ING9004 Progress Test 1 Review

Multiple Choice

"I usually drink some coffee in the morning before I go to work. Then, I take the subway and I work from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m." 

• Present Progressive/Continuous

• Present Simple

• Past Simple

• Present Perfect Simple

Open Ended

What do we use the Present Simple for?

Multiple Choice

"I overslept this morning. When I opened my eyes, it was 8 a.m. and I was late for school. My alarm didn't ring!"

• Present Simple

• Present Perfect Simple

• Present Progressive/Continuous

• Past Simple

Open Ended

What do we use the Past Simple for?

Multiple Choice

"I am doing a lot of things lately because I'm trying to improve my lifestyle. I'm reading a book, I'm going to the gym and I'm drinking a lot of water."

• Present Simple

• Present Progressive/Continuous

• Present Perfect Simple

• Past Simple

Open Ended

What do we use the Present Progressive for?

Multiple Choice

"I have been to a lot of different places and I have met a lot of people from other countries."

• Present Perfect Simple

• Present Progressive/Continuous

• Present Simple

• Past Simple

Open Ended

What do we use the Present Perfect Simple for?

• We use it to talk about events happening right now or around now.

• Time markers: (right) now, lately, these days, at the moment, etc.

Present Progressive

• We use it to talk about routines and facts/truths.

• We usually include Frequency Adverbs or time markers like "every day".

Present Simple

Tenses

• We use it to talk about:

  • Life experiences

  • An event that started in the past and is still happening

  • A finished action that has a connection with the present

• Time markers: since, for, already, just, yet, ever, never, etc.

Present Perfect Simple

• We use it to talk about finished actions in the past.

• We usually include the exact date or time when it happened.

• Time markers: when, yesterday, last ___, ___ ago, etc.

Past Simple

Tenses

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I

(learn) how to play the guitar when I was a teenager because I love music.

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Where

Amanda and Miguel live?

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I live in New York, but I

(stay) with some friends for now because my apartment is under repair.

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How often

she go to the dentist?

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you watching the TV or can I turn it off?

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Why ____ (X) you go to Manuel's party last weekend?

Because I ____ (X) like him.

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I

basketball because it's fun.

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Amanda, is it true that you

taekwondo? That's so cool!

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Would you like to

skiing this winter? My dad can take us!

Do you remember vocabulary?

About work and studies, and working conditions!

Multiple Choice

I really got ____ motorbikes when I was a teenager.

• in

• on

• into

• onto

Multiple Choice

My interest _____ when I was little and saw my dad playing the guitar.

• started

• start

• into

• in

Multiple Choice

I'm really interested ____ sports.

• on

• onto

• into

• in

Multiple Choice

These days, I'm ____ a doctorate in Education.

• having

• doing

• studying

• writing

Multiple Choice

I have _____ to a lot of jobs, but none has called me yet.

• applied

• wrote

• called

• e-mailed

Multiple Choice

I'm so tired of exams, I just want to ____ my degree quickly.

• do

• study

• get

• buy

Multiple Choice

I go to work and leave work at different times each day. I have ____ working hours.

• rigid

• solid

• moving

• flexible