Решить тест ( ) Test 2 (Tenses: Present Simple and Present Progressive)

Use the verbs in brackets in the required form — Present Simple or
Present Progressive.

1. Doctors and nurses often (to help) people in
community clinics. 2. The book you (to wait) ———SCSCS_séfor asrn’t
arrived yet. 3. What (you) (to talk) about? I (not,
understand) you. 4. What time the concert (to be-
gin) ? 5. Hi, Bob! I’m glad to meet you here at the exhibi-
tion. How’s life? What you (to do) now? 6. We are told he
(to arrive) on Saturday. 7. Jacob says the train (to arrive)
according to the time table. 8. When exactly you (to leave)
tomorrow? 9. I (to forget) when he is going to come back.
10. Liza constantly (to lose) her mobile.

Test 3 (Articles with predicative nouns)

Use the right article where necessary.

1. George Noel Gordon, Lord Byron, was a_ poet.
2. Moliére, French Shakespeare, gained fame for comedies. 3. Ed-
gar Allan Poe, famous poet and writer of mystery stories, lost his
parents when he was a little boy. 4. composer Franz Peter Schubert
did not live to be very old, but he wrote over 600 musical works in his brief
lifetime of 31 years. 5. Albert Brown, taxi driver, lives next door.
6. Who was President of the USA in 1933? 7. In 1837
Queen Victoria came to the throne. 8. William Pitt became prime
minister when he was only 24. 9. Tony Blair, Labour leader, won the
general election victory in 1997, ending 18 years of Conservative government
in Britain. 10. Jane Evans, girl who won the race, is my schoolmate.