PRACTICAL GRAMMAR TEST 21.02.2009
Name: ………………………………………………………….
Year: III
Time: 90: 00 min
TASK ONE. Fill in the gaps with suitable form of the verb in bracket.
‘THE RICH AND THE POOR’
It is almost unimaginable how large discrepancies there………… (be) between living standards and economic system of the wealthiest and the poorest world countries. Such differences, more strikingly,…………. (be) present in every single continent in the world. Take Europe, for instance. On one hand, the oldest land in the globe………… (seem) to be the most civilized, but on the other, in such countries like Albania, people……………… (die) from hunger. Albania itself……………… (be) without functioning government since 1992, when the last president, Enver Hodza……………….. (resign) from ………………(hold) his power. Today, as a result of destabilization of political life there, turmoil and political chaos……………… (spread) through the country. Such things……………… (be) never likely to happen in any civilized corner of Europe, as in the Netherlands, in the UK, in Germany, France or in Poland. What is even worse, Albania………………… (suffer) from many problems of these for a long time. In addition, practically nothing…………………… (do) with the problem over the recent years and the crisis in the small, Balkan country ……………………… (get) bigger and bigger. If nothing……………….. (be) done, Albania……………… (face) the vision of the civil war in a very short time…
TASK TWO. Decide which form: Simple Present or Present Continuous best suits the dialogue.
Circle the correct form then.
A: You always make/ are always making so much noise every morning! Why is it so, honey?
B: Oh, mum… don`t be silly. Every day I do / am doing the same things: I wrap / am wrapping up my
sandwiches, I pack / am packing up my lesson books and I go / am going out.
A: It seems / is seeming you try to wake me up every morning while do / doing the above things.
B: Come, on. I do not intend / am not intending to wake you up.
A: Really? I strongly doubt / am doubting in your good intentions.
B: You usually doubt / are usually doubting in everything, don`t you?
A: Don`t you think / Aren`t you thinking you should go out / be going out by now? It`s already 7o`clock.
B: I just leave / am just leaving.
A: Hey, wait a little. It pours!/ It is pouring! Why don`t you wait / are you not waiting till the rain stops / is
stopping?
B: All right. I wait / am waiting a sec, then.
TASK THREE. From the fragments, form up full, grammatically correct sentences in Present Perfect
Simple or Continuous Tense.
1. How long / you work / in this company?
2. You / already / finish your homework ?
3. We / wait for an hour / but there be still no sign of him.
4. I / not see Tom this morning / He must / disappear.
5. A: I / look for / my stamps
B: You / find / any ?
6. Jerry / have a bad car crash. (he is probably still in hospital).
7. She / ring up/ three times this morning already.
8. A: You / ever/ fall off a horse?
B: Yes, I / fall off quite often.
9. He/ play the guitar since six o`clock this morning. He only / just/ stop.
10. What / you do / with my typewriter? I can`t find it anywhere.
11. Customers / ring up / all morning complaining about getting incorrect bills.
12. A: What / you do? I / look for you for ages.
B: I / build / a pavement in the garden.
TASK FOUR. Put the verbs in brackets into the Simple Past or Past Continuous Tense.
1. When I (reach) the street I (realize) that I (not know) the number of Tom`s house. I (wonder) what to do about it when Tom himself (tap) me on the shoulder.
2. I (look) through the classroom window. An English class (go) on. The teacher (explain) grammar tenses on the blackboard and (ask) questions.
3. Most of the students (listen) to the teacher but a few (whisper) to each other, and Mandy (read) a history book. Mandy (hate) English; she always (read) history during her English lesson.
4. They (build) that bridge when I (be) here last year. They haven`t finished it yet.
5. The dentist`s waiting room was full of people. Some (read) magazines, others just (turn) over the pages or (watch) TV. A woman (knit); a kid (play) with a toy car. Suddenly the door (open) and the nurse (say) ‘Next, please!’.
6. A: The house next to yours (be) full of policemen and police hounds yesterday.
B: What they (do)?
A: I (hear) that they (look) for drugs.
B: They (find) any?
A: I believe one of the hounds (discover) some cannabis.
7. While I (wonder) whether to buy this expensive palmtop or not, someone else (come) and (buy) it.
8. As it (rain) the children (play) in the sitting room. Dad was there too. He (try) to write a letter but he (not get on) very well because the kids (keep) on asking him questions.
