Grammar test: tenses, time clauses, wishes, conditionals, modals,adjectives and adverbs.

Grammar Test

1. Part One. Grammar test: Tenses, Time Clauses, Wishes, Conditionals, Modals. Put “C” if the sentence is correct. Put “X” if there is an error in the sentence and write down the corrected version of the sentence.

1. Tenses:

• I have finished a game with John when Bob arrived. finished________________________________________________________

• It has taken me a long time to do the homework last night. took___________________________________________________________

• Since 2007 he is living in Brazil. has been living__________________________________________________________

• We have collected stamps for many years. ____had collected____________

• He is studying English for the last five years. _had been__________________________________________________________

• Three years ago he had been a student at a university in California. _______________was____________________________________________

1. Time Clauses:

• Whenever you will be in town, call me. ______________________________________________________________

• As soon as I get all I need, I will leave the city. ______________________________________________________________

• It will get colder there when winter will come. _come_________________________________________________________

• Will you buy me a wool jacket when you will be in Scotland? ________are__________________________________________________

1. Wishes:

• Steven wishes that he has a bigger apartment. ______________________________________________________________

• Helen wishes she does not live in the dormitory. ______________________________________________________________

• Bob wishes that he bought that house last spring.

Bob wishes he bought that house last spring ______________________________________________________________

• They wish they were able to spend more time in London. _wished________________________________________________________

• My father wishes that he does not have to retire at age sixty-five. ______________________________________________________________

• I wish I were living in a warmer climate. ______________________________________________________________

• My mother wishes that my father does more work around the house. ______________________________________________________________

1. Conditionals:

• If you had lost your job, what would you do? _______lost____________________________________________________

• If I were there I would make a speech. ______________________________________________________________

• If I would have a degree from that university, I would get a good job. ____had had__________would_have got___________________________

• If I will finish studying, I will go to the movies with you. ___finish_______________________________________________________

• If John had practiced playing tennis more, he will not have lost the game. ______________________________________________________________

• If she were the only person available, I would have to hire her. ______________________________________________________________

1. Modals:

• John must take the bus yesterday because his car was being repaired. ____must______________________________________________________

• They could walked to school because it was close. __walk________________________________________________________

• Peter said he might go to Harvard next year. ______________________________________________________________

• Mrs. Jones told me that she might have baked a cake for my birthday tomorrow if she has time. ______________________________________________________________

• My brother has to walk ten miles to buy some gas last weekend. ______________________________________________________________

1. Modifiers:

• We only have four hours to finish this paper. ______________________________________________________________

• She just wants to take one class. ______________________________________________________________

• He hardly knows any English. ______________________________________________________________

• Just ten people will be able to go today. ______________________________________________________________

• She scarcely slept five hours last night. ______________________________________________________________

• We want to borrow only ten dollars. ______________________________________________________________

1. Part Two. Put “C” if the sentence is correct. Put “X“ if there is an adjective or adverb error. Make changes if necessary.

1. Those flowers smell sweetly.

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1. The girls look adorable in their party costumes.

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1. The wine tastes awfully, like vinegar. _________________________________________________________________

2. The loud music sounds badly to me. _________________________________________________________________

3. Laura seemed quiet after she had read her friend’s letter.

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1. Part Three. Put “C” if the sentence is correct. Put “X“ if there is an error in the noun adjective . Make changes if necessary.

   1. He is taking some histories classes this semester.

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1. He is an economics teacher.

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1. He wanted to take an economic class.

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1. I need to buy a plane’s ticket.

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1. She went to three dances recitals last year.

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1. Part Four. Put “C” if the sentence is correct. Put “X“ if there is an error with a hyphenated adjective . Make changes if necessary.

   1. He bought a three-hundred-dollars suit.

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1. I have four fifty-minute classes every day.

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1. The police suspected a thirty-years-old man.

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1. They are studying the five-hundred-pages manual.

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1. Most ten-month-old babies cannot walk.

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1. Part Five. Put “C” if the sentence is correct. Put “X“ if there is an error with many, few, much or little . Make changes if necessary.

   1. I do not like many sugar in my coffee.

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1. They did not put much furniture in their office.

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1. There is not many news available on that subject.

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1. She spent less time for the exams than her brother.

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1. There were a little people waiting to buy tickets.

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1. Part Six. Your Long-Term Presentations (in Power Point) which you have chosen at our first class.

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