GRAMMAR ANSWER KEY-

TERM 2
Question 1 – Possessive adjectives

Fill each gap with a suitable possessive adjective!

our my her his your

1. The chairs in __our_________ living room need to be replaced.

2. Would you pass me ____my_______ phone?
3. Sarah discovered that she left ____her_______ book at school.
4. Salem completed all ____his_______ homework.
5. Could you please bring ___your________ pencil to school?

Question 2 – Direct and indirect speech

Decide if the following are examples of direct or indirect speech.

Speech Direct or Indirect

Speech?

The teacher asked the Indirect

children to be quiet.

“Let’s meet at the park,” Direct

shouted Alex.

Ahmed admitted that he Indirect

took the sweets.

“I’ve never seen such a Direct

beautiful sunset before!”
said Mary.

My mum told me it was Indirect

time to leave.
Question 3 – Past tense verbs

Fill in the blanks!

Past simple Past progressive Perfect tense Past perfect

tense tense tense (I had)
Verb (I have)
family (I was)

To wash I washed I was washing I have washed I had washed

To buy I bought I was buying I have bought I had bought

To go I went I was going I have gone I had gone

To catch I caught I was catching I have caught I had caught

To see I saw I was seeing I have seen I had seen

To walk I walked I was walking I have walked I had walked

Question 4 – Verbs

Choose the correct word from the brackets.

1. Our work has been ___finished____________. (finish/ finished)

2. We _____were__________ very excited for the party. (were/ was)
3. I _______wrote________ a letter and sent it to my friend. (wrote/ writed)
4. The dog _____drank__________ the water. (drinked/ drank)
5. Do you _____like__________ my new school bag? (like/ likes)

Question 5 – Noun phrases

Underline the noun phrase in each sentence.

1. My green jumper is on the floor.

2. The calm day was perfect weather for flying a kite.

3. You will find the haunted house in the woods.

4. The young boy lived with his family in Dubai.

5. I fed grass to the tall giraffe.

Question 6 – Adverb clauses

Read the sentences below. Choose the correct adverb phrase to put into each sentence
and write it on the blank line.

Unless you help Since I watched Whenever we get Although we’ve Because the
me the scary movie together never met guard was
asleep
After winning a Because it was Once Zaid Before she When I have
trip to Egypt his birthday finishes his learned to play had
homework guitar something to
eat

1. Since I watched the scary movie, I’ve had nightmares.

2. Once Zaid finishes his homework, he can go to the party.

3. Because it was his birthday, we let my brother pick the restaurant.

4. Saeed felt like the luckiest person in the world after winning a trip to Egypt.

5. Whenever we get together, we just laugh and laugh.

6. I feel like my pen pal is my best friend, although we’ve never met.

7. I will come and play when I have had something to eat.

8. Rebecca couldn’t even read music before she learned to play guitar.

9. The prisoner escaped because the guard was asleep.

10. I’m going to fail English unless you help me.