mini Grammar T E S T

1. Put articles where necessary – A, AN, THE

 _______ city museum is closed today.

 He is one of _______ smartest people I know.
 Hawaii is _______ island in the Pacific Ocean.
 Christmas comes once _______ year.
 May I have your _______ phone number?
 He has _______ my car today.
 I went to _______ sea during my summer vacation.

2. PAST SIMPLE

 William Shakespeare _________ (die) in 1616.

 The weather was not good yesterday afternoon, so we ______________ (not to play) tennis.
 A: I met somebody. B: Who __________________?? (meet)
 Some dinosaurs __________ (fly) in the air and some ________________ in the sea. (swim)
3. PAST SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS

1. When I to school I John. (walk/see)

2. While she the soup the children . (cook/play)
3. Carol TV while Bob and Peter football. (watch/play)
4. When she her hair the baby to cry. (wash/begin)
5. He Mary when he through the park. (meet/walk)

4. PRESENT PERFECT

 I _________________________________ my little dog yet. (not feed)

 Nick can't play football today. He __________________________ an accident with his bike. (have)
 Liz _________________________________ her homework yet. (not finish)
5. PASSIVE VOICE

 Thieves steel his car. _____________________________ (Past tense)

 The ambulance takes Peter to hospital. __________________________ (Past tense)
 My pencil case ________________________(steal). (Present perfect)
 We _____________________________ (never / beat) at badminton. (Present perfect)
 This shirt ______________________(make) in France. (Past tense)
 Our dogs ______________________(keep) in house. (Present tense)
 Her new book ___________________________ (publish) next month. (Future tense)
 Not a sound ________________________(hear). (Past tense)

5. ADJECTIV OR ADVERB

 He is a ___________ boy. (clever)

 She is a ___________ girl. (quiet)
 She went to bed ___________. (quiet)
 I don’t know ___________ where they live. (exact)
 She looks ___________. (pretty)
 The brave men fought ___________. (brave)