Assessment work (writing)7 Form

Form 7

Name(full)_______________ Date(full)_____________________ Form___________

Assessment work (writing)

Variant 1

1. Change the following into the Past Continuous.

1. The man is standing near the door. 2. Tom told a story. 3. The children swam in the river. 4. Is Mary wearing a white dress? 5. She went to the cinema. 6. They did not work in the garden. 7. We are not sitting by the window.8.The workers built a bridge. 9. The girl tried on a dress. 10. The old man spoke in a low voice.

1. Choose the right form of the verb from the brackets. Explain your choice.

1. Footsteps behind him made him turn his head. A young man ... up the path (come/comes/came/is coming/ was coming). 2. Mrs. Folliat says she ... in the tea tent from four o'clock on (help/helps/ helped/was helping). 3. You ... ... for something just now, ... you not?

(is searching/was searching/were searching; is/was/were). 4. They were silent for a while and then he saw that Isabel (cries/cried/is crying/was crying). 5. Barney…..by my scat when I returned (stand/stands/is standing/was standing). 6. I ... ... my garden this morning when Emily rang (am digging/ is digging/was digging/were digging). 7. Mark Gaskell returned when she…..with Raymond (am dancing/is dancing/was dancing/were dancing).

8. A gramophone ... ... when I walked by (play/plays/is playing/was playing).

Assessment work (writing)

Variant 2

1.Paraphrase the following sentences as in the model.

Model: He intended to work there. — He was going to work here.

1. We intended to spend our holidays at a camp. 2. She intended to visit the picture gallery. 3.1 intended to call on him on Sunday. 4. His son intended to enter an agricultural college. 5. His brother intended to buy a car. 6. They intended to congratulate him. 7. We intended to take a taxi. 8. They intended to send their son to Oxford.

2.Ask questions as you are told.

Ask me:

1. if l was having supper when you rang me up;2. if Ann was cooking when I came to her place; 3. if it was raining the whole day yesterday; 4. if it was snowing when I got off the trolley-bus; 5. what I was doing at three o'clock yesterday; 6. what I was writing when you entered the room; 7. what I was thinking about when you asked me this question.