Grammar test – 1

 

Grammar test – 1 with answers

 

A. Give the correct tense of the words in brackets. (4 points)
1. She ‎………………‎ (to buy) a new pair of shoes a month ago.
2. If I had a car, I ………………… (to take) you for a drive in it.
3. While they ………………………(to wait) for the bus yesterday, it ………..(to begin) to rain.
4. We ……………….(must) take our television to the repair shop last week because it needed ……………….(to repair).
5. After she ……………….(to have) her bath yesterday evening, she……………… (to make) herself a cup of coffee.

B. Find the questions to which the words underlined are the answers. (3 points s)
1. ……………………………………………………………………………….?
He was only three years old when he started school.
2. …………………………………………………………………………………?
They didn’t do all the exercises because they didn’t have time.
3. …………………………………………………………………………………..?
Yes, I would like to go to university.

C. Join the following pairs of sentences using the words given. (3 points)
1. He doesn’t paint. He doesn’t draw. (Neither………… nor)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. I finished washing the glasses. Everybody decided to have some more tea. (No sooner)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. He tried to play till the end of the match. He had injured his knee. (Although)
………………………………………………………………………………………………………

D / Rewrite the following sentences beginning with the words given. (6 points)
1. “Who is going to take you home?”
After the party, he asked Nezha ………………………………………………………..
2. “The weather won’t improve for another three days”.
Yesterday evening, they announced……………………………………………………
3. “ Stop playing and do some work.”
His mother told him………………………………………………………………………..
4. They gave him a gold watch when he retired
He……………………………………………………………………………………………
5. They aren’t going to televise the match next Saturday.
The match……………………………………………………………………………………
6. They will have to study these texts before the exam.
These texts…………………………………………………………………………………..

E / Complete the following sentences. (2 points)
1. You’ll come to the cinema with me, …………………..you ?
2. He doesn’t really want to get married yet, ………………..he ?
3. I have finished my homework. So………………… my friends.
4. Mohammed doesn’t like maths. Nor ……………………his brothers.

F / Fill the blanks in the following sentences, supplying the correct form of the words in brackets. (2 points)
1. January 2014 was much………………………. January 2015. (Cold)
2. Lake Superior is …………………..lake in the world. (Large)
3. Prevention is ………………….cure. (Good)
4. Pauline Masters was one of………………….. people in the world. (Short)

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