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The document is a progress test for English grammar, covering various tenses including present, past, and progressive forms. It includes multiple-choice questions designed to assess understanding of verb forms and their correct usage in sentences. Additionally, it features sections on communication skills and practical applications of grammar in conversation.

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The document is a progress test for English grammar, covering various tenses including present, past, and progressive forms. It includes multiple-choice questions designed to assess understanding of verb forms and their correct usage in sentences. Additionally, it features sections on communication skills and practical applications of grammar in conversation.

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INTERNATIONAL UNVERSITY OF ULAANBAATAR

THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

GRAMMAR SECTION:

TEACHER: BATSAIKHAN.D
Progress test
1. Computers …….more and more efficient.
a. are becoming b. become c. is becoming
2. Richard …………….very hard at the moment.
a. is working b. works c. has working
3. I …………..Italian for three years now.
a. learn b. am learning c. have been learning
4. The River Amazon …………into Atlantic Ocean.
a. is flowing b. flows c. flowed
5. Jason ……….Amanda since he was five years old.
a. has known b. knows c. have known
6. A: Kate …………….hard recently.
B: Yes. She is taking her exams next month.
a. has been studying b. has studied c. studied
7. A: I must go to the library.
B: I ……………… there this afternoon. I’ll give you a lift.
a. have been b. am going c. go
8. A: I’m very hungry.
B: I’m not surprised. You ……………… all day.
a. haven’t been eating b. haven’t eaten c. don’t eat
9. A: How is your grandfather?
B: His condition ………………….. day by day.
a. improves b. has improved c.is improving
10. A: Be calm down.
B: It’s Ok. I ………… a word he’s saying.
a. amnot believing b. don’t believe c. doesn’t believe
Present tenses
Aspect SIMPLE PROGRESSIVE PERFECT PERFECT
PROGRESSIVE
a common aspect a progress priority Priority +progress
MEANING
When? At what time by what time Since what time? How long
Period of Usually, often, Ever, never, just, already, Since 3p.m, for a long time, for
time always, seldom, Now, at the moment nor….yet, by 3p.m a month
every
day(week.
S + V, V(s) am have have
+ I play S + is + Ving S + has + Ved,V3 S + has + been+ Ving
He plays are They have been playing
He is playing it. I have played it. it for 2 hours.
Present Do, does +S Inversion inversion Inversion
? +V To be +S + Ving Have, has +S +Ved, Have, has +S+ been+Ving
V3
- S +do, does + S +am/is /are + S +have/has+ not S +have/has+not+been
not +V not +Ving +Ved, V3 +Ving
Progressive test

1. We …………. to Austria last winter.


a. have gone b. went c. go
2. Paul ………………. to Tina when I saw him.
a. is talking b. was talking c. talks
3. Tina …………….. while Bob was watering the plants.
a. cooked b. was cooking c. has been cooking
4. Dad ………………... to work by the time I woke up.
a. is going b. has already gone c. had already gone
5. A: I’m exhausted.
B: You’ll soon get used to ……………. long hours.
a. have worked b. working c. work
6. A: How did you hurt your hand?
B: I cut it as I …………… some vegetables.
a. chopped b. am chopping c. was chopping
7. I ……………. my work by 4 o’clock, so I went home.
a. had finished b. was finishing c. will have finished.
8. Jessica Blake ……………. her first novel when she was twenty.
a. wrote b. was written c. had written
9. The athlete …………. for hours and he needed a rest.
a. had trained b. was training c. had been training
10. My father ………… to be a teacher, but now he has retired.
a. is used b. got used c. used
Past tenses
Tenses Form Time expression
Yesterday, last night, ago,
Did +S + V ?
yesterday evening, the day
Past simple Did he play tennis? before , on Sunday,
In 2019…
Question word did +S+V ?
Past continuous at that time last year,
Were + S + V+ ing +O?
at that moment,
you
at 6.00 yesterday evening,
Were we playing tennis?
when, while, as…
they
Question word +was +S +V+ ing ?

What was he playing?


Past perfect by the time, never, already,
Had + S + past participle ?
for, before, just …
you
Had they taken the test?
Past simple

Past continuous

Past perfect
1. They arrived _______ three o’clock ________ the afternoon.
A. in/for B. for/in C. on/since
D. at/in E. at/as
2. Sue and Bill ______ a business in the suburbs at the weekends,
but they work in the city at weekdays.
A. runs B. are running C. ran
D. is running E. run
3. I ________ on a farm during my last summer holiday.
A. am working B. worked C. work
D. working E. was working
4. Anna ________ a good job at the city center recently.
A. have found B. are finding C. has found
D. has been finding E. has been found
5. We’re _______ a party next Saturday. Would you like _____ ?
A. having/to come B. having/ have had come
C. have/ to come D. having/coming E. having to / came
6. Actually, I don’t like food __________ is very spicy.
A. when B. whose C. who
D. where E. which
7. _________ you speak Spanish when you were a child?
A. Can B. Might C. Must
D. Could E. Should
8. Mother wants him __________ to the countryside during the summer.
A. go B. to go C. went
D. goes E. going
9. May Day _________ in Great Britain with singing and dancing around
a Maypole every year.
A. was celebrated B. has been celebrated C. is celebrating
D. is celebrated E. celebrated
10. He’s ________ at sport than I am.
A. badly B. the worse C. much worse
D. worst E. the worst
11. Give me Peter’s letter. If I ______ him, I _____ it to him.
A. see/would give B. see/will give C. see/would given
D. saw/ would given E. had seen/ would give
12. The teacher asked the boy why _____________ late for the lesson.
A. he had arrived B. did he arrive C. he arrives
D. had he arrived E. he will arrive
Communication

1. He’s a bit like his father – sociable and friendly.

A. What does Nick’s father like doing?


B. What is Nick doing?
C. What does Nick look like?
D. Who does Nick take after?
E. What does Nick like doing?
2. It’s about 82 square metres.

A. Which floor is your flat on?


B: What’s your flat like?
C: How far is the centre from ?
D. How big is your flat?
E: How do you get to your flat?
• 3. Quite casual – she’s not keen on formal clothes.

A: Why did she wear formal clothes?


B: What does Ann look like?
C: Where does she wear expensive clothes?
D: Why does she wear formal clothes?
E: What kind of clothes does Ann wear?
4. We are fine thanks.
A: What do you like doing?
B: How are you?
C: Where are you?
D: How do you do?
E: What do you do?
5. Plastic and steel, I think.
A: What is it made of?
B: Where is it from?
C: Where were they found?
D: What do you use it for?
E: Where is it made in?

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