs.

6. Complete the sentences with the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.

a. I usually _________ (revise) irregular verbs in the evening.b. My brother _________ (not/ learn) Music at school this year.c. Why ___________ (you/ think) football is such a popular sport?d. She never ________ (do) her homework at the weekend.e. I __________ (not/ know) why she likes so much this game.f. My sister __________ (concentrate) well when she __________ (study) with music.

B. PAST SIMPLE EXERCISES

1. Write the following verbs in the Past Simple.

S Regular verbs S Irregular verbs

Try tried See saw

Enjoy Know

Look Make

Record Feel

Study Go

Hug Sing

Compose Think

Refer Sell

Change Write

Watch Be

Wash Do

2. Complete these sentences with the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets.

a. Bob Geldof __________ (organise) the Live Aid concert.b. They ________ (sell) millions of records after the concert.c. Music lovers _______ (be) very generous and _______ (buy) lots of copies.d. They _________ (make) a loto f Money for the poor people of Africa.e. John Lennon ________ (be) born in Liverpool and ________ (die) in New York.f. Bruce Springsteen _________ (write) the Song Born in the USA.


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3. Write these sentences in the negative.

a. Sally enjoyed her last holidays. ________________________________________________.b. Henry visited an Art Gallery in Berlin. ___________________________________________.

c. We liked the visit to the Gulbenkian Foundation.___________________________________.d. My parents let me go to the beach alone. ________________________________________.

4. Write questions for the underlined answers.a. _______________________________________.My brother was born in 1977.c. _______________________________________.My brother was born in Liverpool.c. _______________________________________.Yes, we liked the concert very much.d. _______________________________________.They gave the computer game to Susan.

GROUP IIIWRITING SKILLS

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