Entry Test – Build up to B2
Name: ______________________ Date: _______________
Present simple vs present continuous
1. COMPLETE the sentences with the present simple or continuous of the verbs in brackets.
1. How often __________________________ (you / practise) yoga?
2. My sister __________________________ (never / tidy up) after painting.
3. These days some parents __________________________ (not understand) how important
hobbies are.
4. Ann __________________________ (see) her friends tonight.
5. This food __________________________ (smell) delicious.
6. The coach __________________________ (not let) us stop running during training.
7. The drama lesson __________________________ (finish) in 5 minutes.
8. __________________________ (they / try) to learn a new language this semester?
9. My brothers __________________________ (always / annoy) me with their requests.
10. Brian __________________________ (have) a lot of tools to carve wood.
2. COMPLETE the text with the present simple or continuous of the verbs below.
Be careful: there are two extra verbs!
speak – do – say – love – follow – joke – attend
Next month __________________________ the International Quidditch Games.
I __________________________ – I’m in a team that __________________________ the ‘Harry
Potter’ sport in real life.
We __________________________ different rules from the ones in J.K. Rowling’s books: this
Quidditch is a combination of basketball and rugby.
Everyone of us __________________________ it!
3. CORRECT the mistakes in the sentences.
1. The children was watch a film when the TV broke down.
2. What did you do while I made dinner?
3. It’s high time you stop worrying.
4. The teacher was entering the classroom and later handed the tests.
5. Was she write an email while the Internet crashed?
4. COMPLETE the dialogue with the past simple or continuous of the verbs in brackets.
Joe: What __________________________ (you / do) last night between 9 and 10?
Sam: I __________________________ (watch) a programme about kids’ inventions.
Joe: And __________________________ (you / find) out anything interesting?
Sam: Oh yes! I __________________________ (not know) Christmas lights had been created by
Edward Johnson, who was a friend of Thomas Edison, but they were later popularised by an
American teenager.
Joe: Who __________________________ (make) them popular?
Sam: A 15-year-old boy called Albert Sadacca. Everybody __________________________ (still /
use) candles to decorate Christmas trees in New York when one of those candles
__________________________ (start) a devastating fire. Sadacca’s family
__________________________ (sell) bulbs at the time and the boy
__________________________ (have) the idea to commercialise strings of safe electric lights. He
__________________________ (begin) painting them in different colours and it was a success.
