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Unit 8-9

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Is this question correct?


Amanda works in a bank, doesn't she?

a)

Yes

b)

No

2.

They hardly see their parents over the weekends,_______________?

a)

don't they?

b)

will they?

c)

do they?

d)

aren't they?

3.

Don't you dare touch my things,________________?

a)

are you?

b)

don't you?

c)

do you?

d)

will you?

4.

Let's have a celebration by the sea and get together in peace and harmony,_______________?

a)

don't we?

b)

will we?

c)

do we?

d)

shall we?

5.

There isn't a single pen on the desk,_____________?

a)

is there?

b)

aren't there?

c)

isn't there?

d)

is it?

6.

Do we use quotation marks ("...") in the direct speech?

a)

Yes

b)

No

7.

Is this sentence correct?


She said me (that) she was upset.

a)

Yes

b)

No

8.

Shawn said, "I'm going to visit my parents."

a)

Shawn said (that) I was going to visit my parents.

b)

Shawn said (that) I am going to visit my parents.

c)

Shawn said (that) he was going to visit his parents.

d)

Shawn said (that) he was going to visit her parents.

9.

"You were brilliant", they said.

a)

They said that I was brilliant.

b)

They said that I have been brilliant.

c)

They said that I had been brilliant.

d)

They said that you had been brilliant.

10.

They said, "We went swimming with our friends".

a)

They said we had gone swimming with our friends.

b)

They said we would go swimming with our friends.

c)

They said they are swimming with our friends.

d)

They said they had gone swimming with their friends.

11.

Betty said, "Sam is telling me a secret."

a)

Betty said that Sam was telling her a secret.

b)

Sam said that Betty was telling him a secret.

c)

Betty said that Sam had been telling her a secret.

d)

Betty said that Sam is telling me a secret.

12.

Teachers said, "She was doing great last week."

a)

Teachers said she had been doing great last week.

b)

Teachers said she had been doing great the week before.

c)

Teachers said she had been great the previous week.

d)

Teachers said she would be doing great last week.

13.

My mom says, "The ice cream truck is about to pass by."

a)

My mom says (that) the ice cream truck is about to pass by.

b)

My mom says (that) the ice cream truck was about to pass by.

c)

My mom said (that) the ice cream truck is about to pass by.

d)

My mom says (that) the ice cream truck are about to pass by.

14.

"was / were able" is used to show that someone had the ability to do something in a particular situation in the past.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Do we use "couldn't" for both cases: past repeated actions and past single actions?

a)

Yes

b)

No

16.

Can we use "used to" and the "simple past" to refer to past habits?

a)

Yes

b)

No

17.

Is this sentence correct?


I used to go to concerts last year, but I don’t any more.

a)

Yes

b)

No

18.

She asked me, "Will you buy a car soon?"

a)

She asked me if I would buy a car soon.

b)

She asked me if I would buy a car.

c)

She asked me when I would buy a car soon.

d)

She asked me whether I would buy a car soon.

19.

"Where are you going?", he inquired politely.

a)

He inquired whether they were going.

b)

He inquired where we had been going.

c)

He inquired where we were going.

d)

He inquired where she was going.

20.

She asked Dave,"Can you get the tickets to the concert?

a)

She asked David if you could get the tickets to the concert.

b)

She asked David when he could get the tickets to the concert.

c)

She asked David if he could get the tickets to the concert.

d)

She asked David if he can get the tickets to the concert.

21.

They asked us whether we needed directions.

a)

They asked us, "Do we need directions?"

b)

They asked us, "Do you need directions?"

c)

They asked us, "Did we need directions?"

d)

They asked us, "Do you needed directions?"

22.

Do we use "the imperative" for warnings?

a)

Yes

b)

No

23.

Orders and commands are opposite words.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

"Silence, please."


This is a(n):

a)

Order

b)

Instruction

c)

Request

d)

Invitation

25.

"How about watching T.V. instead?"

a)

Warning

b)

Suggestion

c)

Invitation

d)

Instruction

26.

A: Go home, Richard.

B: But mom, I...

A: I said, go home right now...

B: Ok.

a)

Warning

b)

Instruction

c)

Request

d)

Order or command

27.

"Watch out"


This is an example of a(n):

a)

Request

b)

Offer

c)

Warning

d)

Order

28.

To report "suggestions", "invitations" and "requests" in reported speech , we use the introductory verbs "ask and suggest".

a)

True

b)

False

29.

We use capital letters:

a)

For the personal pronoun (I)

b)

For days of the week, months and public holidays.

c)

For nationalities and languages.

d)

All the options are correct.

30.

We use the comma (,) :

a)

To separate words in a list.

b)

To end a sentence that is not a question or exclamation.

c)

For direct speech, if-clauses, tag questions, etc.

d)

To introduce a list.

31.

When do we use the parentheses ( ) ?

a)

To separate a non-essential relative clause.

b)

After certain joining words or transitional phrases.

c)

To separate extra information from the rest of the sentence.

d)

To begin a sentence.

32.

The apostrophe (') is used:

a)

In contracted forms.

b)

In the possessive case.

c)

In direct speech to say the exact words.

d)

After abbreviations

33.

Which one is the exclamatory point?

a)

?

b)

"..."

c)

;

d)

!

34.

What kind of things can an adverb describe?

a)

Frequency

b)

Manner

c)

Degree

d)

Place and time

e)

All the options are correct

35.

Adverbs of place and time always go at the beginning of the sentence.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

"They walked carefully towards the school yesterday."


What is the position of the adverbs?

a)

Place - Manner - Time

b)

Degree - Frequency - Manner

c)

Manner - Place - Time

d)

Frequency - Time - Manner

37.

What is the position of the adverbs of frequency?

a)

After the main verb

b)

Before modal verbs

c)

After the verb to be

d)

All the options are incorrect

38.

The adverbs of degree (absolutely, completely, totally, etc) go after an auxiliary verb.

a)

Yes

b)

No

39.

To form exclamatory words we can use "what (a/an)", "how", "such (a/an)", and negative questions.

a)

Yes

b)

No

40.

Is this exclamation correct?


"What an awful weather!"

a)

Yes

b)

No

41.

In exclamatory words, what formula can we use for plural nouns?

a)

What + Adjective + Indefinite Article (a/an)

b)

What + a/an + Adjective + Plural Nouns

c)

What + Adjective + Indefinite Article (a/an) + Plural Nouns

d)

What + Adjective + Plural Nouns

42.

How can we turn this sentence into an exclamation?


"He is a very smart guy".

a)

How smart he is!

b)

What a smart guy!

c)

Isn't he smart!

d)

He's such a smart guy!

e)

All the options are correct

43.

A: These flowers come in different colors.

B: Yeah, I see.

A: _________________________________.

B: Sure, they are.

a)

What lovely!

b)

Aren't they lovely!

c)

What flowers!

d)

How flowers lovely!

44.

Remove the seal, make a hole in it and then place it upside down.

a)

Request

b)

Suggestion

c)

Instruction

d)

Command