Revision exercises Grammar 4th year 1st term (midterm)
1. Write the appropriate pronoun (personal, possessive and reflexive) or possessive adjective
1. We arrived earlier than Mary. When she arrived, Peter was telling US something about HER.
2. Hey! That’s not YOURS. It’s THEIRS They bought IT THEMSELVES two weeks ago.
3. A friend of YOURS should go with YOU to the dentist’s so you don’t go by YOURSELF
4. My sisters burnt THEMSELVES when THEY were cooking.
5. Milly has invited ME/ US and some friends of MINE/OURS to dine out but we can’t go.
6. THEIR little girl went to England all by HERSELF. They couldn’t go with HER.
2. a) Write down the questions for the following answers.
1. Tom Parks usually goes surfing on Fridays. (2)
WHO USUALLY GOES SURFING ON FRIDAYS?
WHEN DOES TOM PARKS USUALLY GO SURFING?
2. Silvia and Bob have got seven subjects this year.
HOW MANY SUBJECTS HAVE SILVIA AND BOB GOT THIS YEAR?
3.Brandon saw a UFO last night. (2)
WHO SAW A UFO LAST NIGHT?
WHAT DID BRANDON SEE LAST NIGHT?
4. I told her the story because she asked me.
WHY DID YOU TELL HER THE STORY?
5. Pippa Middleton lives in London.
WHO LIVES IN LONDON?
6. Peter has seen Lisa’s brother at Harrods recently.
WHOSE BROTHER HAS PETER SEEN AT HARRODS RECENTLY?
7. Jane is tall and thin.
WHAT DOES JANE LOOK LIKE? / WHAT IS JANE LIKE?
b) Add a question tag to the following statements
1.She lives near the bank, DOESN’T SHE?
2.I am a Manchester United fan, AREN’T I?
3.Peter hasn’t got a new car, HAS HE?
4.They are not going to swim in the river, ARE THEY?
5.He didn’t lose the keys, DID HE?
6.She won’t help you, WILL SHE?
7.Let’s play football, SHALL WE?
8.They’ve already painted the house, HAVEN’T THEY?
c) Add the suitable reply question
1.A: Ben sits at the back of the class. B: DOES HE?
2. A: He is wearing a wig. B: IS HE?
3.A: You taught them last year. B: DID I?
4.A: I have never read a novel by Stephanie Meyer. B: HAVE YOU?
5.A: Olivia can’t help you. B: CAN’T SHE?
3. Put the verbs in brackets into the right PRESENT (simple/continuous) or PAST TENSE (simple/continuous/perfect)
1. a: What (you/do) WERE YOU DOING at nine o’clock yesterday? B: We (listen) WERE LISTENING to the news but they (not/say) DIDN’T SAY anything about the accident you (mention) HAD MENTIONED at lunchtime.
2. a: How often (Pat/walk) DOES PAT WALK her dog? B: She (walk) WALKS it twice a day but today she (walk) IS WALKING it once only as she has got a temperature.
3. Yesterday she (find) FOUND the umbrella she (lose) HAD LOST a few days before.
4. a: Who (you/wait) WERE YOU WAITING for when I (meet) MET you last Saturday?
b: Channing Tatum.
5.She (just/wash)HAD JUST WASHED the car when it (begin) BEGAN to rain cats and dogs.
6. We (see) ARE SEEING our grandparents tonight as tomorrow they (leave) ARE LEAVING for their USA.
7. The Simpsons (finish) HAD FINISHED lunch by the time the Bonds (arrive) ARRIVED yesterday.
8. They can’t answer us now. They (think) ARE THINKING about it.
9. I am very upset. Something unfair (happen) HAPPENED to me this morning. While I (do) WAS DOING the cleaning, my brother Alan (sleep) WAS SLEEPING.
10. After I (tell) HAD TOLD the truth to my teacher about my rude answer in the last lesson, everything (seem) SEEMED much easier.
4. Use of English. Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning of the one provided.
1. Jane was never on time when we were young. USE
Jane NEVER USED TO BE ON TIME WHEN WE WERE YOUNG. / DIDN’T USE TO BE ON TIME WHEN WE WERE YOUNG.
2. This car belongs to me.
This car IS MINE.
3. I turned off the lights and then I locked the door. BEFORE
I HAD TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS BEFORE I LOCKED THE DOOR.
4. Jack goes jogging alone.
BY Jack GOES JOGGING BY HIMSELF.
OWN JACK GOES JOGGING ON HIS OWN.
5. Kate is one of her friends.
Kate is A FRIEND OF MINE.
6.Tim rarely goes to a football match. USUALLY
Tim does NOT USUALLY GO TO A FOOTBALL MATCH.
7.There is a big swimming pool at the sports centre. HAS
The sports centre HAS A BIG SWIMMING POOL AT THE SPORTS CENTRE.
8. The new shopping centre has been open for a week. AGO
The new shopping centre OPENED A WEEK AGO.
9.The first shop was so big that we got lost in it.
We got lost IN THE FIRST SHOP BECAUSE IT WAS SO BIG.
10. She is twenty-two years old. AGO
She WAS BORN TWENTY-TWO YEARS AGO.
11. What is your height?
How TALL ARE YOU?