Grammar test – 2 with answers
A. Rewrite the following sentences beginning with the words given. (6 marks)
1. They have asked him to make a speech.
He …………………………………………………………………………………….
2. Somebody must teach them how to use the machine.
They……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. They changed our telephone numbers last week.
Our telephone numbers…………………………………………………………………………………………
4. “I haven’t seen Karirna for six weeks.”
Some time ago, Dounia told us……………………………………………………………………………….
5. “I’ll try to finish it by tomorrow.”
Last week, Kamal promised……………………………………………………………………………………
6- “Did you find a sweater to go with your new skirt?”
When I got home, my sister asked me……………………………………………………………………….
B. Join the following pairs of sentences using the words given. (3 marks)
1. She didn’t offer the chocolates to her friends. She ate them all herself. (Instead of)
…………………………………………………………………………………..
2. Nawal is a popular athlete. Several foreign newspapers have published articles about her. (Such ….. that)
…………………………………………………………………………………….
3. She spoke very loudly. The old man still couldn’t hear her. (No matter how)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
C. Find the questions to which the words underlined are the answers. (3 marks)
1. They practise sports twice a week.
……………………………………………………………….?
2. He asked his cousin’s advice.
…………………………………………………………………?
3. Her husband is tall and he has got long, dark hair and brown eyes.
…………………………………………………………………?
D. Give the correct tense of the verbs in brackets. (4 marks)
I. If I hadn’t lost my way, I ………………………. (To arrive) on time.
2. No sooner (he / to park) his car the other day than a policeman ………………… (To tell) him that it …………
(To be) a no-parking zone.
3. I’m going to look for a job when I ……………………. (To leave) school.
4. He wishes he …………………………. (Not / to eat) so much couscous for lunch yesterday.
5. We……………………….. (To come) to live here in 100 and we ………………… (To live) here ever since.
E. Fill the blanks, where necessary, with a word from the following list: (2 marks)
Some / an / a / any / the
1. I’m going to…………….. Nearest butcher as I need ……………..chicken and……….. meat.
2. I read ……………………..extremely interesting article about pollution in one of ……newspapers last week
3. It is such ……………………………wet weather that we can’t play……….. tennis.
F. Fill the blanks in the following sentences, supplying the appropriate prepositions. (2 marks)
I. Let’s go …………….the theatre tomorrow. I don’t want to stay…………..home.
2. We congratulated her…………. her marriage.
3. I’ll be very angry …………you tomorrow if you don’t bring your ……….books………. school……you
4. He was so worried …………..his job that he couldn’t sleep……………night
