Exercises for the final test 1 – Grade 11

Verb tenses present simple , past progressive , past simple.. My mother was cooking dinner when I …………..[r]

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Exercises for the final test 1 – grade 11

I Verb tenses (present simple , past progressive , past simple).

1 My mother was cooking dinner when I ………… (arrive)

2 People are often ……… (help) by their fiends

3 When I arrived at the circus , the acrobat from trapeze to trapeze

(fly)

4 Every day , Peter……… to school by bicycle, but yesterday he ……… by bus (go)

5 Mirs Tuyet always (go) ……….to market by bike

6 It (not , rain) ……….much in the dry season

7 My son (drink)………milk everyday

8 Her mother (teach) ………literature in our school five years ago

9 Her father sometimes (come)……… home late

10.They (not , go) ……… to the zoo last Sunday

II Choose the word or phrase that needs correcting.

1 They often used go to the library when they studied in London

A B C D

2 I finished to do my homework quickly last night

A B C D

3 She cried hardly when she failed her English test

A B C D

4 She asked we to write new words on pieces of paper

A B C D

5 He offered help me in a very loud voice

A B C D

III Choose the correct forms of the verbs in brackets

My father used to smoke/ smoking a packet of cigarettes a day

6 She likes planting/ to plant roses in the graden

7 My father used to smoke/ smoking a packet of cigarettes a day

8 Please stop to ask / asking me questions !

9 I’m used to work/ working with the television on

10 She hopes to have/ having a suitable job

11 He enjoys to get/ getting up late on Sunday mornings

12 They are thinking of to move / moving to America

13 You don’t need to come/ coming to the meeting

14 Does she want to become /becoming a singer ?

15 My sister hates to do/ doing the ironing

16 It’s very difficult to reach/ reaching a decision

IV Supply the correct form of the verbs (BTTA11 / P7)

1 Hiss boss made him (do) ………… it all over again

2 Hung will be able (swim) ………… across the river

3 Thtey want (see) ……… the house where Uncle Ho was born

4 You seem (know) ………….this area very well ?

Yes , I used (live) ……….here

V Put the verb in parentheses in the correct verb form : the gerund of the infinitive.

1 The idea of laboratory permanently inspace is moving rapidly nearer (be come)

……… a realtily

2 Having suggested the scheme my-self , I now fell committed (try)………

(make) ………it work

3 The children were (go) ………to bed at 10 p.m

4 The parcel is supposed (deliver) ……….this morning

5 She decied (give up ) ……….smoking when she bacame pregnant

6 Hard work is the key (pass) ………examination

7 The cost of living is expected (go down) ………

8 Why does John refused (let) ……… me leave alone

VI Rewrite each sentences , beginning as shown , so that the meaning stays the same

1 You stay that I’ve met John , but I can’t remember her

I can’t remember ………

2 Please remember that you must buy some stamps

Please remember ………

3 We wanted to open the window , but we coulnd’t

We tried ………

4 Sheila intended to phone Peter , but she forget

Sheila forget ………

5 The dictionary was too expensive for me to buy

I couldn’t afford ………

6 Studing Maths is interesting

I find it’s ………

7 People say ha died of lung cancer

He is said ………

8 It will not be easy to finish all the work today.

We ‘ll try……… _ THE END _