Grammar review

• LS grammar review

The train...at 9am every day

1. is leaving
2. will leave
3. leaves
4. has left

I..[to live] here for three years, and I plan to stay here for many more years.

1. lived
2. have lived
3. have been living
4. was living

Choose the best option: I promise I [to do] my best tomorrow

1. will do
2. am doing
3. do
4. am going to do

I [to not see] you in a very long time. So lovely to see you again.

1. did not see
2. saw
3. will not see
4. haven't seen

While I [to clean] the house, the doorbell rang.

1. cleaned
2. have been cleaning
3. was cleaning
4. clean

Yesterday I [to go] to the movies.

1. went
2. was going
3. had gone
4. have gone

When I got to the station, the train [to already leave] half an hour earlier!

1. already left
2. had already left
3. was already leaving
4. has already left

This time next week I [to sit] on the beach

1. will sit
2. will be sitting
3. am sitting
4. am going to sit

Look at those grey clouds. It [to rain] soon.

1. is going to rain
2. is raining
3. might rain
4. may rain

Janet can't come to the phone right now. She is [to take] a shower.

1. is taking
2. takes
3. was taking
4. has taken

If you work harder, you [to pass] the exam.

1. will pass
2. pass
3. would pass
4. passed

If I had known this earlier, I [to make] a different choice.

1. would have made
2. will make
3. would make
4. had made

When it freezes, water [to turn] into ice.

1. turns
2. would turn
3. will turn
4. might turn

As soon as I [to get] home, I will give you a call.

1. got
2. will get
3. get
4. would get

Turn into the active: The old painting had been renovated by my dad.

1. My dad had renovated the old painting.
2. My dad renovated the old painting.
3. The old painting was renovated,
4. My dad renovates pai ntings.

Turn into the passive: John was painting the room.

1. The room was painted by John
2. The room was being painted by John.
3. The room is painted by John.
4. The room was painting John.

Choose the most fitting modal verb: This is a vegetarian hostel. You ... cook meat here.

1. cannot
2. mustn't
3. may
4. will not

Choose the most fitting modal verb: You... talk so much in class. It is disruptive!

1. must not
2. cannot
3. can
4. may

The man ...phone I used was very helpful.

1. whom
2. whose
3. who
4. of whose

The professor with ...I spoke was a bit rude.

1. whose
2. which
3. who
4. whom

The store... I bought those tomatoes is out of business

1. that
2. when
3. where
4. which

Which answer is not correct? The assistant ...we liked the most has taken another job.

1. who
2. which
3. zero pronoun
4. that

Change to reported speech (start with: John said that...): "The train left an hour ago."

1. John said that the train left an hour ago.
2. John said that the train left an hour before.
3. John said that the train had left an hour before.
4. John said that the train had left an hour ago.

Change to reported speech : "I will return your book `next week.

1. She said that she would return my book next week.
2. She said that she would return a book by next week.
3. She said that she returned the book next week.
4. She said that she would return my book the following week

Which phrase is not grammatically correct?

1. many books
2. much salt
3. many work
4. much time

Ing- or to? Find the mistake.

1. I enjoy baking.
2. It began to rain.
3. he keeps changing his mind
4. He finished to clean

Give the simple past of: to swim

1. swam
2. swum
3. swims
4. was swimming

Give the past participle of to be

1. was
2. were
3. been
4. be

Give the past participle of to think

1. thinks
2. thought
3. was thinking
4. has thought

Find the mistake

1. to sell-sold-sold
2. to read-read-read
3. to swim-swam-swum
4. to take- took- took