IES N° 6-PERICO

Grammar in Context – Make up test – September 2016

Name: DNI N°: Date:

a) Complete the following sentences in the correct tense (Present, past, present perfect)

1- Lend me your rubber. I ……………………………….. (make) a mistake and ……………………..(want) to rub it out.
2- I………………………………(see) you yesterday. You ……………………………..(drink) beer at a café, but you
………………………………………….(not see) me.
3- I……………………………………..(go) to Portugal five years ago. Since then I ………………………………..(not speak)
Portuguese, and………………………….(forget) nearly all I …………………………..(learn) there.
4- “………………………………….. you ……………………………Tom Sawyer “? (read)
“ I …………………………………(begin) the book last week and ………………..just …………………… it “(finish)
5- “ I ………………………………….(go) to the Zoo tomorrow. …………………you ever …………………… there” ? (be)
“yes, I ………………………….(be) there last Sunday. I ………………………..(go) nearly every weekend”.
6- We ………………………………..(wait) here for half an hour now, so I …………………..(not think) she will come. She
always …………………………(arrive) late.

b) Supply a suitable future tense of the verbs in brackets

1- By next June he ……………………………………………………………….(write) his second novel.

2- Before his next visit here he ………………………………………………………(return) from a world tour.
3- He ………………………………..(finish) this work before you leave.
4- By next Sunday you………………………………..(stay) with us for five weeks.
5- I’m sure the baby……………………………………(be) a boy

C) Complete the following sentences

1- If your message had not come,……………………………………………………………………..

2-We will be very disappointed if……………………………………………………………………….

3-If she were a good girl,…………………………………………………………………………………….

4-We would have gone to the cinema with you if,……………………………………………..

5-If he wants to see me,………………………………………………………………………………………

THE LOCH NESS WALLET- Active or passive voice?

Fourteen years ago Spanish tourist Gaspar Sánchez …………………………………………….(drop) his wallet into the
waters of Loch Ness in Scotland. His passport, his car keys, his business card, and his money
………………………………………(lose) in 150 m of water. This week the phone ……………………………………………..(ring) in
señor Sanchez’s Barcelona flat and a Scottish policeman told him,”Sir, your wallet
…………………………………….(find)! It …………………………………..(discover) last Sunday on the bed of the loch by some
scientists in a submarine looking for the Loch Ness monster! Señor Sánchez said, “The whole thing is absolute
amazing. Apparently my wallet and its contents …………………………… (put) in the post to me already. I should get
them tomorrow. I can’t believe it !”

e) Write Questions for these answers

1- ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..?
Shakespeare wrote Hamlet

2-…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..?
Peter can speak five languages fluently.

3-…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..?
Eating junk food makes people fat.

4……………………………………………………………………………………………………………?
Mary weighs more than fifty kilos.

f)Classify the phrases in the following sentences

1- It was very cold yesterday.

2-She has taken a plate from the cupboard.

3-I will show them the baby.

f) Write meaningful sentences

1- Two actions which were happening at the same time.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

2-An action completed before some special past moment we have in mind.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

3-A prediction with evidence

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

4-A present action which is temporary.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………