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E X TENSION TEST 8
1 Circle the correct -ing form of the verbs.                    4 Write present continuous questions with the
    0   swim – swiming / swimming
                                                                   words in the list.
    1   help – helping / helpping                                  you / enjoy | you / listen | your parents / sleep | the
                                                                   internet / work | someone / cook | Ed and Steve / run
    2   shop – shoping / shopping
    3   sit – siting / sitting                                     0   A   Are you enjoying the party?
    4   take – taking / takeing                                        B   Yes, I am. I’m having a great time.
    5   come – coming / comming                                    1   A                      to me, or are you watching TV?
                                                           5           B   Sorry, what? This is a great film.
                                                                   2   A                      in the park?
2 Write sentences using the present continuous.
                                                                       B   Yes, they are. They want to get fit.
    0   she / work         She’s working                           3   A                      ? I need to send an email.
    1   I / dance                                                      B   No, it’s not. I’m calling the company now.
    2   you / talk                                                 4   A What’s that smell?                       something?
    3   he / read                                                      B   Yes. Ellie is baking a cake.
    4   we / study                                                 5   A                      ?
    5   they / run                                                     B   Yes, they are. Don’t wake them up!
                                                           5                                                               10
3 Complete the dialogues with a pronoun and the                 5 Find and underline the mistakes. Correct them.
    present continuous form of the verb in brackets.
                                                                   0   I’m study at the moment.       I’m studying
    0   A Hi, can I speak to Maxine, please?                       1   You are leaving? It’s only 9 o’clock.
        B   Sorry, she’s not here at the moment.
            She’s having (have) lunch.                             2   Here’s Sally. She’s comming now.
    1   A Do you want to have a coffee with me?
        B   Yes, but             (study) right now.
                                                                   3   We’re in the supermarket. We buying some food.
            Maybe in 30 minutes?
    2   A Where are Hannah and Alice?
                                                                   4   I’m no watching TV. I’m reading a book.
        B   I don’t know.              (not play) in the
            living room. Maybe they’re in the garden.
                                                                   5   Mario and Robert aren’t not eating today. They’re
    3   A Are you and Barbara planning a holiday
                                                                       not OK.
            this year?
        B   No, we’re not.              (stay) at home this
            year – we haven’t got much money.                                                                              10
    4   A Do you know where my glasses are? I can’t
                                                                6 Write sentences with like, don’t like, love or hate.
            find them …
        B                  (wear) them! They’re on                 0   I / dance                          I hate dancing.
            your head!                                             1   We / shop
    5   A Where’s the train? It’s 10 minutes late.                 2   Simon / watch TV
        B   I can see it. Look,             (come) now.            3   My dog / run
                                                                   4   I / study / at the weekend
                                                           10
                                                                   5   Gina / wear / skirts
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                                                                                         TOTAL SCORE                       50
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