Progressive test
Part II: Reading
1. Read the following texts and do the exercises
Text 1:
Nasreddin and the Pot
One day Nasreddin borrowed a pot from his neighbor Ali. The next
day he brought I back with another little pot inside. “That’s not mine”, said
Ali. “Yes, I is” said Nasreddin. “While your pot was staying with me, it had
a baby.”
Some time later, Nasreddin asked Ali to lend him a pot again. Ali agreed,
hoping that he would once again receive two pos in return. However, days
passed and Nasreddin had still not returned the pot. Finally, Ali lost
patience and went o demand hid property. “I am sorry,” said Nasreddin. “I
can no give you back your pot, since it died”. “Die! “Screamed Ali, “How
can a pot die?” “Well”, said Nasreddin, “you believed me when I told you
that your pot had had a baby.”
=> Answer the questions below
1. Who was he owner of his pot?
A. Nasreddin B. ALi C. the baby
2. How many times did Nasreddin borrow the pot?
A. once B. twice C. three times
3. How many pots did he give back the first time
A. none B. one C. two
4. Why was the neighbor happy to lend his pot a second time?
A. He was greedy( tham
lam)
B. He was a good
neighbour.
C. He had lost of spare
pot.
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5. How many pos did Nasreddin return the second time?
A. none B. one C. two
6. What probably happened to his pot?
A. It died B. The neighbour kept it. C. Nasreddin kept it.
 Fill in he gap with a word
Nasreddin …………… a pot from his neighbor Ali. He…………. him
back the same pot and a …………… one, saying that the pot had a
……………. Then he asked o borrow the pot again. Ali was happy
to……………. It to him, o get another baby pot. However, Nasreddin did
not ………. his pot again. He told Ali the pot had …………
Text 2:
Nasreddin went shopping
One day, Nasreddin went o town to buy new clothes. First, he tried on
a pair of trousers. He did not like the trousers, so he gave hem back to
the shopkeeper. Then he tried a robe, which had the same price as the
trousers. Nasreddin was happy wih the robe, amd he left the shop. Before
he climbed on his donkey to ride home, the shopkeeper and the shop-
assistant ran out.
“You did not pay for the robe!” The shopkeeper said.
“But I gave you the trousers in exchange for the robe,didn’t I?”Replied
Nasreddin.
“Yes, but you didn’t pay for the trousers, either! Said the
shopkeeper.
“But I didn’t buy the trousers, replied Nasreddin. “ I am no so
stupid as to pay for something which I never bought”
True False
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 Write True/False
1. Nasreddin went to the shop by camel.
2. Nasreddin tried on a hat when he first came to the shop.

3. Then, he tried a robe.
4. Nasreddin liked the hat best.
5. There were four people working in the shop.
6. The shopkeeper was angry when Nasreddin left because he did not
say goodbye.
7. Nasreddin actually paid for the trousers.
2. Match the questions on the left with the answers on the right. Write
the correct letters in the boxes

1. Where does your sister work?
2. What are you doing?
3. Do you get up at ten?
4. Are they writing a letter?
5. Does he work at night?
6. When does Joe go home?
7. Where is Jane going?
8. Are you watching TV?
a. At half past four.
b. No, I am having dinner.
c. She works at home.
d. She is going home.
e. No, I get up at nine.
f. I am going home.
g. No, he works in the afternoon.
h. No, they are sleeping
Part III: Writing
☼ Provide the correct form of the words in the bracket
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1. Miss. Young is a good ……………( TEACH)
2. What is her……………… (NATION)?

3. I use her…………… to comb my hair( COMB).
4. She runs very…………… (SLOW).
5. They are …………. English now.( TEACH)
6. She is a slow………… (RUN)
7. How many ………… are there in the pencil case?( ERASE)
8. We are not……………. ( Britain)
☼ Answer the questions
1. Do you live in Madrid?
A. Yes, I live
B. Yes, I do
C. Yes, I am
D. Yes, I does
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2. How old are you?
A. I have 21 years old
B. I am 21 years old
C. No, I am not
D. I have 21 years
3. Do you have a sister?
A. No, I haven't
B. No, I don't
C. No, I doesn't
D. No, I don't have
4.
A. Where are they of?
B. Where is they from?
C. Where are they from?
D. Where are you from? - They are from Brazil
5.
A. What's her job?

