BBA English Lecture 4 Solution PDF
BBA English Lecture 4 Solution PDF
BBA English Lecture 4 Solution PDF
REVIEW TEST
Identify one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.
Then circle the letter that corresponds to the answer you have chosen.
1. (B) correct form: their
2. (C) correct form: his
3. (B) correct form: that
4. (C) correct form: that
5. (B) correct form: his own
Fill in the following blanks with the right word from the options below.
1. (E) complacency
2. (A) debunked
3. (B) corroborated
4. (B) debilitating
5. (B) conjecture
Exercise 1: Choose either the simple present or the present progressive form for the verbs in
parentheses.
1. play
2. understands
3. ends
4. goes
5. needs
6. is wearing
7. looks
8. begins
9. make
10. are making
Exercise 4: Select either the past simple or the past perfect form for the verbs in parentheses.
1. felt, had eaten
2. had examined, had
3. called, had gone
4. had finished, came
5. threw, had read
6. had spent, asked
7. gave, had corrected
8. had risen, started
Exercise 6: Most of the sentences contain one mistake. Write CORRECT (C) or INCORRECT (I). Correct
mistakes.
1. INCORRECT
Correct: The coffee smells wonderful.
2. CORRECT
3. INCORRECT
Correct: The ship sank because the engineer didn’t call for help until it was already sinking.
4. CORRECT
5. INCORRECT
Correct: How is Jennifer? Has her health improved?
6. INCORRECT
Correct: You’re quite right. I completely agree with you.
7. INCORRECT
Correct: What did you do after you had left school?
8. CORRECT
9. INCORRECT
Correct: I can’t imagine why you believed all those rumors.
10. INCORRECT
Correct: Martin was looking forward to a peaceful weekend when his brother arrived with all his
friends from the football club.
11. CORRECT
12. INCORRECT
Correct: Oh, I’m sorry, I’ve spilt some tea. Where do you keep the paper towels?
TAKE-HOME ASSIGNMENT
Use the present perfect, present perfect continuous, past perfect or the past perfect continuous tense
of the verbs given in the parentheses.
1. has studied/ has been studying
2. had left
3. has been
4. had prepared
5. have known
6. had been working
7. has made (it can ALSO be ‘‘made’’)
8. has written