Elementary grammar test Name

Elementary grammar test
Name_______________________________

1. 
   Tenses
   

1. 
   Jeff ____________ our bank manager at the moment. He _________________ here for three years. (BE, work)
   

2. I ____________________ when the alarm ____________________ off at 5.30 yesterday (STILL SLEEP, GO)

3. If everyone donates $5, we ____________________ enough to buy a new machine. (HAVE)

4. There ______________ a great documentary on TV yesterday evening. ____________________ it?
– No, I didn't. I ______________ to take my television set back to the store to have it repaired. (BE, YOU SEE, HAVE)

5. When I ____________________ to the car park I didn't know where I ____________________ my car. (RETURN, PARK)


6. Mum ____________________ dinner before the doctor __________________. (PREPARE, ARRIVE)

7. He_________ at the moment. (CRY)

8. My father’s car __________________________for 10 years next year ( DRIVE )

9. She ___________________ her homework by 3 o’clock tomorrow. (DO)

10. She _____________ the wall for 8 hours when her mother came. (PAINT)

11. Wasya _________ all the dishes by the time his friends came. (WASH)

12. They______________the winner. (JUST/ANNOUNCE)

13. One day, I _________ a cardiac surgeon. (BE)

B. If conditionals

1. 
   If it rains, the boys __________________hockey.
   

1. 
   Will not play B) does not play C) do not play D) had bot played
   

2. 
   If he____________ his own vegetables, he ______________them now.
   

A) will grow/don’t have to buy B)grew/wouldn’t have to buy C) had grown/would not have had to buy D)did grow/had to buy

3. 
   Jim ____________  whisky distilleries if he travelled to Scotland.
   

A) saw B) seen C) sees D) would see

4. 
   Would you go out more often if you ____________ enough money?
   

A) had B) have C) will have D) has

5. 
   She wouldn't have yawned the whole day if she _________ late last night.
   

A) did not go to bed B) have not gone to bed C) had not gone to bed D) would not go to bed

6. 
   If you ____________  a minute, I'll come with you.
   

A) waited B) had waited C) waits D) wait

7. 
   If we arrived at 10, we _____________  Tyler's presentation.
   

A) will miss B) would have missed C) would miss D) misses

8. 
   We ____________ _ John if we had known about his problems.
   

A) would helped B) will help C) would have helped D) would help

9. 
   If they____________ new batteries, their camera would have worked correctly.
   

A) used B) had used C) uses D) will use

10. 
    If I could go anywhere, it ____________  New Zealand.
    

A) can be B) is be C) will be D) would be
C. Passive voice
1.They were interviewing her for the job.
She ________________ for the job.
was being interviewed
was interviewed
has been interviewed

2. Tom is writing the letter.
The letter ________________ by Tom.
was written
is being written
has been written

3. Everyone understands English.
English ________________ by everyone.
is understood
has been understood
was understood


4. The employees brought up this issue during the meeting.
This issue ________________ by the employees during the meeting.
has been brought up
is brought up
was brought up

5. The professor told him not to talk in class.
He ________________ by the professor not to talk in class.
has been told
was told
was being told


7. The fire has destroyed the house.
The house ________________ by the fire.
has been destroyed
was being destroyed
is destroyed

8. She would have told you.
You ________________ by her.
would have been told
would be told
were being told

9. She would reject the offer.
The offer ________________ by her.
will have been rejected
would be rejected
will be rejected

10. This surprises me.
I ________________ by this.
would have been surprised
will be surprised
am surprise

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