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Quiz - Grammar Class 1B

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Kathy __________ in the front row during class, but today she ______ in the last row.

a)

usually sit/ is sitting

b)

usually sitting/ sits

c)

usually sits/ is sitting

2.

The construction laborers are thirsty since they ____________ the scaffoldings.

a)

had been removing

b)

have been removing

c)

has been removing

3.

The tenses which used to express actions that have been completed at some point in the past, or actions that have started in the past, but these actions are still continuing until the present is ____________

a)

Present Perfect Progressive Tenses

b)

Present Progressive Tenses

c)

Past Progressive Tenses

4.

We have reports that someone _______ you at the crime scene yesterday. Where _______ yesterday at 7 pm?

a)

see/ were you

b)

saw/ you were

c)

saw/ were you

5.

The passengers _________ for the next flight since this morning.

a)

had been waited

b)

have been waiting

c)

has been waiting

6.

My friend Karina always _____ breakfast at 7 am and ____ me at bus stop at 7.30 am, then we _____ to school together.

a)

eats/ meets/ go

b)

is eating/ is meeting/ are going

c)

eat/ is meeting/ went

7.

On a cold, dark night, Elissa ________ late at the office. It ______ already midnight when she finally _______ her work.

a)

was working/ were/ was finished

b)

worked/ be/ finished

c)

was working/ was/ finished

8.

The tenses that used for general statements of fact and used to express habitual or everyday activity is . . .

a)

Present Progressive Tense

b)

Simple Present Tense

c)

Simple Past Tense

9.

The tenses that used to expresses an activity which is in progress at the moment of speaking is . . .

a)

Present Progressive Tense

b)

Simple Present Tense

c)

Simple Past Tense

10.

When I ___________ a little there was a cockroach that flew and landed on my stomach while I was lying down on bed, so I ___________ if I saw a cockroach running around.

a)

was / was afraid

b)

be/ was afraid

c)

was/ got afraid

11.

After three days of rain, I’m glad that the sun _______________ again today.

a)

is shining

b)

shines

c)

are shining

12.

Mike is a student, but he (go,not) ______________ to school right now because it’s summer. He (attend) _____________ college from September to May every year, but in the summers he (have, usually) ________________ a job at the post office. In fact, he (work) ___________ there this summer.

a)

are not going/ is attending/ usually is having/ is working

b)

is not going/ is attending/ usually has/ is working

c)

is not going/ attends/ usually has/ is working

13.

There is something wrong with my car. My car ______ down.

a)

is breaking

b)

has broken

c)

break

14.

The tenses that used to expresses a past action already finished, when another past action happened is . . . .

a)

Past Progressive Tense

b)

Simple Past Tense

c)

Past Perfect Tense

15.

At least two hundred people were waiting in line to buy tickets to the game. Some of them ________ in line for more than four hours. We decided not to try to get tickets for ourselves.

a)

had been standing

b)

has been standing

c)

have stood

16.

I met this antrophologist after he _____________ the ruins.

a)

have discovered

b)

had discovered

c)

has discovered

17.

Jonathan is going to retire tomorrow. He is going to Hawaii next week with his wife. He normally wears whites clothes but today he _________ a Hawaiian shirt.

a)

is wearing

b)

wears

c)

wear

18.

I don’t want to go to the zoo today because it is raining. The same thing happened yesterday. I ________ to go to the zoo because it _________.

a)

do not want/ is raining

b)

did not want/ was raining

c)

want/ was raining

19.

The antrophologist _____________ the ruins for two months when one of them had an accident.

a)

had been digging

b)

have dug

c)

has dug

20.

The tenses that used to describes a past action that took place before another action in the past emphasizing the duration of it is . . . .

a)

Past Perfect Progressive Tense

b)

Simple Past Tense

c)

Past Perfect Tense

21.

The few people who _____ Half Dome before had used ropes, and it _____ them more than a day to do the climb.

a)

have climbed/ has taken

b)

had climbed/ had taken

c)

had been climbing/ had taken

22.

When my mom came, her friends ______ for two hours.

a)

had been chatting

b)

had chatted

c)

have chatted

23.

At 6.00 PM, Bob sat down at the table and began to eat. At 6:05, Bob______dinner.

a)

is eating

b)

has eating

c)

was eating

24.

Millions of years ago, dinosaurs _____ the earth, but they _____ extinct by the time humankind first ______.

a)

roam/ became/ appeared

b)

roamed/ had become/ appeared

c)

roam/ has become/ appeared

25.

I am absolutely exhausted! I have corrected my students’ essays  _____ 4 hours.

a)

since

b)

when

c)

for

26.

Brenda has _____ to that club _______ she came to London

a)

gone/ for

b)

went/ since

c)

gone/ since

27.

Han : Have you ever been camping with friends?

Bin : No, I _________ camping with my friends yet.

a)

have not been

b)

has not been

c)

have not

28.

The student can’t remember the date of the test. They ________ the date.

a)

have been forgetting

b)

have forgotten

c)

has forgotten

29.

We ___________ the lights when we ________ use them

a)

were turning off/ did not

b)

was turning off/ did not

c)

were turning on/ did not

30.

Tonight, one of the Luxury liners ________ the harbour and Jonathan and his wife ________ on it to start their new life.

a)

is leave/ are embarking

b)

is leaving/ are embarking

c)

leave/ embark

31.

The tidal forces on the earth due to_______only 0.46 of those due to the moon.

a)

The Sun is

b)

The Sun they are

c)

The Sun it is

32.

A : “Did you meet your sister yesterday?”

B : “No,she______for Surabaya

a)

Has left

b)

Had left

c)

Is leaving

33.

Hadi looks very tired, he_____for hours now.

a)

Drove

b)

Has been driving

c)

Had been driving

34.

I know that one of my student______in your company since he graduated.

a)

Work

b)

Working

c)

Have work

35.

I meet Tyas this morning when I______for the bus.

a)

Waited

b)

Has waiting

c)

Was waiting

36.

Seismic reflection profiling has______the ocean floor is underlain by a thin layer of nearly

transparent sediments.

a)

reveal that

b)

revealed that

c)

the revelation of

37.

Selena want to eat spicy noodle but her stomach was ache.

Q : This sentence is not right, please choose the correct one!

a)

Selena want to eats spicy noodle but her stomach was ache.

b)

Selena wants to eat spicy noodle but her stomach was ache.

c)

Selena want to eat spicy noodle but her stomach was ache.

38.

By the time the lecture came, the students ______ the materials twenty minutes.

a)

had been presenting

b)

has been presenting

c)

has presenting

39.

She_____for many job vacancies, but there is no interview call for her.

a)

had applied

b)

have applied

c)

has applied

40.

When we arrive at the airport, we_____a private car direct to the hotel.

a)

are taking

b)

is taking

c)

are took