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Second Period Quiz #1 10th Grade

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Past tenses: There was no food left when I returned. They _____ everything!

a)

had eaten

b)

ate

c)

were eating

2.

Past tenses: I _____ the bags before we left on holiday.

a)

had been checking

b)

checked

c)

was checking

3.

Past tenses: By the time the presentation began, they _____ their discussion.

a)

completed

b)

were completing

c)

had completed

4.

Past tenses: When I arrived, they _____.

a)

stretching their legs

b)

had been stretching

c)

were stretching their legs

5.

Past tenses: I lit the fire at four and it ______ brightly when Lisa arrived.

a)

had burned

b)

burned

c)

was burning

6.

Collocations:

_________someone directions

a)

give

b)

make

c)

do

7.

Collocations:

___________a joke

a)

give

b)

make

c)

said

8.

Collocations:

__________ someone smile

a)

make

b)

get

c)

do

9.

Collocations:

_________ a favor

a)

do

b)

tell

c)

make

10.

Collocations:

__________ volunteer work

a)

do

b)

make

c)

take

11.

Rewrite the sentence below by changing the verb to the perfect tense verb indicated in parentheses.

I invite my friends to my house for dinner. (past perfect)

(a)  

12.

Read the sentence below and choose the right answer.

What is the passive voice?.

Gabriel García Marquéz wrote "Cien años the soledad"

a)

"Cien años de soledad" is written by Gabriel García Marquéz.

b)

"Cien años de soledad" was written by Gabriel García Marquéz.

c)

"Cien años de soledad" was writes by Gabriel García Marquéz.

13.

Read the sentences below and choose the right answer.

What is the passive voice?.

Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492.

a)

America was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492.

b)

America were discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492.

c)

America is discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492.

14.

Read the sentences below and choose the right answer.

What is the passive voice?.

An asteroid destroyed all the dinosaurs million years ago.

a)

The dinosaurs are destroyed by an astreroid million years ago

b)

An asteroid was destroyed by the dinosaurs million years ago

c)

The dinosaurs were destroyed by an asteroid million years ago

15.

Select the correct passive question for the statement "The house is going to be built next week"

a)

Is the house going to be built next week?

b)

Was the house going to be built next week?

c)

Will the house be built next week?

16.

 

 

Select the correct passive question for the sentence "Grapes are grown in California"

a)

Are grapes grew by California?

b)

Grapes are grown in California?

c)

Are grapes grown in California?

17.

What are the most important part of a story?

a)

main characters, plot, setting

b)

ideas, background, story

c)

money, actors, budget

18.

What is similar in meaning of "themes"?

a)

central ideas

b)

key players

c)

time ans place

19.

What is similar in meaning of "plot"?

a)

important event

b)

story

c)

central ideas

20.

Firmly holding the attention or interest; exciting.

a)

gripping

b)

fast-moving

c)

touching