FINAL CLASS PRAXIS

FINAL CLASS PRAXIS

by daniela suarez

​WHO VS WHOM VS WHOSE

​WHO subject pronoun : *Who is coming for dinner tonight?

​TIP: make a sentence answering the question or remaking the sentence.

​WHOM object pronoun: This is the girl whom he fell in love with in Madrid

​TIP: separate the sentence and analyze if both have a subject.

​WHOSE possessive pronoun: *I told the teacher whose fault it was.

*Whose ticket is this?

Multiple Choice

This is the teacher ......... told me my son has been misbehaving in class.

• who

• whose

• whom

Multiple Choice

My husband, ......... I love, sent me flowers at work last night.

• who

• whom

• whose

Multiple Choice

This is the girl ......... car hit that tree last week.

• who

• whom

• whose

Multiple Choice

......... is going to take the dog for a walk?

• who

• whom

• whose

Multiple Choice

......... house is this, anyway? Are we allowed to stay here?

• who's

• whom

• whose

Multiple Choice

I have friends ......... love me so much that they threw a surprise birthday party for me last night.

• who

• whom

• whose

​past simple

​1. finished actions :   Kate worked last Saturday.

2. series of events in the past:  He studied for an hour in the morning, worked all afternoon and didn’t return home until 10 at night.

3. repeted or habitual actions in the past:  We always traveled to Cancun for vacation when we were young.

4. long periods of time in the past or narrations: I worked for many years in a museum. 

She didn’t eat meat for years.

5. A hypothetical condition and its possible result: If he studied, he wouldn't fail the test

6. with stative verbs : we saw a suspicious man down the street

​KEY WORD: when + a past action that happened after another past action

​By the time + a past action + an action in the past perfect

​1. an action in progress at a specific point in the past:  he was having breakfast at 6:30 this morning

2. past action simultaneous with some other event: while sam was taking the test, his bike was stolen.

3. repetition or iteration in some ongoing past action: the child was coughing all day long

KEY WORDS: While, as he, at the time of 

​past continuous

Multiple Choice

How many people ___________(stand) in front of the company when she arrived?

• were standing

• standed

Multiple Choice

Hello Cesarina, what _______ (you / do) when I called you last night?

• do you do

• did you do

• were you doing

Multiple Choice

While I was swimming in the river, I ___________(see) some frogs.

• seen

• saw

• was seeing

Multiple Choice

What _____ he _____ (watch) on television when you arrived?

• was / watching

• were / watching

• was/ watch

• were / watch

Multiple Choice

While they were watching TV, their kids ________. (sleep)

• slept

• was sleeping

• were sleeping

Multiple Choice

‘Allan __________ (buy) at the supermarket when I ___________ (see) him.

• was buying / saw

• bought / was seeing

• was buying / see

​past perfect

​1. an action completed in the past prior to some other past event: he had already had lunch, before I could invite him to join us. 

2. An impossible past situation and its result in the past:  if susan had studied, she would have passed the exam.

​past perfect cont.

​1. an action or habit taking place over a period of time in the past prior to some other past event: he had been working here, before he got a scholarship. 

​KEY WORD: all afternoon, for a long time, for hours, many times

2. a past action that is in progress gets interrupted by another past action: my parents had been planning to vacation in mexico, but changed their minds after they found out about prices there.

Multiple Choice

He was dismissed, even though, in his opinion, he __________ (not/do) anything wrong.

• had not been doing

• had not done

Multiple Choice

It was a relief to find the documents. I __________ (look) for them all afternoon.

• had looked

• had been looking

Multiple Choice

It was not the first time I'd met him. We _____________ (meet) many times before.

• had meeting

• had been meeting

• had met

Multiple Choice

He called me at eleven in the evening to tell me that he ________ (find/finally) a solution to my problem

• had finally found

• had finally find

• had finally finding

Multiple Choice

By the time I came back from my holidays trip, a lot of things ___________(changed) .

• had changed

• had been changing

Multiple Choice

If I hadn't been study all night, I would have problems with this test now.Is this sentence correct ?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

If we _____ ( go )by taxi, we wouldn't have been late.

• had been going

• had gone

​present perfect

​1. unfinished actions that started in the past and continue to the present. KEY WORDS: for # years

​I've known julie for 10 years

2. ​A finished action with a life experience. KEY WORD: # times

​3.A finished action with a result in the present. I've lost my keys

​4. with an unfinished time word: this week, this morning, today: I've seen jhon this week

past simple

1. finished actions. KEY WORDS: for # years

   I knew julie for ten years, then she moved

2. ​a finished action in someones life (dead) my grandma went to mexico 3 times

3. ​A finished action with no result in the present. I lost my keys, but now I have new ones

4. ​with a finished time word: last week, yesterday, last month

5. *to express the starting point of time. KEY WORDS: as soon as, begin, start,

Multiple Choice

Jack _____ (live) in Boston for the past 15 years.

• has lived

• lived

• lives

Multiple Choice

Janet ____ (work) for Smith and Brothers before she came to work for us.

• has worked

• worked

Multiple Choice

Dad, ____ (you/finish) reading the paper yet?

• have you finished

• did you finish

Multiple Choice

I would love to visit Prague sometime. Unfortunately, I ____ (be/never) there.

• have never been

• was never been

Multiple Choice

Peter _____ (play) Tennis for five years when he _____ (be) at school.

• has played/ was

• has played/is

• played/was

Multiple Choice

Can you help me? I _____ (finish) my homework, but I still don't understand number seven.

• have finished

• finish

• didn't finish