9. A: How you (break) your leg? B: I (fall) off a ladder when I (put) up curtains.
10. As they (walk) along the road they (hear) a car coming from behind them. The guide (turn) round and (hold) his hand. The car (stop).
TASK FIVE. Fill in the following sentences with common phrases used with Present Perfect
Tense.
(1). ‘Um, that`s ………………….! Do you think the boss will strongly complain about the crashed monitor?
(2). After several failures and disasters, Sarah …………… finally …………. and last week she was
promoted within the corporation.
(3). When someone is in a real trouble we can say to him: ‘You …………………….. !’
(4). Now you ………………………… ! So what are we going to do now with such a mess?
(5). A: What happened to Paul at the meeting? As a chairman he should be composed I believe.
B: Well, he ………………………….. it, I think.
(6). After I have done all this donkey work for you, I am fed up. I do not want to do any more. In other words:
I …………………………….. .
(7). Wow! They …………………………… ! They defeated MU and they come to the next round!
(8). A: If you are such an expert on the field of biology, do tell me when did the last dinosaur perish?
B: Man, you ………………………………..! I haven`t got the faintest idea when it was….
TASK SIX. Decide whether the Present Perfect Simple or Continuous best fits each bracket.
1. A: I (make) sausage rolls for the party all the morning
B: How many you (make) so far?
A: I (make) 300.
2. That girl (eat) seven ice – creams and she (not stop) eating since she arrived.
3. I (grease) my car. That is why my hands are so dirty.
4. He (collect) matchboxes ever since he left school. Now he (collect) so many that he doesn`t know where to put them.
5. A pair of eagles (build) a nest in the porch since last week. I (watch) them from my window since they began.
6. Everyone is convinced that there is gold in these hills of Bangor City, but we (search) for 6 months and (not see) any sign of it.
7. It was lovely at ten o`clock, but since then the sky (get) steadily darker and the wind (rise).I am afraid the fine spell (come) to an end.
8. That guy (stand) at the bus stop for the last half hour. Shall I tell him that the last bus already (go)?
9. A: Someone (use) my umbrella! It`s all wet!
B: Well, it wasn`t me. I (not be) out of the house for a week.
10. He looks exhausted because he (play) tennis and he (not play) for years so he is not used to it.
TASK SEVEN. Fill the empty spaces in the following sentences by using time expressions of FOR,
SINCE, ALREADY and JUST.
1. A: Sir, can I help you? B: No, thanks. I`m …….. looking.
2. ………….. we play in the Premiership, there is no place for such amateur mistakes any more.
3. As an aspiring writer, she has……….. written her first novel, The Chelsea Set.
4. He has ……….. gone out, but if you hurry up, you will catch him on his way.
5. We had to leave, ………… we had a flight in 1 hour.
6. The feast had lasted ………. 2 weeks, but ……..then the treasure was empty.
7. I have been using the same copywriter ……….. 10 years.
8. When walking through the campus, I noticed certain things have changed ……….. I was a student here.
9. Pilsudski had been the President of the State ……….. 1918.
10.I have been working as an academic teacher ……. 20 years now.
11.He has been in jail …….. a year.
12. If you are sure about the correct answer, do not hesitate - ……… write it quickly.
13. You do not have to segregate all these piles of documents. I have ………. done it for you.
14. They have been quarrelling ever ………… they got married.
15. I have earned my own living ………… I left school.
16. The firework display has lasted ………… six hours!
TASK EIGHT. Decide whether the Present Perfect or Past Simple Tense best fits each bracket.
1. The play just (begin). We are a little late, it seems.
2. He (break) his leg in a skiing accident last year during his winter holiday.
3. Stephen King (write) several horror novels. He just (finish) his new one.
4. I (work) as a sales manager in GATE Co. for five years. Then I (retire) and (go) to live in the country.
5. A: I never (drink) whisky. B: Well, have some now.
6. When I (buy) my new house I (ask) for a telephone. The Post Office (tell) me to wait, but I (wait) a year now and my phone still (not) come.
7. She (buy) a new house last year, but I (not sell) my old house yet, so at the moment I have two houses.
8. In the evenings we often play console games with our next door neighbour. We (play) games with him ever since we (come) to live here ten years ago. He (be) here all his life. He (inherit) the house from his grandfather.
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