English Grammar Reviewer 1

Choose the correct answer.

1) Who ... Mr Sanchez to the airport yesterday?

a. take b. took c. taken

2) Where in Singapore ... you live?

a. are b. have c. did

3) They first met when they ... for a big company in Madrid.
a. was working b. have worked c. were working

4) Sandra told me she really ... the party last week.

a. enjoys b. enjoyed c. enjoying

5) What ... the weather like on your holiday?

a. was b. were c. was being

6) I rang home just as the train ... into the station.

a. get b. has got c. was getting

7) ... Peter go skiing with you last year?

a. Was b. Has c. Did

8) I didnt ... to the swimming pool yesterday.

a. go b. went c. going

9) When I was at school, I ... in the choir.

a. sing b. sang c. sung

10) Was John waiting for you when you got to the station?
a. Yes, I was. b. No, he didn't. c. Yes, he was.

11) Our holiday villa ... been cleaned, so I rang the owners to complain.
a. wasn't b. didn't c. hadn't

12) We missed the first part of the film because it ... by the time we got to the cinema.
a. was starting b. had started c. started

13) My car wouldnt start, but luckily Joanne ... me a lift to the station.
a. gave b given c. had given

14) I didnt recognise my old school friend because she ... so much.
a. have changed b. had changed c. was changed

15) I ... French at school, but Im not really very good at it.
a. study b. studied c. had studied

16) They were excited about their holiday because they ... abroad before.
a. had never been b. weren't c. had ever been

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17) Did you have a good time in Barcelona?

a. Yes, I had. B. Yes, I did. C. Yes, I have.

18) I had a sandwich in the garden and then I ... back to the office.
a. went b. have gone c. had gone

19) I felt nervous because I ... a speech in public before.

a. have never given b. never gave c. had never given

20) When we got back from the shop, we found that someone ... our car window.
a. broke b. broken c. had broken

21) Before they built the flats, thats where the old garage used ... .
a. to be b. being c. to being

22) I ... to take much exercise, but now I go to the gym regularly.
a. don't use b. am not used c. didn't use

23) Before I had an internet connection, I used to ... to the library two or three times a week.
a. go b. went c. going

24) I remember my grandfather as a very kind man who ... never lose his temper or be impatient.
a. used b. didn't c. would

25) Id rather you ... smoke inside the house, if thats OK with you.
a. won't b. didn't c. couldn't

26) Is it midnight already? Its time we ... home.

a. go b. going c. went

27) ... to live in France?

a. Did you use b. Have you used c. Were you used

28) When he was young, he ... play football for hours.

a. would to b. use to c. used to

29) Before email, people ... write a lot more letters.

a. use to b. used to c. were used to

30) We ... skiing last winter.

a. would go b. went c. used to go

1) B 3) C 5) A 7) C 9) B 11) C 13) A 15) B 17) B 19) C 21) A 23) A 25) B 27) A 29) B
2) C 4) B 6) C 8) A 10) C 12) B 14) B 16) A 18) A 20) C 22) C 24) C 26) C 28) C 30) B

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Arrange these words in the right order.

a. in the lab / you shouldnt work / at night ...

b. this chapter / you should study / more carefully .

c. the project / when / finish / the students / did / ?

d. saw / the experiment / who / ? .

e. enjoyed / the lectures / have / the students .

f. decomposes / acid / at once / carbonic .

g. electricity / water power / can / make / cheap ..

h. smoke / students / in the lab / may / ? ..

Arrange these words in the right order.

a. your article / I / in / quickly / last night / bed / read

..................................................................................
b. till / afternoon / worked / 4 oclock / the students / this

...
c. gases / to / dioxide / allow / carbon / suns / and / enter / rays / other / the

......
d. climate / models / warming / indicate / computer / of / changes / consequences / of / some / Earth / a

..
e. oxide / released / in / coal / nitrous / of / burning / is / the

...
f. destroy / can / micro-organisms / cooking / the / only / completely

...

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Make questions to ask about the underlined statements using who, what or where.

a. I met Dr Seusse last night. ..

b. The scientist has found a new chemical element.

c. David took the pictures. ..

d. This process occurs naturally under certain conditions. .

e. The researchers published their new findings..

f. We will have to redistill the compound...

g. The condensate flows down the column...

h. Distillation consists in vaporizing a substance.

Choose the correct form of Present Tense. Give the reasons of your choice between
the simple and continuous forms.

1. Mary is working/work/ works in the laboratory with nitric acid every day.

2. George is busy now, he test/tests/is testing the content of sugar in the specimen of a newly manufactured
fruit jam.

3. Are you regularly using/do you regularly use sweeteners in your morning tea or coffee?

4. Not all liquids boil/are boiling at 100C.

5. Antioxidants are playing/play an important role in food preservation.

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.

1. Look at Annes vessel! She .. (dye) the solution inside with an intense
colourant.. The solution was was white and now it is red.

2. I . (lose) my goggles. I cant find them anywhere.

3. And I (lose) my glasses yesterday.

4. .anything. (change) in the laboratory since I last (see) you?

5. The experiment with nitrate acid (not finish) yet. Ill have to work overtime.

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Simple or Continuous tense?

1. Professor Black (studies/had studied/has been studying) food additives since he (has started/had
started/started) work at this College in 2007.

2. Earlier, any chemicals added to food either as pesticides in primary production or additives in processing,
(were considering/were considered) suspect.
3. The increasing awareness of problems with food allergy and intolerance (was leading/led/has led) to the
requirement to state the source of certain emulsifiers on food labelling.
4. The amount of water (we were adding/we added) for half an hour to the mixture was dependent on the
pressure of the distillation.

5. They (prepared/were preparing) synthetic salt and therefore (were placing/placed) a piece of sodium in a
flask with chlorine.
6. Carbon (is occuring/occurs) in two crystalline forms that differ in their properties.
7. Lecithin, an emulsifier, not suitable for individuals with an allergy to soya, is not (being
produced/produced) in this factory.
8. When was the Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague (being established/established?)
9. I (prepared/was preparing) the experiment with colouring foodstuffs the whole afternoon yesterday.

10. Next year, Professor White (will teach/will have been teaching/will be teaching) at our Institute for ten
years.

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct forms.

1. Fleming .( study ) influenza when he ( discover ) penicillin.

2. I (never do ) anything I ( feel ) is against my principles.

3. Matter ..( consist ) of small elements.

4. Watson and Crick ..( identify ) the structure of DNA in 1953.

5. These special mixtures ..(prepare ) for two hours and they ..( not be ) ready yet.

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