II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
Fill in the blanks with the present/ past forms of the verbs to be/ to have as necessary:
a. Hi! My nameMartha and I24 years old. Last year Ia nurse.
b. Thismy husband Tom. He24 too . He .a video camera.
c. We..two children, Tim and Sarah.
d. What..the weather like yesterday? It..sunny and warm .
e. Last week we a very difficult exam.
( 10p )
A. Fill in the blanks with either a, an, or the.
Jim, 1) ..old friend of mine, used to work in downtown Los Angeles. He had
2) good job in one of 3) ..biggest law firms in 4) ..city. He was
5) honest, hard-working lawyer, but he hated his job. So he decided to quit,
and to become 6) ..surfer instead. Now Jim spends his days surfing
7) .waves of Malibu. It isn't 8) .. easy life, but it makes him happy.
Soon after he quit his job, Jim met 9)beautiful surfer named Jenny. After they
went out for 10) couple of months, they decided to get married.
B. Answer True or False :
a. Jim was a lawyer who loved his job.
b. Jim decides to quit his job and become a surfer.
c. He surfs in Hawaii.
d. Jim wants to marry an ugly surfer named Jenny.
e. They decide to marry after a couple of months.
( 20p )
Put the verbs in the brackets into the right tense.
a. Tom .( go) to school every Friday but today he. ( go) to the museum.
b. you ..( like) strawberries? Yes, I . but my brother(not/ like) them
at all.
c. It ..( rain) this time yesterday.
d. Tomorrow I.( buy) a present for my mother because I just (earn)
some money.
e. If I ..( not/have) money, I wont come to England .
f. Yesterday Tim.( not/ make) the bed in his room.
( 10p )
Write the degrees of comparison for the following adjectives:
good, beautiful, happy, bad, fat.
( 10p )
Write the other two forms of the following irregular verbs;
a. do _______ _______
b. be _________ ________
c. have _______ _______
d. drink _________ ________
e. eat _______ _______
f. come _________ ________
g. cut _______ ________
h. write _________ ________
i. read _______ ________
j. say _________ ________
Describe your best friend (age, appearance, likes/dislikes) 30p
a. are
b. m
c. is, is, has got
d. were, was, had
e. have, has
II. A. 1. a
2. a
3. an
4. an
5. the
B. 1. T
2. F
3. T
4. F
5. T
III. a. reads, is reading
b. was doing, arrived
c. went, did not go
d. does not like, does
e. have just missed , will be
IV. a. there are, photos
b.funnier
c. didnt stay
( 1 x10 = 10p)
( 2 x 5 = 10 p)
( 2 x 5= 10 p )
( 1 x 10= 10 p )
d. doesnt make
e. am going
f. happily
g. teeth
h. does
i. must
( 1x 10 = 10p )
II. A. 1. an
2. a
3. the
4. the
5. an
6. a
7. the
8.an
9. a
10. a
B. a. F
b. T
c. F
d. F
e. T
III.
a. goes, is going
b. dolike, do, does not like
c. was raining
d. will buy/ am buying , have just earned
( 1 x 10 = 10p )
( 1 x 10 =10p )
( 2 x 5 =10 p )
e. dont have
f. didnt make
( 1 x 10 = 10 p )
IV.
adjective
good
beautiful
happy
bad
fat
comparative
better
more beautiful
happier
worse
fatter
superlative
best
most beautiful
happiest
worst
fattest
( 5 x2= 10 p )
V.
a. do
did
done
c. have had
had
e. eat
ate
eaten
g. cut
cut
cut
i. read read
read
b. be
was/ were
d. drink
drank
f. come
came
h. write
wrote
j. say
said
( 5 x 2 = 10 p )
been
drunk
come
written
said