exams in grammar

Exercise 1:
Complete with the following modals and justify your choice:

Shall, used to, can, would, must, should, ought to

a- He ………………….. sit for hours listening to grand mother.

b- Education …………. Prepare young people for them future role.

c- We ……………. Only love what we know personally.

d- He ………………. be there.

e- We ……………….. work for the same company.

Exercise 2:
Put (a), (an) or left it blank where necessary:

After reading ……… article entitled ……… cigarette smoking and your health’ I lit ……… cigarette to calm my nerves. I smoked with ……… concentration and ……… pleasure as I was sure that this would be my last cigarette. For ……… week I did not smoke at all and during this time my wife suffered terribly. I had all ……… usual Symptoms of someone giving up ……… smoking ………: bad temper and ……… enormous appetite. My friends kept on offering me ……… cigarettes and ……… cigars. They made no ……… effort to hide their amusement whenever I produced ……… packet of ……… sweets from my pocket. After seven days of this I went to ……… party.

Exercise 3:
Write the verbs (between parentheses) into their correct form:

- Tom and peter (wait) outside a telephone box. Inside the box a boy (dial) a number.

- I always (go) to work by car with my brother, but this week he (work) in the opposite direction.

- How many cigarettes (smoke) a day?

Exercise 3:
Use the following sentences into their correct tenses and justify your answer.

- I am watching but I (not see) anything unusual.

- Yesterday, he (feel for) the key hole in the dark.

- Why (smell) the milk?

- The coffee (taste) bitter.

- This box (contain) explosives.

- I (assume) that you have time to do a lot of research.

Exercise 1:
Supply the appropriate adjectives form of the words between brackets.

I am tired of that cat and its (thief) ............. ways.
He had been (fever) ............. all night, so we thought it advisable to send for the doctor.
Only when we say his (ash) ............. complexion did we realize how ill he must have been.
There was a (brass) ............. knocker on the front door as well as a bell bush.
We took one look at the (lead) ............. clouds overhead and decided to postpone our trip.
Exercise 2:
What adjectives can be derived from the following nouns

Nonsense
......................

Fancy
......................

Example
......................

Need
......................

Suicide
......................

labour
......................


Exercise 3:
Write the plural form of the following nouns.

A sister in law
......................

A man student
......................

Sheep
......................

Deer
......................

Wolf
......................

Furniture
......................

Scarf
......................

lady
......................


Exercise 4:
Rewrite these sentences using adverbial expressions

1. He gave me some fatherly advice.

2. We went for a leisurely walk along the river bank.

3. There is an hourly train from London.

4. The listener is a weekly publication.

5. He gave me a friendly wave of hand as passed his window.

Exercise 1:
Put the correct modal or auxiliary within the following:

I was feeling sick yesterday. I ................ eat anything.
- The phone is ringing. Who do you think it is?
- It is ................ be tom.
Peter is a keen musician, he plays the flute and he ................ also play the piano.
That restaurant ................ be very good. It’s always full of people.
- Where are you going for your holidays?
- I haven’t decided yet, I ................ do to Ireland.
It’s later than I thought, I ................ go now.
We don’t have enough time, we ................ hurry.
- What ................ we look for in a candidate when we vote in a presidential election?
- I think citizens ................ vote for a President who has the ability to improve the quality of life in the U.S.A.
- What ................ you do if you were President of the United States of America?
- I ................ focus on environmental pollution.
- every candidate always says he’s going to do that, but it’s a really complicated problem; it is not one which can be easily solved. What makes you think you
............... actually stop pollution?
Exercise 2:
Change these sentences so that they keep the same meaning:

Your money could be put to good use instead of being left idle in the bank.
The trader will provide some assets so that he will borrow a loan.
The author had written a special edition for children.
We will not admit children under sixteen.
Someone will have to be found to take her place.
His paintings were to be exhibited for the first time by New Arts.
Was Things Fall Apart written by Chenua Achebe?
Exercise 3:
Put the verbs in () in the correct form:

I felt very tired when I got home. So, I (go).............. straight to bed.
We were driving along the road when we (see).............. a car which (break).............. down, so we (stop).............. to see if we could help.
When I arrived, Kate (wait).............. for me. She was rather annoyed with me because I was late and she (wait).............. for me a very long time.
We (study).............. grammar since November.
I (not/have).............. good meal since last Tuesday.

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