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GRAMMAR 1B MOCK EXAM – KEY
80.5 marks – 70% = 24 fouten of score van 56 voor een 5,5.
A. Give the past tense and the past participle of these irregular verbs. If there are two
forms, give them both. 10 points (0.5 for each in item 4)
1. to spread – spread – spread
6. to ring – rang – rung
2. to bind – bound – bound
7. to teach – taught – taught
3. to dig – dug – dug
8. to draw – drew - drawn
4. to light – lit – lit / lighted - lighted
9. to lie – lay – lain
5. to lend – lent – lent
10. to fall – fell – fallen
B. Complete this text with the following forms of the verb ‘to be’: 7 points
1. founded
5. had expanded
2. is
6. have left
3. has been
7. will continue
4. were
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. replied: when preceded by a consonant, final –y changes into –i before –ed / in the past
tense
2. preferred: the final consonant, when preceded by one stressed vowel, is doubled before
–ed / in the past tense
3. signalled: final –l is doubled (in Br. E.) before –ed / in the past tense
4. benefited: the final consonant is not doubled before –ed / in the past tense when it is not
preceded by a stressed vowel (the emphasis is on the first syllable, not the last) / i.e. it is
the regular past tense rule
5. panicked: -(i)c becomes –(i)ck before –ed / in the past tense
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. a. has been
b. present perfect simple
c. the action/situation started in the past and continues up to the present (as indicated
by: for seven years now) or: for actions lasting throughout an incomplete period
2. a. has (also) written
b. present perfect simple
c. to describe actions at an unspecified time; the present result of a past action
a. succeeded
b. past simple
c. to describe an action completed in the past (as indicated by: last year)
3. a. said
b. past simple
c. to describe an action completed in the past (as indicated by: when … ago)
a. had written
b. past perfect simple
c. to refer to sth. that happened before another event/action in the past (as indicated by:
before … books)
4. a. had forgotten
b. past perfect simple
c. to refer to sth. that happened before another event/action in the past (as indicated by:
she added)
a. had been lying
b. past perfect continuous
c. to refer to sth. that happened before another event/action in the past (before she
found them again & published them), but with the emphasis on duration or: with the
emphasis the action itself rather than completion
5. a. would (never) have found
b. past future perfect simple
c. to refer to sth. that did not happen in the past, in the result clause of the 3 rd
conditional
a. hadn’t looked
b. past perfect simple
c. to refer to sth. that did not happen in the past, in the condition clause of the 3 rd
conditional
6. a. is looking forward to
b. present continuous
c. to talk about an action/situation happening now or around the time of speaking (as
indicated by: at the moment)
a. hope
b. present simple
c. to talk about a permanent situation/general fact or: to hope is a verb not normally
used in the continuous (feeling or emotion)
a. will make / will be making
b. present future simple / present future continuous
c. to express likelihood, expectation, hope for the future at the moment of speaking (as
indicated by: I hope & one day) / + to emphasise the duration of the action
a. is going to win
b. to be going to (future)
c. to express prediction based on the situation now (as indicated by: judging … work)
E. Finish these sentences by complementing the conditional subclause with an appropriate
main clause. 6 points
1. (will/won’t + infinitive), e.g. …many animals will become extinct.
2. (will/won’t + infinitive), e.g. …I will let you know.
3. (would/wouldn’t + infinitive), e.g. …I would certainly buy one.
4. (would/wouldn’t + infinitive), e.g. …we would join you to the beach.
5. (would/wouldn’t have + past participle), e.g. …I would have met Queen Victoria.
6. (would/wouldn’t have + past participle), e.g. …we would have been there all night.
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. will have occupied: present future perfect must be used to express that by a given time
in the future (2014) the action will be completed
2. Correct
3. is trying: present continuous must be used to describe an action that is happening right
now or around the time of speaking (please be quiet)
4. Correct
5. hears: the present simple must be used in subclauses (of time/condition) to refer to the
future
6. feels: the verb ‘to feel’ is / verbs related to the senses are normally not used in the
continuous
7. will: shall is only used for 1st persons (I and we)
8. due to take off: (to express immediate future) to be due to is followed by the infinitive
G. True or false? Write down the number of the item and T or F behind it. 10 points
1. F
(not present, but past simple)
2. F
(the correct form is DYEING)
3. T
(p. 63)
4. F
(p. 71)
5. F
(not a period of time, but a moment in time)
6. T
(p. 78-79)
7. F
(not will/shall + infinitive, but to be going to)
8. F
(not present simple, but esp. to be about to / to be on the point of)
9. T
(p. 94)
10. T
(p.96)