Download GRAMMAR 1B MOCK EXAM A. Give the past tense and the

GRAMMAR 1B MOCK EXAM
A. Give the past tense and the past participle of these irregular verbs. If there are two
forms, give them both. 10 points
1. to spread
6. to ring
2. to bind
7. to teach
3. to dig
8. to draw
4. to light
9. to lie
5. to lend
10. to fall
B. Complete this text with the following forms of the verbs: 7 points
1. to found: past simple
5. to expand: past perfect simple
2. to be: present simple
6. to leave: present perfect simple
3. to be: present perfect simple
7. to continue: present future simple
4. to be: past simple
In 1998 two Stanford students (1) … Google. It (2) … now valued at $25 billion
and (3) … the subject of takeover speculation by Microsoft. There (4) … 55
billion searches on it last year.
The company said yesterday that – over the past four months – it (5) … the
search power of its engine to cover 6 billion items. Since 2009 discussion
groups (6) … 1 billion messages. A hit with internet users, Google’s powerful
technology allows the results of a search to be produced instantly.
Google (7) … to keep its earnings secret but estimates put revenues at about $1
billion a year.
C. Choose the correct form and give the British English spelling rule. 7.5 points (0.5 for correct
spelling, 1 for correct rule)
1. The student replyed / replied that he did not have a clue.
2. In the past, the British prefered / preferred tea to coffee.
3. He signalled / signaled his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture.
4. People of various nationalities living in Tibet have benefitted / benefited from the reforms.
5. The woman panicked / paniced at the sudden, unexpected sound of rifles in the distance.
D. The following sentences form a story, which means that the preceding and following
sentences provide the context. For each verb in brackets: 26 points
a) Give the correct form of the verb (0.5)
b) State the full name of that tense (0.5)
c) Explain why this tense should be used here (1)
1. Miss Higgins, the novelist, (to be) a friend of mine for seven years now.
2. She publishes mainly detective stories, but also (to write) two historical novels. Last year,
she even (to succeed) in publishing a few short stories.
3. When I talked to her a month ago, she (to say) that she (to write) these stories before any
of her other books.
4. During our conversation, she added that she (to forget) about them; they (to lie) in the
bottom drawer of her desk for years.
5. She never (to find) them again, if she (not, to look) for certain letters in that drawer.
6. At the moment, she (to look forward to) positive reviews from the critics. “I (to hope) I (to
make) the shortlist for the Man Booker Prize one day…”, she sighed.
7. Judging from the standard of her work, I told her, I think she (to win) many prizes in years
to come.
E. Finish these sentences by complementing the conditional subclause with an appropriate
main clause. 6 points
1. If we don’t act soon, ………
2. If I find your keys, ………
3. If a new iPhone wasn’t so expensive, ………
4. If your mother and I felt better, ………
5. If I had been born in 1850, ………
6. If we hadn’t asked Pete to help us, ……..
F. Correct any mistakes with regard to tenses in the following sentences and supply the rule. If
the sentence is correct, write down ‘correct’. 14 points (1 for correction, 1 for correct rule)
1. In 2014, the Russians are occupying this country for twenty years.
2. When my brother and his wife arrived, the rest of us had had dinner already.
3. Please be quiet – Sally tries to write an essay.
4. By three o’clock, Kate will have been sleeping for 18 hours straight.
5. When David will hear this news, he will be very pleased.
6. I won’t go in - the water is feeling much too cold!
7. I don’t think my parents shall join us to the theater on Saturday.
8. Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seatbelts; we are due to taking off any minute
now.
G. True or false? Write down the number of the item and T or F behind it. 10 points
1. The auxiliary DID is used in questions and negative sentences in the present simple.
2. The present continuous form of the verb TO DYE (as in: ‘to dye one’s hair’) consists of
AM/ARE/IS + DYING.
3. The ‘historic present’ consists of a combination of present simple and continuous tenses.
4. I WONDERED (past simple) is more polite than I WAS WONDERING (past continuous).
5. When SINCE is used in sentences with a present perfect tense, it refers to a period of time.
6. To explain the present result of a past action, we prefer a present perfect simple over a
present perfect continuous.
7. Intentions or plans for the future are normally expressed with WILL/SHALL + infinitive: the
present future simple.
8. To refer to immediate future, we normally use a present simple tense.
9. The 2nd conditional (if + past simple in the subclause, WOULD + infinitive in the main clause)
is used to indicate that something is theoretically possible, but not very likely.
10. To express (imaginary) conditions, we can also use WHAT IF, UNLESS, SUPPOSE, etc.