Name:__________________________________ Score:_____________ 3rd Long

Date:________________________ Quiz -
English 8

I. Gerund or Infinitive: Use the verbs in brackets to fill the gaps.

1. We arranged _____________ under the station clock at half nine. ( to meet )

2. I always try to avoid _____________ him whenever I can. ( to see )
3. I long _____________ in Scotland again. ( to be )
4. My Mum demanded _____________ the manager. ( to see )
5. My brother denied _____________ my chocolate mousse. Maybe his hamster ate it. ( to
eat )
6. I tried _____________ but I just couldn't. ( to understand )
7. In the end I gave up _____________ to persuade her. ( to try )
8. Charlie was pretending _____________ a chicken. ( to be )
9. They chose _____________ in a cheap hotel but spend more money on meals. ( to
stay)
10. We like Galicia so much that we keep _____________ back there. ( to go )
11. He deserves _____________ severely punished. ( to be )
12. When we visit my aunt, they expect me _____________ on my best behaviour. ( to be )
13. I didn't mean _____________ her feelings. I'm really sorry. ( to hurt )
14. I always put off _____________ my homework until the last possible moment. ( to do )
15. He goes on _____________ me the same thing over and over again. ( to tell )

II. Participlies; Fill in each blank with the correct past tense form of the verb
given.

Example: PLAY We played baseball all afternoon.

FRY 1. We the fish we caught over the open fire.

STUDY 2. All of us hard for the chemistry exam.
CRY 3. Mary on his shoulder all through the movie.
MARRY 4. She him on Saturday and left the following Monday.
TRY 5. Although the tickets were sold out weeks in advance, John to get in the
concert by posing as a photographer.
SHOP 6. Anthony for all his Christmas presents at the art fair last summer.
ADMIT 7. No one that he was tired.
PLAN 8. Nancy and Jim their divorce as if they were going on vacation.
TERRIFY 9. The fireworks the younger children.
COMPILE 10. The teachers the materials into a handbook.

III. Identification.

1. Give 5 Technical Elements of a Drama

2. Give 3 Literary Elements of a Drama
3. Give 2 Performance Elements of a Drama

IV.
IV. Apostrophe; speaks directly to someone who is not present or is dead, or
speaks to an inanimate object. (5 pts.)
Create 2 examples of Apostrophe.