Grammar Booklet Term 4 Exercise 6 & 7

The finance manager ___________________ ahead with the meeting before the board of directors arrived.

• gone

• went

• had gone

• was going

Answer explanation

past of past = past perfect.

arrived = past event

had gone = past perfect event

A community library once stood in this neighbourhood __________________ the town council decided to shift it elsewhere.

• yet

• until

• unless

• whereas

Answer explanation

until = right before something else happened

My elder sister has been so busy with her work the past week that she has not got round to ___________________ the laundry.

• do

• does

• doing

• have done

Answer explanation

got around to = phrasal verb which means deal with a task in due course.

after to (preposition), it can be in gerund (V-ing) form

If I had known that he was up to no good, I ____________________ him.

• will not help

• would not help

• will not be helping

• would not have helped

Answer explanation

unreal situation = past perfect (usually with modals)

Sherlina was advised by her teacher to turn ___________________ the wallet that she had found at the gymnasium.

• in

• up

• out

• back

Answer explanation

turn in: to give or return something or someone to an authority

turn up: to arrive/ appear after being lost

turn out: to happen in a certain way/ result

turn back: to return in the direction you have come from

Lynette will be taking her parents to the museum, _________________ she?

• is 

• will

• isn’t

• won’t

Answer explanation

Question tag

will be taking --> opposite: won't

Since this morning, neither the lights nor the fan in this room _________________.

• has worked

• have worked

• has been working

• have been working

Answer explanation

Since= happen in the past, still relevant in the present --> present perfect

has/ have been

neither --> look at the subject nearer to the verb i.e. fan --> singular

So, has been working!

1.       “Who ___________ all the windows? It’s getting stuffy here,” said Mae’s mother.

• close

• closed

• have closed

• were closing  

Answer explanation

The windows has been closed. That's why the room was stuffy. Thus, the answer must be in past tense form.

Not everyone ______________ with me about the need for a camera for tomorrow’s trip.

• agree

• agrees

• was agreed

• are agreeing   

Answer explanation

Everyone = every = singular

            “You cannot _________________ with life without a good job,” her mother said.

• get by

• get on

• get away

• get along

Answer explanation

get by: manage with difficulty to live or cope

get on: perform or make progress in a specified way

get away: escape

get along: are friendly to each other