8th grade. Grammar quiz

1.Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

Paul said he_______ (be) tired yesterday

• was

• had been

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2.Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

Sarah told me she_____ (never / eat) pizza in her life!

• had never eaten

• never eaten

• never ate

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3.Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

‘I can’t swim very well,’ said Robin.

Robin said that _____ swim very well.

• he couldn’t

• he can

• couldn’t

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4.Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

‘We’re not at the cinema,’ said John and Ruby.

John and Ruby said that at the cinema.

• they was

• they weren’t

• they are

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5.Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

‘I’m working in my office,’ Dad said to me.

Dad told______working in his office.

• (that) he was

• me (that) he is

• me (that) he was

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6.Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

We’re not at the cinema,’ said John and Ruby.

John and Ruby said that at the cinema.

• they weren’t

• they are not

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7.Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

‘I’ve just been to the cinema,’ said Karen.

Karen said that she to the cinema.

• had just been

• have just been

• had been

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8.Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

‘I’m driving home soon,’ said Mum.

Mum said that home soon.

• she was driving

• she were driving

• is driving

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9.Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

‘I can’t cook very well,’ said Sarah.

Sarah said that cook very well.

• she could

• she couldn’t

• She can't

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10.Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

‘I wrote a letter to my gran,’ said Rick.

Rick said that a letter to his gran.

• he had written

• he had wrote

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