Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour Name: ------

Date: ------

Class: ------

Grammar Quiz (20 pts)

1- Put the verbs in the correct tense: present simple or present continuous. (8 pts)

James (to live) ______in a little village. He (to be) ______in his last year at school. He (to have) ______a lot of friends. All his teachers and friends (to respect) ______him. He (not to like) ______to study history lessons by heart but he really (to like) ______mathematics. After school, James (to want) ______to become a banker. So this week, he (to attend) ______a practical course in a bank. There is a bank in a nearby town but James has to take the bus to get there. The bus (to leave) ______ at 5.30 in the morning and (to return) ______at 8.15 in the evening. James (to hate) ______to spend so much time in town before and after work, waiting for the bus. Therefore, this week he (to stay) ______ with his aunt, who(to live) ______in town. James usually (to wear) ______ jeans and t-shirts, but this week he (to wear) ______a suit and a tie because he (to work) ______in a bank.

2- Put the verbs in the correct tense: past simple or past continuous. (6 pts)

a) The winning racing driver (to shake) ______the bottle then (to take) ______the cork out.

b) She (to fill) ______in a questionnaire when the pen (to run) ______out of ink.

c) On our last holiday, we (to visit) ______Rome, (to see) ______the Vatican and (to stay) ______a few days at my uncle’s house.

d) When I (to walk) ______into the room, everyone (to work) ______.

e) While the children (to sleep) ______, their parents (to watch) ______TV.

f) What time (to get up/ he) ______yesterday?

3- Put the verbs between brackets in the present simple, present continuous, past simple or past continuous. (3 pts)

a) I (to meet) ______my best friend tonight.

b) (they / to play) ______computer games every day?

c) While he (to take) ______a shower, his dogs (to eat) ______his steaks.

d) The students (to play) ______cards when the teacher (tocome) ______in.

4- Put a smiley face next to the correct sentences and correct the false ones. (3pts)

a) I drunk a glass of water at eleven.

______

b) My mother weren’t at home when she fell down the stairs.

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c) While my brother studied, my grandmother was making muffins.

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d) Why do you never wear skirts? No real reason.

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e) When I were 10, I ate a sandwich every evening.

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f) When you are leaving?

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Good Luck