EOT Grammar Practice Unit 1

​Unit 1: The Arab World

Grammar​

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​Past Perfect

We use the past perfect tense to indicate that an action was completed at some point in the past before something else happened.

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​We had finished all the water before we were halfway up the mountain.

When the police arrived, the thief had escaped.​

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Subject | Subject

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​We use the past perfect for the first event and past simple for what happened next.

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​When I arrived to the office, everyone had gone out for lunch.

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1st event- everyone had gone out for lunch

2nd event - I arrived to the office​

Multiple Choice

The past perfect is a tense that.....

• It is used express actions that happened before another action in the past

• it is not used to express actions in the past

• it is use to express actions in the past and present

​How to write the Past Perfect

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Subject + had + past participle

​She was feeling great because she had slept ​well.

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Subject + had not + past participle

She was no feeling great because she had not slept well.

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Do you wish you had slept better before the exam?​

Multiple Choice

I was sure that I ___________ her before.

• had saw

• seen

• had seen

Multiple Choice

I needed to know what ______________ to my dog.

• has happened

• had happened

• happened

Multiple Choice

The film ________________ by the time we got to the cinema.

• had start

• had started

• has started

Multiple Choice

Julia left the restaurant after she _________ eating.

• had finished

• has finished

• finished

Multiple Choice

When Airi _______ at school, she realized she _______ her textbook.

• had arrived, forgot

• arrived, had forgotten

• forgot, had arrived

• had forgotten, arrived

Multiple Choice

When I _______ the new teacher, I was so surprised. I _______ his class before!

• met, had taken

• had met, took

• had taken, met

• took, had met

Multiple Choice

Fraser _______ sushi before he _______ to Japan.

• never ate, had come

• came, had never eaten

• had come, never ate

• had never eaten, came

​used to / would

​When we want to talk about repeated actions in the past which don’t happen now, we can use:

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would/used to + infinitive

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​People used to have big weddings in the past.

The groom’s family would give a big dowry to the bride.

We didn’t use to have many people at the wedding party.

​used to / would

We CANNOT use would with stative verbs.

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Stative verbs are verbs that express a state rather than an action.

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Multiple Choice

When I was a child I ____ like peanuts.

• didn't use to

• wouldn't

• both are correct

Multiple Choice

In the morning he _______ sit on the front porch and read.

• used to

• would

• both are possible

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is NOT correct?

• I would go shopping with her every Friday.

• I would have very blond hair.

• She would call me after class to chat.

Multiple Choice

I _______ wear glasses when I was at university.

• didn't use to

• wouldn't

• both are correct

Multiple Choice

When the weather was bad, I _______ stay home and read comic books.

• used to

• would

• both are possible

Multiple Choice

In the past, people ...... books when they had to make a long journey.

• were reading

• use to read

• would read

Multiple Choice

My dad ...... a beard when he was a teenager.

• used to have

• would have

• have

Multiple Choice

We ...... often swimming in the river in those days.

• used to go

• used to going

• go

Explanation Slide...

➪ This is a past repeated action, so both would and used to can be used.

Explanation Slide...

➪ We can use used to + infinitive (NOT would) to talk about situations or states which were true in the past.➪ We can only use would to talk about repeated actions in the past.

​Indefinite Pronouns

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We use an indefinite pronoun when we do not want to refer to a specific person.

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Use the correct verb tense depending if it is singular or plural.​

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Multiple Choice

I saw _______ coming into the house.

• EVERYBODY

• SOMEBODY

• ANYBODY

• NOBODY

Multiple Choice

Jake started a gaming club. ______ can join.

• EVERYBODY

• SOMEBODY

• ANYBODY

• NOBODY

Multiple Choice

I'm new at school. ________ knows me yet.

• EVERYBODY

• SOMEBODY

• ANYBODY

• NOBODY

Multiple Choice

I know _______ is excited about the holidays. It's gonna be great.

• EVERYBODY

• SOMEBODY

• ANYBODY

• NOBODY

Multiple Choice

I think I'm lost. Do you know ______ in this city?

• EVERYBODY

• SOMEBODY

• ANYBODY

• NOBODY

​Noun Phrases

​A noun phrase is a group of words with a noun

or pronoun as its head noun. The head noun is

what the noun phrase will be describing. The

words around the head noun describe it.

Noun phrases are commonly found in written,

descriptive texts:

The minaret ➞ The tall, narrow minaret.

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Multiple Choice

Is this a noun phrase?

The yellow brick road seems endless.

• Yes

• No

Multiple Select

Select the two expanded noun phrases

The old, cold animals were asleep in front of the warm, cosy fire.

• The old, cold animals

• the warm, cosy fire

• fire

• animals

Multiple Choice

Rearrange the following adjectives to make a good sentence.

I found (rectangle, small, wooden) box in my sister's room.

• small, rectangle, wooden

• wooden, small, rectangle

Multiple Choice

Rearrange the following adjectives to make a good sentence.

The shop assistant put the gift into a (brown, small, paper) bag.

• paper, brown, small

• small, brown, paper

Multiple Choice

Rearrange the following adjectives to make a good sentence.

I just bought a sports (German, black, new) car.

• new, black, German

• German, new, black

Multiple Choice

My father gave a _________ watch.

• new Japanese black

• black Japanese new

• new black Japanese

Multiple Choice

I am going to wear my _______ tie to the wedding.

• big blue cotton

• blue big cotton

• big cotton blue