University of Puerto Rico

Mayagez Campus
Name ________________________________________________

Date _________________________

Ms. Mariony Medina

Course & Section _______________

Exam # 1
Basic Tenses, Perfect Tenses & Transition Words

I. Present Simple. Make the present simple positive, negative or question. (20 pts.)
1. My mother _____________________ (start) work at half past seven.
2. What do they _____________________ (do) in the evening?
3. How do you _____________________ (spell) that in English?
4. Brian _____________________ (get) up at eight o clock.
5. Where do John and Martin _____________________ (go)?
6. Serena does _____________________ (not know) what to do.
7. Wendy does _____________________ (not like) to do shopping.
8. My grandfather does _____________________ (not live) in London.
9. My sisters _____________________ (walk) to school every day.
10. My best friend _____________________ (like) math.
II. Past Simple. Make the past simple, positive, negative or question. (20 pts.)
1. I opened the door and _____________________ (look) inside.
2. Who _____________________ (close) all the windows?
3. I _____________________ (carry) my moms shopping bag.
4. I did _____________________ (not climb) over the fence.
5. I _____________________ (rip) my shirt.
6. We had a garage where we _____________________ (keep) our car.
7. Ali _____________________ (cut) his knee.
8. The glass _____________________ (fall) off the table.
9. The glass did _____________________ (not break).
10. We _____________________ (sell) our old car.

III. Future Simple. Make the future simple positive. (10 pts.)
1. Coco is a dog that _____________________ (will - shed) during the winter.
2. The chef _____________________ (will - toss) the salad before serving it.
3. Sebastian is _____________________ (going to spread) butter on his toast.
4. Francisco _____________________ (will - upset) his mother if he receives bad grades.
5. Aidan is _____________________ (going - to spill) juice from the baby cup.
IV. Present Perfect. Complete the sentences with the correct present perfect and past participle. (Have/Has).
(20 pts.)
1. I _____________________ (not / work) today.
2. We _____________________ (buy) a new lamp.
3. We _____________________ (not / plan) our holiday yet.
4. Where _____________________ (be / you)?
5. He _____________________ (write) five letters.
6. She _____________________ (not / see) him for a long time.
7. _____________________ (be / you) at school?
8. School _____________________ (not / start) yet.
9. _____________________ (speak / he) to his boss?
10. _____________________ (you / read) the book yet?
V. Past Perfect. Complete the sentences with the correct past perfect and past participle. (Had). (20 pts.)
1. By the time we got to the cinema the film _____________________ (start), so we missed the first five
minutes.
2. When I rang the bell there was no answer. The neighbor told me that they _____________________ (go)
about half an hour ago.
3. I saw New York for the first time last night. I _____________________ (not see) it before.
4. There was so much to see in London. I _____________________ (plan) to see a lot of things but there wasn't
enough time. I'll have to come back.
5. If she _____________________ (take) my advice, it wouldn't have happened.
6. We wouldn't have had an argument, if they _____________________ (not mention) politics.
7. If you _____________________ (not park) there, you wouldn't have got a parking fine.

8. John told me he _____________________ (buy) a new car.

9. When we arrived in Ireland, the airline company _____________________ (lose) our luggage, so we had to
wait two days to get it back. Fortunately they delivered it to the hotel.
10. We had a big party because we _____________________ (pass) all our exams.
VI. Transition Words. Match the transition words or phrases to their corresponding definitions. (10 pts.)
_____ 1. gives an example

a. also

_____ 2. the previous statement may be true, but the next statement is not

b. in addition/

additionally
_____ 3. adds an equally or slightly less important bit of information

c. likewise

_____ 4. shows a parallel or similar case

d. for instance/
for example

_____ 5. shows the opposite side of an idea, situation, or argument

e. specifically/
in particular

_____ 6. adds another detail or reason that is similar or parallel to the first

f. similarly

_____ 7. gives a specific example after a more general statement

g. however

_____ 8. shows a difference between the previous example or idea and the next one

h. on the other hand

_____ 9. shows that the previous statement is completely untrue

i. in contrast

_____ 10. adds another detail or reason

j. on the contrary