Yeditepe University

B Level

2010 Fall

Achievement Test Name

Grammar Class

PART I: GRAMMAR

A:Correct Tense:Put each verb in brackets into a suitable tense: (1x20=20 pts)

Moving House

I come from a very large family, and recently my parents (1)___________(decide) they
(2)____________(spend) long enough living in an overcrowded house in Birmingham. ‘We
(3)____________(move) to the country,’ my father (4)______________ (announce) one
evening. I (5)____________(sell) this house and we (6)___________(live) on a farm.’ So last
week we (7)______________(load) all our possessions into two hired vans and for the last
few days we (8)_____________(try) to organise ourselves in our new home. Yesterday, for
example, my three brothers and I (9)_____________(start) painting the downstairs rooms.
Unfortunately while I (10)________________(mix) the paint, one of my sisters
(11)______________(open) the door. Nobody (12)______________(tell) her that we
(13)_______________(be) in the room, so you see. So instead of painting the walls, we
(14)_______________(spend) all morning cleaning the paint off the floor. But worse things
(15)_______________(happen) since then.This morning when I (16)_____________(wake
up), water (17)______________(drip) through the ceiling next to my bed. We
(18)______________(spend) today so far repairing the roof. It is not all bad news, though.
The school in the village nearby (19)_______________(close down) two years ago, and my
parents (20)______________(not find) another school for us yet.

B:Complete the following sentences in a meaningful way: (4x5=20 pts)

1. Tony can’t________________________________________ as his brother Bob.

2. Lisa________________________________ as soon as________________________

tomorrow.

3. John _________________________________ since___________________________.

4. I used to______________________________ when___________________________.

5. I can’t help ____________________________when I _________________________.

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C: Make sentences using the prompts below. You can add necessary words and make
necesseary changes. Do not change the order of the words: (3x10=30 pts)

1. how often/rooms/clean/this building?

_______________________________________________________________________?

2. Kelly/selfish/know (the / ever)

________________________________________________________________________.

3. Betty/hope/she/meet/man/life/soon

________________________________________________________________________.

4. Tony/tall/last year (much/than)

________________________________________________________________________.

5. John/not allow/go out/he/not do/his homework (IF)

________________________________________________________________________.

6. where/missing child/find/police/yesterday?

_______________________________________________________________________?

7. Judy/terribly upset/she/feel/so embarrassed (at the moment/because/never/before)

________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________.

8. patient/operate on/operating room/right now

________________________________________________________________________.

9. woman/flat/break into/ago/call/the police (relative clause/now)

________________________________________________________________________.

10. criminal/try/escape/he/transfer/another prison (while)

________________________________________________________________________.

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D:Complete the following article by writing one word in each space: (1x10=10 pts)

John Lennon’s Childhood Home

Some of the best,loved songs of our time were dreamt up in one small room. John Lennon’s

bedroom was his escape route, the place (1)___________ he would sit (2) ___________ hours
drawing, writing lyrics and dreaming. His mother Julia adored him, but felt she was not able

to offer him the steady life he needed, and gave him up, (3)___________ the age of five to

(4) _____________ raised by her sister Mimi. John’s aunt was loyal and loving; however,
these were (5)___________ 1950s, and she was also very strict. Her young charge must
(6)_____________ felt suffocated sometimes.

The modest house where John Lennon was brought (7)_____________ by Mimi and her
husband George was called Mendips, and it has recently become a museum. It was given to
an organization called The National Trust by Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono, (8)_____________

Stepped in because of rumours that the house (9)____________ going to be turned

(10)____________ a honeymoon hotel.

PART II:VOCABULARY:

A:Use the words below to complete the text. (1.5x10=15 pts)

looked after got on obvious took after hectic

keep in touch grew up looked up to interested in keen

I was brought up in a small town near Paris. My parents are English, so I (1)__________
speaking English and French. A young English student lived with us during the school
holidays, and she (2)___________ me when my parents were away on business. She was
(3)____________ on painting pictures. She wanted me to be (4)___________ painting like
her. We (5)_____________very well. I (6)______________her, and later I tried to become a
painter myself.Unfortunately, I (7)____________my father, who wasn’t artistic, and so I was
never successful. When she graduated from the university, she went to New York. We still
(8)____________ via Skype. She says that life in New York is very (9)___________. It is
(10)___________ that she misses our small town.

