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FIRST PERIODICAL EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Expresses a habit or often repeated action. Adverbs of frequency such as, often, seldom, sometimes, never, etc. are used with this tense

a)

present continuous tense

b)

simple past tense

c)

past perfect tense

d)

simple present tense

2.

I visited my father yesterday.

a)

simple past tense

b)

past perfect tense

c)

past continuous tense

d)

present continuous tense

3.

She is typing a new lesson for her class.

a)

simple present tense

b)

past continuous tense

c)

present continuous tense

d)

simple past tense

4.

Snow falls in the December in Minnesota

a)

simple past tense

b)

simple present tense

c)

present continuous tense

d)

present perfect tense

5.

It is used to talk about an event that was completed in the past, but the specific time of the event is not important.

a)

simple past tense

b)

past perfect tense

c)

present perfect tense

d)

past perfect continuous tense

6.

Formed by adding has/have before the verb and –ed to the regular verb

a)

present perfect tense

b)

past perfect tense

c)

simple present tense

d)

simple past tense

7.

This tense describes an action that has been in progress for a duration of time before another event or time in the future.

a)

future perfect tense

b)

future perfect continuous tense

c)

past perfect tense

d)

present perfect tense

8.

This tense is used to describe an event or action that will be completed before another event or time in the future

a)

future perfect continuous tense

b)

future perfect tense

c)

past perfect tense

d)

present perfect tense

9.

We will have finished the exam by the time class ends tomorrow

a)

future perfect continuous tense

b)

future perfect tense

c)

past perfect tense

d)

present perfect tense

10.

This tense is used to describe an event or action that will occur over a period of time at a specific point in the future

a)

future perfect continuous tense

b)

future continuous tense

c)

future perfect tense

d)

present perfect tense

11.

Formed by adding [will have/be]+ing

a)

future perfect continuous tense

b)

future perfect tense

c)

future continuous tense

d)

past perfect tense

12.

They will be moving their furniture out of the house by the time you arrive tomorrow

a)

future perfect continuous tense

b)

future perfect tense

c)

future continuous tense

d)

past perfect tense

13.

By the time he finishes law school, we will have been living in the U.S. for eight years

a)

future perfect continuous tense

b)

future perfect tense

c)

future continuous tense

d)

past perfect tense

14.

This tense is used to describe an event or action that will be completed before another event or time in the future.

a)

future perfect tense

b)

future continuous tense

c)

future perfect continuous tense

d)

present perfect tense

15.

The simple present and present continuous are also used to express future time. These are often used used in connection with schedules.

a)

future tense

b)

past simple tense

c)

future perfect tense

d)

past pefect tense

16.

Kenneth will graduate in June

a)

simple past tense

b)

future tense

c)

past perfect tense

d)

future continuous tense

17.

Patrick is going to go to Wuhan, China next week

a)

past simple tense

b)

future tensse

c)

future perfect tense

d)

past perfect tense

18.

Formed by adding had + be verb(been) before the verb and –ing to the verb

a)

past simple tense

b)

past perfect tense

c)

present perfect continuous tense

d)

past perfect continuous tense

19.

This tense is used to emphasize the duration of an action that was completed before another action or event in the past

a)

simple past tense

b)

past perfect tense

c)

past perfect continuous tense

d)

present perfect tense

20.

Mark had been driving around the city for three hours before she finally found the right office

a)

simple past tense

b)

past perfect continuous tense

c)

past perfect tense

d)

present perfect tense

21.

Will and be + going + to are often used to describe an action

a)

future tense

b)

simple past tense

c)

past perfect tense

d)

future perfect continuous tense

22.

It describes completed events that took place in the past before another past event

a)

simple past tense

b)

past perfect tense

c)

perfect present tense

d)

simple present tense

23.

Joseph had already eaten when his friend Kenneth stopped by to visit.

a)

simple past tense

b)

past perfect tense

c)

future tense

d)

present perfect tense

24.

