Тест "Present Tenses" для 9 класса (Spotlight 9)

Тест "Present Tenses" для 9 класса (Spotlight 9)

Present Tenses для 9 класса (Spotlight 9, Module 1 «Celebrations»).

Class: 9
Name: _______________________

Task 1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct present tense. (10 points)

Dear Jane,

I 1) ________ (know) that it's quite a while since I last wrote to you, but for the past few weeks I 2) ________ (do) so many things at the same time, that I hardly had time for anything!

3)________ (I / tell) you that my school 4) ________ (hold) a big dance next week? We 5) ________ (celebrate) the end of the school year. As I'm a member of the organising committee, I 6) ________ (spend) most of my time after school trying to work out the details of the event. 7) ________ (you / have) any good ideas to give me?

What about you? What 8) ________ (you / do) lately? 9) ________ (you / still / work) at your dad's shop after school? You know what? I 10) ________ (just / have) a great idea! Why don't you come to visit me for a few days?

Love,
Mary

Task 2. Choose the correct form. (5 points)

1. He tastes / is tasting the soup to see if it needs salt.

2. I always have / am always having a shower twice a day.

3. Have you ever danced / Did you ever dance in the street?

4. I haven't been / wasn't to a party since last year.

5. It has been raining / is raining for hours.

Task 3. Correct the mistakes. (5 points)

1. She is believing in magic. — ______________

2. I have been knowing him since childhood. — ______________

3. Look! It rains. Take an umbrella. — ______________

4. They are never eating sushi before. — ______________

5. How long do you wait for me? — ______________

Task 4. Complete the sentences with for or since. (5 points)

1. I have been here ________ 20 minutes.

2. John hasn't phoned ________ 6 months.

3. John hasn't phoned ________ February.

4. He has worked in New York ________ he left school.

5. He has worked in New York ________ a long time.

Task 5. Complete the sentences with the correct participle form (-ed / -ing). (5 points)

1. As a travel writer, I've been to some of the most ________ (amaze) places on Earth.

2. I've also attended some very ________ (interest) local events.

3. "Aren't you ________ (bore) with going to all these celebrations?" — my friends often ask me.

4. Every time I visit a new festival I feel ________ (excite)!

5. I'm always ________ (please) that I had the chance to experience the local culture.