B. What's she job?  She's a teacher
C. What's his job?
D. What do she job?
6.
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A. Do you live in a house or a flat?
B. Does you live in a house or a flat? -  In a flat
C. Are you live in a house or a flat?
D. Live you in a house or a flat?
☼Which word is different from the others?
7. shop assistant bus driver cousin fireman
8. sister mother wife husband
9. live like have those
10. three eight twenty-five umbrella
11. clock station clock watch time
☼Rewrite these sentences for he
Example: I like playing football
He likes playing football
1. I don't like playing badminton
2. I often go to the cinema
3. I sometimes go to the theatre
4. I don't go to work on Saturday
☼Change these sentences to negative
Example: We live in Madrid
We don't live in Madrid
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1. I like cheese
2. We are married
3. She has an old house
4. I am from France

5. He plays tennis on Saturdays
☼ Complete these sentences with the correct prepositions
George and Mary are England. They live London,
an old house. They go work by bus. They work
09.00am. 02.00pm. They don't work the afternoons and
often stay home then. Saturdays they often visit friends or
play tennis the local club.
☼prepositions
1. Next week my family and I will go New York.
2. She usually takes a bath the evening.
3. She will arrive the airport six p.m.
4. tonight, Mai will come to my house.
5. There are thousands people in the football match.
6. I was born October 13
th
, 1982.
7. Did she come here december?
8. There is a car the road and many people the street.
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9. Nam is sitting Lan and Hoa.
10.We go o school foot.
11.Please listen the teacher.
12.Don’t look your book.
13.Don’t put the shoes the chair.
14.Miss Hien sometimes has lunch school.
15.We often stay home Sundays.
☼ Put the verbs in the right box
/t/ /d/ /id/
Wanted, stayed, decided, walked, planted, pointed, invited, watched,
watched, passed, visited, stopped, booked, talked, lived, liked, called,

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phoned, climbed, jumped, shouted, knocked, laughed, smiled, looked,
learned, cleaned, sounded
☼ Give the correct pas tense form of the verbs then make sentences with
those verbs in the present progressive tense
Present Present for third
person singular
Past
Go
Think
Eat
Drink
Study
Give
Have
Teach
Watch
☼ Rearrange the scramble words to make a sentence
1. brings/his/milk/man/to/morning/every/us
…………………………………………………………………………
2. English/who/you/teach
…………………………………………………………………………
3. some/Mary/buy/please/for/butter
…………………………………………………………………………
4. usually/in/our/tells/grandmother/us/evening/stories/the
…………………………………………………………………………
5. Sunday/what/going/next/you/are/do/to
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…………………………………………………………………………
6. going/Mr/plant/is/o/Pike/trees/where/these

…………………………………………………………………………
7. way/tell/can/the/me/please/to/office/post/the
…………………………………………………………………………
8. dirty/are/washing/they/what
…………………………………………………………………………
9. these/as/cars/are/expensive/as/those/ones
…………………………………………………………………………
10.much/how/you/did/beer/drink/yesterday
…………………………………………………………………………
11.weekend/go/Mr Tan/does/where/every
…………………………………………………………………………
12.you/zoo/to/morning/in/go/the/sometimes/the
…………………………………………………………………………
13.cinema/does/the/when/go/Mai/to/often
…………………………………………………………………………
14.never/we/school/o/Sundays/go/on
…………………………………………………………………………
15.in/talk/class/not/please/do
…………………………………………………………………………
☼Fill in he gap with a verb
1. We are playing a game and they…………, too.
2. M sister can sin but I……….
3. My father is cleaning his car but my mother……………….
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4. Mary has a dog, and Daisy ……… ,too
5. Peter can swim, and Tom……., too
6. I have a brother but you………
7. My friend is reading a book, and I……… , too.
8. Yesterday I stayed at home and my mother…………,too.
9. He does no have a car and I………., too.

10. She did no go o school yesterday and Tom………., neither.
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