Portal to English Pre-Intermediate (3) – Final Grammar Test (Units 1-26)

Final Grammar Test (Units 1-26)

Α. Complete the text with the Present Simple, Present Progressive, Past Simple or Past
Progressive of the verbs in brackets.

My cousin is a student at Sheffield University.

He 1 (study)
Maths and he 2 (want)
to become a Maths teacher. He also
3 (love) sports.
He is in the university hockey team and last month his team
4 (travel) to Ireland
to play against other university teams. They won every game,
but while they 5 (play)
in the last game my cousin 6 (fall) and
7 (break) his leg so he 8
(not take part) in any more hockey competitions.
He’s got lots of free time now and he 9 (wake up)
early every morning to study.

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B. Complete with the Past Simple, Present Perfect Simple or the Present Perfect Progressive
of the verbs in brackets.

1. Debbie (sleep) all morning. Perhaps she’s ill.

2. My brother already
(finish) reading that book you (give) him yesterday.

3. How you (sprain)

your ankle?

4. Gary usually goes to the gym every day, but he (not be)
to the gym for over a week now.

5. The fire (destroy) three buildings since it

(break out).

6. Emily, you (clean) the house all afternoon. Why don’t you
sit down and watch this TV programme with me?
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C. Join the sentences using who, which, that, whose or where. If they can be omitted, put
them in brackets.

1. The woman is Jason’s sister. I met her last night at the Italian restaurant.

2. The flower festival will take place next weekend. It is shown on TV every year.

3. This is the park. All my friends go there.

4. He is the new sailing instructor. His team won the race last week.

5. The swimmer is from the USA. He won a gold medal in the competition.

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D. Expand the prompts into sentences. Use the Past Simple or the Past Perfect Simple.

1. What / time / you / return / home / last / night / ?

2. The / firefighters / not arrive / by / 7 o’clock / .

3. By the time / the children / wake up / their father / leave / for / work / .

4. When / teacher / ask / the question / all the students / raise / their hands / .

5. The rain / stop / before / the match / start / .

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E. Choose a, b or c.

1. Eric and Roger learnt to speak Spanish by .

a. himself b. themselves c. ourselves

2. I asked all my friends to come camping with me but of them came.

a. both b. all c. none

3. I have put quite a lot on your plate but you eat all of it.

a. don’t have to b. mustn’t c. couldn’t

4. A beautiful horse was coming me, but I didn’t have time to take a photo.

a. towards b. along c. in front of

5. Sophie was trying to make a sandwich when she cut with the knife.

a. her b. herself c. itself

6. my parents work long hours.

a. Both b. Neither c. None

7. The sports centre near our house closed last week so we go there any more.

a. couldn’t b. weren’t able to c. won’t be able to

8. There was a woman who looked just like your cousin sitting me on the bus.

a. between b. opposite c. next

9. Let’s invite Mr Thompson, ?

a. do we b. will we c. shall we

10. Peter is very popular. likes him.

a. Anybody b. Everybody c. Somebody

11. Tom often goes windsurfing, ?

a. is he b. doesn’t he c. does he

12. A: I saw the robber running out of the bank.

B:

a. Neither did I. b. I was too. c. So did I. score 12

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F. Choose a, b or c.

Last week a jewellery shop in my neighbourhood 1 . The shop 2 since I

was a young boy so I was really upset when I 3 what had happened. Not much

jewellery 4 and no one 5 . Every night the jewellery 6 in a

safe place so that it can’t be found. The robbers still 7 . The shop 8 until

the police finish investigating the crime.

1. a. is robbed b. was robbed c. robbed

2. a. was open b. has been open c. was opened
3. a. heard b. was heard c. been heard
4. a. stole b. is stolen c. was stolen
5. a. hurt b. was hurt c. had hurt
6. a. was kept b. is kept c. are kept
7. a. are not caught b. haven’t been caught c. haven’t caught
8. a. will be closed b. been closed c. will close

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G. Circle the correct options.

1. If you can, try to come more early / earlier so that you can help me get dinner ready.

2. Last summer, we spent our holiday by the / - Lake Michigan.

3. You needn’t / mustn’t bring your jacket. It’s quite warm out.

4. What did you buy / bought when you went shopping yesterday?

5. The service at the hotel was such / so good that all the customers were satisfied.

6. When they travel, they always stay at - / the most expensive hotels.

7. Who baked / did you bake this delicious chocolate cake?

8. This has been the happiest / happier day of my life.

9. My tablet is anywhere / somewhere in the living room. Can you go and bring it to me?

10. Bungee jumping was such / so an amazing experience that I want to do it again soon.

11. You’ve been working hard all day. You can / must be exhausted.

12. Jason didn’t use to / used to work out every day, but now he does.

13. Henry doesn’t drive as good / well as his brother.

14. Paris is one of the more / most impressive cities in the world.

15. Alex use / used to be in the basketball team when he was younger.
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H. Complete the sentences using the bare or full infinitive or the -ing form of the verbs in
brackets.

1. I would love (learn) how to play water polo.

2. Shall we (go) scuba diving or do you want
(sit) on the beach?
3. Oscar stopped (see) what was happening when his sister started
(cry).
4. Martin decided (get) a second job so he can make more money.
5. Did you remember (turn) off the cooker before we left the house?
6. My aunt Susan let my cousin Jenny (invite) all her friends to her
house.
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I. Rewrite the sentences using Reported Speech.

1. ‘I’m going to meet Diane on Saturday.’ said Elisa.

2. ‘Will we go to the beach?’ asked Patrick.

3. John said, ‘Scott can’t come to work tomorrow.’

4. ‘I may catch the bus home.’ said Jack.

5. ‘Where are you going?’ Ian asked.

6. The teacher said, ‘ Sit down, Paul.’

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J. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1. We’ll go camping tomorrow unless it (rain).

2. As soon as I finish with my work, I (help) you with your
report.
3. If I were you, I (not buy) that dress.
4. If Jessica (draw) better, she would win the competition.
5. Before Mark (leave), I’ll tell him what happened.
6. If I (have) enough time, I would come to the football
match with you.
7. If she (feel) ill, she would stay in bed.
8. If Natalie (sleep) more at nights, she would feel better
the next day.

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