TERM PAPER

I Choose the correct alternative, present simple or present continuous: (20 p)

1. About 1000 people visit/ are visiting Machu Picchu every year.
2. The mountains in Peru are/ are being over 4000 metres high.
3. I dont understand/ am not understanding why people like camping.
4. We spend/ are spending three days camping in the mountains next week.
5. The paths become/ are becoming worn away by tourists.
6. Do people drop/ are people dropping litter in your street?
7. She studies/ is studying microbiology at university at the moment.
8. I think/ am thinking the sea is too dirty to swim in.
9. The river Amazon flows/ is flowing into the Atlantic Ocean.
10. The number of tourists increases/ is increasing fast.

II. Mix and match: (20 p)

1. I had been trying to call him all 10. The ground was wet.
morning.
2. We had been working on the project
for months. a) when he called me
3. She had red eyes because she had b) when they decided to move again
been peeling onions. c) it had been snowing all night
4. I hadnt been walking for very long d) she hadnt been crying
before. e) when it was cancelled
5. The snow was very deep. f) for a few minutes but I think it might
6. When he asked me that question I have been longer
realized. g) it had been raining
7. They hadnt been living there very h) she had been working too hard
long. i) someone offered me a lift
8. She was ill because. j) I hadnt been paying any attention to
9. They said they had only been him.
waiting.

III. Fill the blanks with the right verb: 10 points

Infinitive Past simple Participle Translation

abode
to become
to blow
bought
(a veni)

IV. Your friend wants some advice on what she should take with her on her first trip abroad. Write
a letter of 100 words. 30 points
I.

Visit Do people drop

Are Is studying

Dont understand Think

Are spending Flows

Are becoming Is increasing

II

1-a 6-j

2-e 7-b

3-d 8-h

4-i 9-f

5-c 10-g