Name: ………………………………..……….
Cls a-VIII-a
Test Paper
Reading comprehension: About Sam
Read the following passage and then complete the task below:
This is Sam Robinson. She is thirty years old.
She is a nurse. She works at James Cook
University Hospital. She looks after ill children.
She loves her job. Every day, Sam wakes up at
six o’clock in the morning. She takes a shower
and puts on her clean clothes. Then she eats
breakfast at half past six. She has toast and a
big mug of coffee. At seven o’clock, she drives
her car to the hospital. Sam starts work at eight
o’clock. She looks after children before and after operations. Sam gives
them medicine, injections and checks their temperature and blood
pressure. At twelve o’clock, she has lunch with other nurses in the cafe.
She goes home at six o’clock. At home, she cooks dinner for her family.
She has dinner at half past seven in the evening. Then, she relaxes and
watches TV. At ten thirty, she goes to bed.
Answer the following in full sentences:
1.What is her name? ____________________________________________________________
2.What is her job? ________________________________________________________
3.Where does she work? ____________________________________________________
4.Who does she look after? _________________________________________________
5.How does she go to work? _________________________________________________
6.What time does she wake up? _____________________________________________
7.What does she eat for breakfast? __________________________________________
8.When does she have dinner? _______________________________________________
9.Does she eat dinner at the hospital? _________________________________________
10.What time does she go home? _____________________________________________
11.Does she watch TV? _____________________________________________________
12.What time does she go to bed? ____________________________________________
Name: ………………………………..………. Cls a-VIII-a
1. Choose the correct verb form.
1 - I have / am having a great time on this holiday.
2 - She's Italian- she comes / is coming from Pisa.
3 - 'Are you enjoying / do you enjoy your meal?' 'Yes, it's very good.'
4 - This term, I study / am studying Latin.
5 - Do you come / are you coming to see us next month?
6 - Let me know when you receive / are receiving this letter.
8 - Water boils / is boiling at a hundred degrees.
10 - I make / am making a lot of progress at the moment.
11 - It worries / is worrying me a lot at the moment.
12 - I get / am getting up at seven o'clock on weekdays.
2. Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense or present continuous
1. Right now I (watch) _____________ a movie. I (watch) _______ a lot of movies.
2. Rickie (be) _______ my friend. We (like) _______ to talk together. Right now we (talk)
______________ about school.
3. The police officer (wear) ________ a badge and a gun to work every day.
4. Jaime usually (eat) _______ cold cereal for breakfast, but today he (eat) _______ ________
oatmeal instead.
5. Alison and I (study) _______ _______ for the exam. We (not, want) _______ ______________
to fail it!
3. Rewrite the following sentences in the negative and interrogative forms.
1. They have done all the work.
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2. The baby has been crying for a long time.
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3. The doctor has prescribed me an antibiotic.
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4. She has been speaking on the phone for half an hour.
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5. I have been cleaning the house all day.
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4. Complete the sentences. Put the verbs in the present perfect simple or continuous.
1. I __________ already __________ (answer) all the questions.
2. She __________(not/ see) her mother for a long time.
3. How long __________ she __________ (wait) for us?
4. We __________(know) each other since we were children.
5. __________you __________ (find) the type of coat you wanted?
6. he is sunburnt. he __________(sit) in the sun too long.
7. They __________(be) to India twice since they got married.
8. Your clothes smell bad. __________ you __________(smoke)?
9. Michael Phelps __________(swim) for three hours.
