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Elementary Language Practice

Grammar Progress Test 5b (Units 5769)

1 Underline the correct word in each sentence.

0 Is your homework in/into your bag?

1 Did you see the news in/on television?
2 Your hat is on/in your head.
3 Is it in/at the dictionary?
4 Take the second turning at/on the right.
5 Steve isnt at/on school today.
6 There was something into/behind her.
7 Anna lives next to/beside a shop.
8 The shop is in/at the end of the road.
9 The post office is near/outside the bank.
10 Put this on/to the shelf.

2 Complete the sentence with a, an, the or zero article.

0 Whats that? Its an apple.

1 Robbie doesnt drink _____ tea.
2 Look! Theres _____ aeroplane taking off.
3 Barbara plays _____ violin.
4 Can you see _____ moon?
5 Hes found _____ old book in the library.
6 I havent got _____ pen.
7 Do you like _____ sugar?
8 He went to _____ hospital for two weeks.
9 A cheetah is _____ fastest animal in the world.
10 Are you interested in _____ music?

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3 Underline the correct word in each sentence.

0 Is this/these telephone yours?

1 We bought that. Its ours/us.
2 Look! Theres something/anything in your salad.
3 David saw anything/nothing in the box.
4 You cant do nothing/everything for the children.
5 Can I have those/these jeans over there, please?
6 I think the money is my/mine.
7 I dont know who did it, but someone/anybody did.
8 Your dress is great. I like them/it.
9 I like your trousers. Where did you buy it/them?
10 She likes him and he likes she/her.

4 Change each sentence into direct speech or reported speech.

0 Bill said he was leaving.

Im leaving, said Bill.
00 Im sorry, said Kevin.
Kevin said he was sorry.
1 Ive missed the bus, she said.
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2 Jill said it was OK.
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3 Dad told us not to be so stupid.
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4 Thats too much, said the shopkeeper.
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5 Ive just bought a bike, said the boy.
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5 Write the instructions.

0 The man ordered us to go away. Go away!

1 She shouted at us to close the window. ______________________
2 The teacher told us to sit down. ______________________
3 You shouldnt eat sweets. ______________________
4 They told us to go to bed. ______________________
5 He ordered us to listen. ______________________

6 Rewrite each sentence in the passive. Start each sentence with the words
underlined.

0 Uruguay won the first World Cup.

The first World Cup was won by Uruguay.
1 The Romans built these roads.
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2 Someone has eaten my apple.
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3 Some Indian men wear turbans.
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4 Someone stole my car.
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5 Stan Lee created Spider - Man.
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6 Two people saw the accident.
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7 Faraday invented electricity.
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8 The Irish make whiskey.
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9 The Chinese invented fireworks.
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10 Peugeot make cars.
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7 Write the contraction or the full form.
0 I have got a new job.
00 Henrys very tall.
1 I will not buy three apples.
2 He would not say where he got it.
3 Hes not very nice.
4 You cannot go to the cinema.
5 I have two sisters.
6 Shes gone to Romania.
7 Its got four wheels.
8 That videos old.
9 Id like another one, please.
10 I will tell you one day.
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Ive got a new job.
Henry is very tall.
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