Class Test No. 1

Name: / Date:

I. Fill in the missing forms.

German / Infinitive Form / Past Tense / Present Perfect
Tom has lent
schmecken / I
think / Sally
lay / we

II. Build the correct forms.

1.  2. Pers. Sing., Past Tense (fall) / 2.  1 Pers. Pl., Present Perfect, (do)
3.  1. Pers. Sing., will future (cut) / 4.  3. Pers. Sing., Present Progressive (watch)
5.  3. Pers. Pl., Present Tense (come) / 6.  1. Pers. Pl., Past Tense (be)

III. Translate into English and write down the tense !

1.  Sie schwammen / 2.  wir verkauften
3.  Er spielt Trompete und Gitarre / 4.  Sie krochen gerade
5.  Er hatte gesehen / 6.  Im Augenblick essen wir
7.  Ich habe gelesen / 8.  Sie warfen
9.  Sally rannte / 10.  Wir fahren gerade (Fahrrad)
11.  Ich hatte gekämpft / 12.  Sie liebt ihn
13.  Sie gruben / 14.  Sie werden verlieren

IV. Questions, statements and negative statements – Add the missing form for each sentence. Which tense is it ?

1. Had they helped her ? 2. He didn’t feed him. 3. He is going to go. 4. He was playing a game.

V. Simple Present or Present Progressive ? Fill in the correct verb form.

1. Look the children (play) ______outside . They usually (be) ______in their rooms at this time.

2. Sally (speak) ______English and German. She (talk) ______to Mr Stone at the moment.

3. Mr Timms (have) ______an apartment in Berlin. He sometimes (stay) ______there for weekend.

4. We can’t (go) ______out at the moment, it (rain) ______.

VI. Past Tense or Present Perfect ? Fill in the correct verb form

1. Sarah (not, have) ______enough to eat, yet. Two days ago she (eat) ______a lot more.

2. Mr. Parker (marry) ______his wife in 1981. They (live) ______together for more than thirty years, now.

3. The train (not arrive) ______, yet. Yesterday it (come) ______in late, too.

4. Mr Timms (just, leave) ______the office. Two days ago I (see) ______him working all night.

VII. Past Tense or Past Progressive ? Fill in the correct verb form

1. The boys ______(cycle) down the hill when a big dog ______(run) straight into them.

2. The thief ______(break) into the house, ______(steal) a video recorder and ______(damage) the television.

3. We ______(sit) at the top of a hill and ______(watch) the sun go down when it suddenly ______(start) to thunder and lighten.

4. While the children ______(watch) TV their mother ______(cook) lunch and their father ______(work) in the garden.

Lösungsblatt

I. Fill in the missing forms.

German / Infinitive Form / Past Tense / Present Perfect
leihen / lend / lent / Tom has lent
schmecken / taste / tasted / I have tasted
denken, meinen / think / thought / Sally has thought
liegen / lie / lay / we have lain

II. Build the correct forms.

7.  2. Pers. Sing., Past Tense (fall) you fell / 8.  1 Pers. Pl., Present Perfect, (do) we have done
9.  1. Pers. Sing., will future (cut) I will cut / 10.  3. Pers. Sing., Present Progressive (watch) he is watching
11.  3. Pers. Pl., Present Tense (come) they come / 12.  1. Pers. Pl., Past Tense (be) we were

III. Translate into English and write down the tense !

1.  they swam (Past Perfect) / 2.  we sold (Simple Past)
3.  he plays the guitar and the trumpet (Simple Present) / 4.  They were crawling (Past Progressive)
5.  He had seen (Past Perfect) / 6.  We are eating (Present Progressive)
7.  I have read (Present Perfect) / 8.  THey threw (Simple Past)
9.  Sally ran (Simple Past) / 10.  We are riding/cycling (Present Progressive)
11.  I had fought (Past Perfect) / 12.  She loves him (Simple Present)
13.  THey dug (Simple Past) / 14.  They will/are going to lose

IV. Questions, statements and negative statements – Add the missing form for each sentence. Which tense is it ?

1. Had they helped her ? /They had helped her. / They hadn’t helped her. (Past Perfect)

2. He didn’t feed him. / Did he feed him? / He fed him. (Simple Past)

3. He is going to go. / He isn’t going to go. / Is he going to go ? (Going to Future)

4. He was playing a game. / He wasn’t playing a game. / Was he playing a game ? (Past Progressive)

V. Simple Present or Present Progressive ? Fill in the correct verb form.

1. Look the children (play) __are playing______outside . They usually (be) __are______in their rooms at this time.

2. Sally (speak) __speaks______English and German. She (talk) _is talking______to Mr Stone at the moment.

3. Mr Timms (have) ____has______an apartment in Berlin. He sometimes (stay) _stays______there for weekend.

4. We can’t (go) ____go______out at the moment, it (rain) _is raining______.

VI. Past Tense or Present Perfect ? Fill in the correct verb form

1. Sarah (not, have) __hasn’t had______enough to eat, yet. Two days ago she (eat) __ate______a lot more.

2. Mr. Parker (marry) ____married______his wife in 1981. They (live) __have lived______together for more than thirty years, now.

3. The train (not arrive) ____has not arrived______, yet. Yesterday it (come) _came______in late, too.

4. Mr Timms (just, leave) __has just left______the office. Two days ago I (see) __saw ______him working all night.

VII. Past Tense or Past Progressive ? Fill in the correct verb form

1. The boys _were cycling______(cycle) down the hill when a big dog ____ran______(run) straight into them.

2. The thief __broke______(break) into the house, ___stole______(steal) a video recorder and ____damaged______(damage) the television.

3. We ____were sitting______(sit) at the top of a hill and __(were) watching______(watch) the sun go down when it suddenly ______started______(start) to thunder and lighten.

4. While the children __were watching ______(watch) TV their mother __was cooking______(cook) lunch and their father _____was working______(work) in the garden.