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B:Match “A” with “B”: (0.5x10=5 pts)

A: B:

1. the front _________________ a) alarm

2. online _________________ b) page

3. team _________________ c) house

4. save _________________ d) area

5. quiz _________________ e) strike

6. live _________________ f) news

7. burglar _________________ g) mate

8. terraced _________________ h) show

9. residential _______________ i) strike

10. go on __________________ j) a file

Good Luck 

B LEVEL ACHIEVEMENT TEST ANWER KEY

PART I: GRAMMAR

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A:Correct Tense:Put each verb in brackets into a suitable tense: (1x20=20 pts)

1. HAVE DECIDED/DECIDED

2. HAVE SPENT

3. WILL MOVE/ARE GOING TO MOVE/ARE MOVING

4. ANNOUNCED

5. WILL SELL/AM GOING TO SELL/AM SELLING

6. WILL LIVE/ARE GOING TO LIVE

7. LOADED

8. HAVE TRIED

9. STARTED

10. WAS MIXING

11. OPENED

12. TOLD

13. WERE

14. SPENT

15. HAVE HAPPENED

16. WOKE UP

17. WAS DRIPPING

18. HAVE SPENT

19. CLOSED DOWN

20. HAVEN’T FOUND

B:Complete the following sentences in a meaningful way: (4x5=20 pts)

STUDENTS’ OWN ANSWERS. ALL GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT AND

MEANINGFUL SENTENCES ARE ACCEPTED.

C: Make sentences using the prompts below. You can add necessary words and make
necesseary changes. Do not change the order of the words: (3x10=30 pts)

1. how often/rooms/clean/this building?

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 HOW OFTEN ARE THE ROOMS CLEANED IN THIS BUILDING?

2. Kelly/selfish/know (the / ever)

KELLY IS THE MOST SELFISH PERSON I HAVE EVER KNOWN.

3. Betty/hope/she/meet/man/life/soon

BETTY HOPES SHE WILL MEET THE MAN OF HER LIFE SOON.

4. Tony/tall/last year (much/than)

TONY IS MUCH TALLER THAN HE WAS LAST YEAR.

5. John/not allow/go out/he/not do/his homework (IF)

JOHN WON’T BE ALLOWED TO GO OUT, IF HE DOESN’T DO HIS

HOMEWORK.

6. where/missing child/find/police/yesterday?

WHERE WAS THE MISSING CHILD FOUND BY THE POLICE

YESTERDAY?

7. Judy/terribly upset/she/feel/so embarrassed (at the moment/because/never/before)

JUDY IS TERRIBLY UPSET AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE SHE HAS

NEVER FELT SO EMBARRASSED BEFORE.

8. patient/operate on/operating room/right now

THE PATIENT IS BEING OPERATED ON IN THE OPERATING ROOM

RIGHT NOW.
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 9. woman/flat/break into/ago/call/the police (relative clause/now)

THE WOMAN WHOSE FLAT WAS BROKEN INTO (TWO HOURS) AGO IS
CALLING THE POLICE NOW.

10. criminal/try/escape/he/transfer/another prison (while)

THE CRIMINAL TRIED TO ESCAPE WHILE HE WAS BEING

TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER PRISON.

D:Complete the following article by writing one word in each space: (1x10=10 pts)

1. WHERE

2. FOR

3. AT

4. BE

5. UNTIL

6. HAVE

7. UP

8. WHO

9. WAS

10. INTO

A:Use the words below to complete the text. (1.5x10=15 pts)

1. GREW UP

2. LOOKED AFTER

3. KEEN

4. INTERESTED IN
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5. GOT ON

6. LOOKED UP TO

7. TOOK AFTER

8. KEEP IN TOUCH

9. HECTIC

10. OBVIOUS