LAFTEST2

Lycée Ameth Fall                                                                           Mr GUEYE

Saint Louis                                                                                            2004 / 2005

Test one – English Tenses

PART ONE: Comparative Verb Tense Review.

1. Put the verbs in the present continuous or present simple.

1. Right now I (look) around the classroom. Soukeyna (write 2) in her book. Sokhna (bite 3) her pencil. Rama (scratch 4) her head. Penda (stare 5) out the window. She (seem 6) to be daydreaming, but perhaps she (think7) hard about verb tenses. What (you / think 8) Penda (do 9)? No one (know 10).

11. (Your father / work) this week? No, he’s ill.

12. I don’t understand this sentence. What (it / mean)?

13. Nafi usually (go) to the market once or twice a week.

14. Look! The women (dye) your boubou.

B. Put the verbs in the past continuous or past simple.

15. I’ll never forget the day my grandfather (die). It (happen 16) 30 years ago. I (be 17) a high school student then. I (walk 18) back home from school when I (hear 19) a man say: “I’m going to the funeral of ….. He (be 20) a good man. We (know 21) each other when we (work 22) for the French colonial army.

23. – How (you / break) your arm? I (slip 24) on a banana skin while I (run 25) across the street.

C. Put the verbs in the present perfect continuous or present perfect simple.

26. Sherry is from the U.S.A. She is travelling around Africa at the moment. She (travel) for three months now and she (visit 27) six countries so far.

28. Sembene is a Senegalese writer. He (write) many books.

29. What’s the matter? Your eyes are red and puffy. (You / cry)?

30. Somebody (smoke) all my cigarettes. The packet is empty.

31. Is this the first time you (fly) from Dakar to New York?

32. This is the third time El Hadj Diouf (spit) on somebody.

D. Put the verbs in the present perfect or past simple.

33. My grandparents (get) married in Dakar.

34. The students (sweep) the classroom floor a couple of days ago.

35. I don’t know where Nafi is. (You / see) her?

36. It’s high time you (think) about your future.

37. Lat Dior (be) a Senegalese king.

38. I’d rather you (shake) hands and not hug.

39. What do you think about my English? Do you think I (improve)?

40. The French (build) the Faidherbe Bridge.

E. Put the verbs in the future. Use Will or Going to.

41. Have you decided what to do after your BAC? Yes, I (study) at UGB.

42. We probably (not have) enough time to finish the test. Well, that’s what I think.

43. Don’t worry! I’m sure you (get) a very good mark.

44. Wait for me here, please. I (not be) long.

45. I’ve bought some paint. I (paint) my bedroom before Tabaski.

46. Perhaps the weather (change). Let’s take our warm clothes with us.

47. –It’s very cold in here. – OK, I (shut) the door.

48. Here is my bus ticket. I (travel) to Dakar tomorrow.

49. You have 08/20, which means that you (repeat) your class next year.

50. I think the students (stay) in class until the teacher comes.

PART TWO: Cumulative Verb Tense Review.

51. Before I baked the cake I (buy) some flour and eggs.

52. It was the first time I (shake) hands with the President.

53. She had a book open in front of her but she (not read).

54. (You / ever / eat) octopus? No, never. I don’t like it.

55. Your hands smell of ‘netetou’. (You / cook)?

56. Sometimes Salif (catch) fish in the river.

57. Where (you / come) from? Are you Senegalese?

58. When the phone rang, I (have) a bath.

59. (You / do) anything tomorrow evening? No, why?

60. The concert (start) at 8.00 and (finish) at 10.00. Let’s go now!

61. I (go) to Dakar next weekend for a wedding. My sister (get) married.

62. It (not snow) in Senegal. But I wish it did.

63. Why are you putting on your new dress? (You / go) somewhere?

64. I won’t talk to her again until she (apologize).

65. Look! That plane is flying towards the airport. It (land).

66. I asked the driver to have a rest. He (drive) for ten hours non stop.

67. ‘Where were you yesterday afternoon?’ ‘I (play) football.’

68. Nafi (go) jogging after work yesterday. She (need 69) some exercise because she (sit 70) in an office all day in front of a computer.

71. This is the funniest story I ever (hear).

72. We were good friends. We (know) each other for a long time.

73. I (wait) for 20 minutes when I realised I was in the wrong restaurant.

74. The classroom is dirty. They (not clean) it for weeks.

75.  Shhh! I (try) to concentrate on my work.

76. I want to lose weight, so this week I (not eat) lunch.

77. I promise I (not tell) anybody about our secret.

78. Nafi (get) fatter and fatter. What food does she eat?

79. Look! That blind woman (fall) into that hole. Go help her, please.

80. Everybody (need) English in today’s world, don’t they?