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Name: ________________ Class:___________Date:________________________

English Grammar Test

LO 3.7: I am able to understand the proper use of the English language when it comes to
different tenses.

1. Are the underlined verbs right or wrong? Correct the verbs that are wrong (8 marks)

a) Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.


b) The water boils. Can you turn it off?
c) Look! That man tries to open the door of the car.
d) Can you hear these people? What do they talk about?
e) The moon goes round the earth.
f) I must go now. It gets late.
g) I usually go to work by car.
h) ‘Hurry up! Its time to leave.’ ‘OK, I come’

Right or Wrong Corrected Verbs


a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)

2. Put the verbs into the correct form. (12 marks)

a) Are you hungry? _________________ something to eat. (you/want)


b) Jill is interested in politics but she ___________________ to a political party. (not/belong)
c) Don’t put the dictionary away I _____________ it. (use)
d) Don’t put the dictionary away I _____________ it. (need)
e) Who is that man? What _______________. (do/he/want)
f) Who is that man? Why is _________________at us? (he/look)
g) George says he`s 80 years old but nobody _____________ him. (believe)
h) She told me her name but l ____________it now. (not/remember)
i) I _________________of selling my car. (think)
j) I __________________ you should sell your car. (think) You ___________it very often. (not/use)
k) l used to drink a lot of coffee but these days I ___________ tea. (prefer)
l) Air_______________mainly of nitrogen and oxygen. (consist)

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3. Put the verbs into the correct form. (10 marks)

a) It ______________________ (rain) when we __________________ (come) out of the shopping


centre.
b) It _________________(happen) very quickly. The car ______________________ (come) out of
the side road and then the van ______________________ (drive) into the back of it.
c) I ______________________ (be) ill last week.
d) He ______________________ (break)his leg when he ______________________ (ski) .
e) I ______________________ (look)out of the window and saw that people
__________________(walk) in the park.
f) Emma ______________________ (pass) her exam a few weeks ago.
g) When we ______________________ (see) the spaceship we ___________________(stop) the
car.
h) When ______________________ (you buy) the car? – I ______________________ (buy) it a few
years ago.
i) He ______________________ (sit) in the garden when a wasp_____________(sting) him in the
nose.
j) Claire ______________________ (go) to Egypt last month.

4. Put the verbs into the correct form. (10 marks)


a) _____________________ (you / buy) your train ticket yet?
b) The kitchen is a complete mess! What ___________________ (the children /
c) do)?
d) Julie ___________________ (learn) to drive for six years!
e) Amanda ___________________ (already / have) lunch, so she’ll meet us later.
f) How much coffee ___________________ (she / drink) this morning?
g) Simon ___________________ (write) three books.
h) I ___________________ (do) everything I needed to do today! Hurray!
i) It ___________________ (not / rain) all summer, so the garden is dead.
j) I ___________________ (read) your book. Here it is, thank you.

Ex 1 Ex 2 Ex 3 Ex 4 TOTAL

/8 /12 /10 /10 /40

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