This document is an English quiz for 7th grade students assessing their knowledge of the present simple and present continuous tenses. It contains 3 sections - the first two involve filling in verbs in the correct tense, and the third transforms sample sentences between affirmative, negative and interrogative forms using both tenses. The quiz covers vocabulary related to common verbs and activities. It aims to identify, compare and use the mechanics of the two tenses.

1. ENGLISH QUIZ N°2 FOR 7th
GRADES A AND B
NAME: __________________________________________________ MARK:
IDEAL SCORE: 44 points. FINAL SCORE : ____ DATE: __________________________
Objetivo: Identificar, comparar y usar la mecánica de los tiempos presente simple y continuo, con apoyo de
vocabulario relacionado a muebles, verbos infinitivos y gerundios, entre otros.
PRESENT SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS
I. Fill in the sentences with the correct Present Simple verb form. ___ / 16.
1. The shops in Poland usually _______________(OPEN) at 10 a.m. and I think it's the right time.
2. Mario _______________(NOT / LIVE) in Italy.
3. I always_______________(DRINK) coffee in the morning because it_______________(WAKE) me
up.
4. _______________________(GO / you) to school by bus?
5. My mother _______________(DO) the shopping every afternoon and I sometimes
_______________(HELP) her.
6. They're keen on sport and they sometimes _______________(PLAY) basketball at weekend.
7. _______________________(PLAY / Tony) the guitar?
8. My friend _______________(WRITE) poems and she's really good at it.
9. Scientists _______________(READ) many books because their job _______________(INVOLVE) it.
10. Her brother rarely _______________(LEAVE) home because he's extremely shy.
11. _______________(EAT / my pet snake) a mouse for lunch.
12. It never _______________(SNOW) in Africa so it's a good place for summer holidays.
13. I _______________(HATE) spiders! They're awful!
14. _______________________(LOVE / Penguins) small fish?
15. This car _______________(COST) a lot of money but it is worth it.
16. I_______________(NOT / LIKE) computer games.
II. Fill in the sentences with the correct Present Continuous verb form. ___ / 16.
1. Look! My father _______________ (NOT / SMOKE) a cigar.
2. You ____________________ (READ) a newspaper.
3. Ann ____________________ (NOT / WORK) in America at the moment.
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Teacher Danitza Lazcano Flores

2. 4. You ____________________ (BUY) a bike.
5. Hurry up! The bus____________________ (NOT / WAIT).
6. ____________________ (PLAY / you) the piano now?
7. He ____________________ (WAIT) or the bus.
8. We ____________________ (NOT / WORK).
9. ____________________ (READ / Susan) a novel or a manga?
10. We ____________________ (READ) a magazine.
11. The class ____________________ (NOT / WALK) through the wood.
12. They ____________________ (BUY) sweets.
13. He ____________________ (NOT / PLAY) tennis.
14. I ____________________ (LOOK) at a picture.
15. We ____________________ (NOT / PLAY) with his model cars?
16. Amy ____________________ (BUY) flowers.
III. Turn the following sentences into affirmative, negative or interrogative statements according to
the parenthesis. They can be in Present Simple or Continuous. ___ / 12.
1. My sister talks very fast (–) _____________________________________________
2. Is Peter working here now? (+) _____________________________________________
3. Our neighbours are here (?) _____________________________________________
4. Do we go to the cinema? (+) _____________________________________________
5. Do your brothers speak Russian? (–) _____________________________________________
6. My cousin isn't thin (?) _____________________________________________
7. My mother doesn't clean the house (+) _____________________________________________
8. Rose cat doesn't love to catch birds (+) _____________________________________________
9. Martin is eating an apple now (–) _____________________________________________
10. Are they playing tennis right now? (–) _____________________________________________
11. Tom always arrives home at 9 (?) _____________________________________________
12. I don't love you! (+) _____________________________________________