Lim has been living in Norway for the last two months, but she plans to move soon.

a)

present perfect tense

b)

present perfect continuous tense

c)

past perfect tense

d)

simple present tense

25.

This tense is used to describe the duration of an action that began in the past and continues into the present

a)

present perfect tense

b)

simple present tense

c)

present perfect continuous tense

d)

past perfect tense

26.

Dexy has been studying Science for an hour

a)

present perfect tense

b)

present perfect continuous tense

c)

simple present tense

d)

past perfect tense

27.

Aslie has been cooking all day.

a)

present perfect tense

b)

present perfect continuous tense

c)

simple present tense

d)

past perfect tense

28.

Rue have seen that movie before.

a)

simple present tense

b)

present perfect tense

c)

past perfect tense

d)

past perfect continuous tense

29.

Romeo has already visited Vietnam.

a)

simple present tense

b)

present perfect tense

c)

present perfect continuous tense

d)

past perfect tense

30.

It is used to talk about an activity that was in progress at a specific point of time in the past. The emphasis is on the duration of the activity in the past

a)

simple past tense

b)

past perfect tense

c)

past continuous tense

d)

simple past tense

31.

They are words that describe nouns, it also answer such questions as: What kind? Which one? How many?

(a)  

32.

Adjectives can be used to describe:

(a)  

33.

It describe the quality of a person or thing, for example, its size, general description (physical), age, shape, colour, material, origin and purpose.

(a)  

34.

It indicate the number or amount of things

(a)  

35.

The tall and cute girl is my classmate

a)

descriptive/qualitative adjectives

b)

quantitative adjectives

c)

interrogative adjectives

d)

possessive adjectives

36.

There are thirty seven students in this class

a)

qualitative/descriptive adjectives

b)

possessive adjectives

c)

demonstrative adjectives

d)

quantitative adjectives

37.

She found many pens under the table.

a)

distributive adjectives

b)

compound adjectives

c)

interrogative adjectives

d)

quantitative adjectives

38.

Enumerate the seven types of adjectives

(a)  

39.

What are the different degree of comparison of adjectives

(a)  

40.

This adjectives are use to point out nouns.

(a)  

41.

Examples of this adjective are some, much, little, enough, all , no, any, whole, several and twenty

(a)  

42.

This, these, that, those are examples of what type of adjective

(a)  

43.

What kind of adjectives are use in the following statements:


This is my friend, Dina

Those books belong to her

(a)  

44.

It is use with noun to ask questions.

a)

descriptive adjectives

b)

quantitative adjectives

c)

demonstrative adjectives

d)

interrogative adjectives

45.

" Which way shall we go? "is an example of:

(a)  

46.

It is use to show that the persons or things are counted collectively

(a)  

47.

Refer to members of a group as individuals and it is normally used with singular nouns

a)

possessive adjectives

b)

compound adjectives

c)

distributive adjectives

d)

quantitative adjectives

48.

It is often linked together with hyphens to link the words together to show that it is one adjective.

(a)  

49.

An adjective that is made up of two or more words

(a)  

50.

What type of adjective is use in the following statement:


The lady is wearing a pair of high-heeled shoes

(a)  

51.

positive: clean, comparative: cleaner superlative: (a)  

52.

These adjectives have two possible forms of comparison (- er/est and more/most).

(a)  

53.

positive: good, comparative: better, superlative: (a)  

54.

positive: little, comparative: less, superlative: (a)  

55.

Identify the adjectives in the following statement:


Try to call your mother using this phone.

(a)  

56.

Identify the adjectives in the following statement:


About three thousand people came to see the event

(a)  

57.

Identify the adjectives:


I went to a covid-free country only to end up in a hospital

(a)  

58.

Identify the adjectives:


He doesn't seem strong, but he is

(a)  

59.

It is a type of adjective use in counting numbers

a)

descriptive adjectives

b)

demonstrative adjectives

c)

possessive adjectives

d)

quantitative adjectives

60.

It tells when the action or state of being takes place

(a)