Midterm EXAM - GRAMMAR (UNITS 1 – 8)

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Name: Juan Jose Chagua Ambrocio

1. Complete with the correct type of pronoun (Subject, Object or Reflexive).

A) _____He__ kicked the ball so hard that his shoe came off.

B) Every morning he wash __me_____ and brush my teeth.

C) The dog stole George’s shoe before ___its____ ran away.

D) Susan likes to watch ___her_____ in the mirror.

E) Cristian is thirsty. Give __him__ a glass of water.

F) My friend Susan lives in Canada. This is a postcard from _she to me.

2. Change the following nouns into their plural form.

Bus: _____Busses______
Elf: _____Elfs______
Fire: ____Fires_______
Criterion: __Criterions_________
Fish: ______Fishes_____
Child: ___Childs________
Domino: _____Dominos______
Sandwich: ____Sandwiches_______

Identify and check if the noun is Countable or Uncountable

Equipment C/U Meat C/U

Homework C/U University C/U
Pasta C/U Chemistry C/U
Peace C/U Student C/U
Snow C/U Coffee C/U
Luggage C/U Glass C/U
Milk C/U
 Underline the Subject (S) and the Object (O)

A) A black dog was running in the park.

S O

B) They went to the theater.

S O

C) John played many songs on the piano during the party.

S O

D) I put George’s cat in an empty room.

S O

E) My teacher found a mistake in my essay

S O

3. Change the following verbs to Past Form and put them in the correct sound.

/t/ Sound /d/ Sound /ed/Sound

_____ Worked _________ _______Cried_______ ______Pretended________

____Kissed__________ ____Agreed__________ ______Painted________

_______Hiked_______ ________Studied______ ______Skated________

______________ _______Elected_______ ______Wasted________

______________ ______________ ______Covered________

Work – Skate – Waste – Kiss – Elect – Study – Hike–Agree – Cover – Paint– Cry – Pretend

Identify the tenses of the sentences

They will be attending to the class. _____Future__________________

We have been waiting for a long time. __________Past perfect continuous_____________

I had never been here before. _____________Past Participle__________

She has been in London twice. ___________Past present ____________

They had a dog when they were children. ____________Past_simple__________

I will have finished school by 2021. _______Future ________________

 4. Fill the blank with the correct Possessive adjective

I have two pets. _Their___ names are Rocky and Apollo.

John says that __it___ endurance is very high.

We love _my___ university! It’s so big!

__My___ friend is so annoying that I don’t want to go out with you two anymore.

Fill the blank with the correct Ordinal number

Neil Armstrong is the ____first_____ man to visit the moon.

The ____eighth___ month of the year is August.

The __second_____ of the week is Tuesday.

Fill the blank with the correct Demonstrative Adjective

____those___ guy looksupset.

I want to buy _these______ jeans, they look amazing.

__those_____ girls are so annoying!

Fill the blank with the correct possessive pronouns and adjectives

Hey! That book is ___me___, not _yours_____!

___My__ dad is always yelling at them.

Choose the correct word

I have a pet. (Its / It’s) name is Nixer. (It’s / Its) a dog.

Ana and John have (their / theirs) book. In other words, Anahas (her / hers) and John his.

This is (my / mine) cellphone. (Yours / Your) is over there.

A honeybee has two wings on each side of (its / it’s) body.

5. Fill in with the correct adverb and adjectives.

Example:

-Our grandpa was angry. She spoke to us __angrily______. A: Angrily

He is a good dancer. He dances really ___well_____.

This girl is very quiet. She often sneaks out of the house ___quietly_______.

My neighbor is a __good______ driver. He drives ___well______.

Her English is fluent. She speaks English ____well____.

Complete with Anymore, already, just, still, yet.

Have you ____already___done your homework? I don’t want to be with you ___still______.

I ___just____ bought a new car, look at it!

If there is a lot of traffic, she won’t be home
__yet_______

6. Select the correct option of articles (a/ an / the) or ¨x¨ if it’s not necessary.

a a
I like black car, but I prefer red one.

a
Sorry, I can’t help you now. I have terrible stomachache.

x a
hurricanes can make catastrophic damage.

the
Is there bakery near here?

7. Highlight the correct option of conjunctions.

I plan to take my vacation ___either__in June __or____ in July. (whether / or, either / or, as / if).

My car has a radio ____and_____ a CD player. (but, or, and)

____both_____ flowers ___and______ trees grow during warm weather. (both / and, not / but)

I was on time, _____but____ everyone else was late. (so, but, for)

8. Select the correct preposition of time.

at
It’s Veronica, she likes to call me Lunchtime.

in
September, I will be 28.

on
I will study for my English test the end of the week.

at
We are going to dress up Halloween.
9. Complete the sentences with the most appropriate phrasal verbs.

1. As I have just had a tooth ----, I am not allowed to eat or drink anything for three hours.

A) run out

B) tried on

C) crossed out

D) taken out

E) broken off

2. You need to ---- your essay for spell-check before you hand in your exam paper.

A) hang out

B) point out

C) cut off

D) go over

E) give away

3. You'd better ---- your cigarette as it is dangerous to smoke at a gas station.

A) hold up

B) pull through

C) get through

D) hang up

E) put out

4. I thought the party was going to be boring, but it ---- to be the most unforgettable evening of my life.

A) turned out

B) looked around

C) passed away
D) fell back on

E) cut down