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Pre-test

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Look at the river. It …………………. very fast today-much faster than usual.

a)

flows

b)

has been flowing

c)

is flowing

d)

flowed

2.

Which tense is this? “Mr. Oudom will leave Luangprabang for Xayyabouly next week”

a)

Future Perfect

b)

Future Perfect Continuous

c)

Future simple

d)

Future Continuous tense

3.

Which tense is this? "At last the bus came. I had been waiting for 2 hours"

a)

Past Simple,Past Continuous

b)

Past Simple, Past Simple

c)

Past Simple, Past Perfect

d)

Past Simple, Past Perfect Continuous

4.

A. 'Can I speak to Mr Her, please?'

B. 'He …………………. lunch actually. Shall I ask him to call you back?

a)

has

b)

is having

c)

had

d)

was having

5.

Which tense is this? "Chittaphone has been living in Laos since 1980"

a)

Past Perfect Continuous

b)

Present Perfect Continuous

c)

Past Perfect

d)

Present Perfect

6.

Which tense is this? “This month is January, next one will be February”

a)

Past Simple / Future Continuous

b)

Present Simple / Future Continuous

c)

Present Simple / Future Simple         

d)

Past Simple / Future Simple

7.

The phone ………………….. Could you answer it?

a)

are ringing

b)

rings

c)

is ringing

d)

rang

8.

If you want mangoes, go to the market. They …………………. really good fruit there.

a)

sell

b)

sold    

c)

are selling

d)

were selling

9.

When I was a small child, I …………………. with my grandparents.

a)

was living

b)

am living        

c)

live

d)

lived

10.

Look! That man …………………. to open the door of your car.

a)

tries

b)

has been trying

c)

tried

d)

is trying

11.

It …………………. quite often in Britain during the winter.

a)

is snowing

b)

snows

c)

has been snowing

d)

has snowed

12.

Which tense is this? "I had lost my keys"

a)

Past Simple

b)

Past Continuous

c)

Past Perfect

d)

Past Perfect Continuous

13.

The swimming pool ………………. at 9 o'clock and ………………. at 18.30 every day.

a)

is opening / is closing 

b)

opens / closes

c)

has opened / has closed          

d)

opened / closed

14.

Which tenses are these? "When we arrived, he had already gone home."

a)

Past Simple, Past Perfect

b)

Past Perfect, Past Simple

c)

Past Simple, Past Perfect Continuous

d)

Past Perfect, Past Perfect

15.

Normally I …………………. to bed at around 11.30 every night.

a)

am going

b)

have been going

c)

go

d)

have gone

16.

I cut my finger while I  ………………….  dinner ready.

a)

got

b)

was getting

c)

get      

d)

am getting

17.

Which tense is this? "Fongmany wrote more than 600 pieces of music"

a)

Past Simple

b)

Past Continuous

c)

Past Perfect

d)

Past Perfect Continuous

18.

Oudom …………computer game when, unfortunately, his boss came into the office.

a)

plays

b)

is playing

c)

played

d)

was playing

19.

Which tense is this? “The sun rises in the east”

a)

Present Simple with a future meaning” 

b)

Past Simple

c)

Future Simple

d)

Present Simple

20.

Fongmany ………………….for an insurance company. She says it's quite a good job.

a)

is working

b)

was working

c)

worked

d)

works

21.

I …..............…a really interesting program about men and women's brains on TV last night.

a)

was watching

b)

watched

c)

am watching

d)

watch

22.

Which tense is this? "Oudom had been shopping for three hours"

a)

Past Perfect Continuous

b)

Present Perfect Continuous

c)

Past Perfect

d)

Present Perfect

23.

I …………………. a really interesting book about how to improve your English. I'll lend it to you when I've finished.

a)

was reading

b)

read    

c)

am reading     

d)

None of them

24.

The Olympic Games …………………. place every four years.

a)

have taken

b)

are taking

c)

take

d)

took

25.

I saw a very beautiful girl while I  ………………….  home yesterday

a)

walked

b)

was walking

c)

walk

d)

am walking