Grammar Exam I.a – 17.2. 2016.

Group A

NAME:_______________________________ SCORE:___________________ MARK:____________________

I. Choose the correct form of the tense by circling the verb.

My friend (1) drove/was driving through town. It (2) was snowing/snowed heavily. There (3)wasn't/didn't be
anyone in the streets. Suddenly, she (4) saw/was seeing a girl crying in a telephone box. She (5) was
stopping/stopped the car and (6) looking/looked out of the window. Then she (7) was getting/got out of the
car and (8) walked/was walking slowly to the box. When the girl (9) heard/was hearing my friend's footsteps
she (10) was running/ran away. Who knows what she (11) was doing/did there? _____ /11

II. Complete the sentences using Past Simple or Past Continous form.
1. While Tom ____________(read) , Amely____________(watch) a documentary on TV.
2. Marvin ____________(come) home _____________(switch)on his laptop and _____________(check) his
email messages.
3. We ____________(wait) for Jane, when suddenly Lois ___________(come) around the corner.
4. Nobody _____________(listen) while the teacher ______________(explain) the tenses.
5. Tom ______________(break) his leg when he _______________(play) frisbee.
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III. Complete the sentences using Past Simple or Past Perfect form.
1. When he ______________(enter) classroom, the teacher ________________(already/be) there.
2. When she_______________(start) to learn English, she ______________(know) some simple English words.
3. She ___________(feed) the dog as soon as she ________________(do) her homework.
4. After he ________________(eat) all the sandwiches, he ______________(drink) some orange juice.
5. I ______________(know) him for a long time, before I finally ___________(get) to meet his family.

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IV. Complete the text. Use the Past Simple, Past Continous and Past Perfect of the verbs in brackets.

I _____________1(move) to Paris with my family in 2002 because my father got a job there. I remember the day
when my father _____________2(break) the news. I _______________3(sit) at my desk at home while mum
____________4(prepare) dinner. What a shock it ____________5(be)! From that day on, everything
___________6 (go) quickly. Selling the house, saying goodbye to everyone... My parents ______________7(feel)
bad about selling the house as they _____________8(own) it for more than 15 years.

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V. Put the correct form of the verb missing in the table. Pay attention to regular/irreg.verbs
Infinitive Past Simple Past participle
swim
forgot
hidden
think
knew
become
cook
slept
wrote
take
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VI. Circle the correct form of the modal verbs.

1. My teacher says I should/mustn't learn at least five irregular verbs every day.
2. Can/Should you help us organise the party next Saturday?
3. You mustn't/don't have to discuss the problem with your students. It's too controversial.
4. He can't / couldn't fit in with the other boys from his class because they didn't understand him.
5. She is not allowed/not able to go out this weekend beacuse she is grounded! She has bad marks in school.
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VII. Circle the correct form of - Used to/ Would.
1. When we lived in the country, people in shops would/used to be much friendlier.
2. When I was a child we didn't use/weren't used to fly – we couldn't afford it.
3. Do/Did you use to wear a uniform at your last school?
4. He didn't used to/ didn't use to take extra oxygen when he climbed the mountains.
5. Before the 1970s men wouldn't have/didn't use to have long hair. _____/5

VIII. Rewrite the sentences so that the meaning is similar, using modal verbs
Example: Is it necessary to pay for the room now or later?
Do I have to pay for the room now or later?
1. Don't do drugs!
You _____________do drugs!
2. It is necessary to show your ID when entering the building.
You _______________show ID when entering the building.
3. Would it be ook if we stay up late tonight?
__________we stay up late tonight?
4. It's bad that people drive so fast.
People ____________drive so fast. _____/4