GW 4 - Practice Grammar Final
Part 1. Verb Review. Directions: Write the best verb tense and form of the verbs given.
Every verb tense we have studied is used in this story.
Right now, you
(review) for your grammar test. The test
(take place) next week, but teachers usually
(encourage) students
(start) (study)
sooner rather than later. The test
(create) by your grammar teachers. They
(meet) last week
the test and
(talk) about
(decide) if it was a good test of your abilities in this class. They
(decide) that it was. They all think that you
(learn) a lot this quarter!
While the teachers
(talk about) the test, they
(look at) the clock and saw that it was 12:00!
It
(be)
time to go to class, and they
(be) all late! Anne
(be) worried that her students would
(lock) her out of the classroom. Josh
(realize) that he
(not, would, have) time to
get his coffee before class. He was very disappointed because he
(not, be able to) drink any coffee that morning before he
the other GW 4 teachers. Christina
get the key to the computer lab. Yvette
(get) together with
(wonder) if she would have time to
(remain) calm, relaxed, and
cheerful because at that moment she ________________________ (know) that everything would be
okay.
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Part 2. Gerunds or Infinitives. Directions: Write the correct form of the verb in the blank.
1. Many students are eager
(start) their finals because final exams signal the
end of quarter.
2. Some students are excited about
(prepare) for their finals.
3. Other students are not excited. They dislike
(take) tests because
tests make them nervous.
4. Your teachers hope
your abilities and
(give) you finals that are fair and accurate assessments of
(grade) them quickly.
Part 3A. Adjective Clauses:
Finish each sentence using who, whom, that, which, whose, where, when. Don’t use who as an
object relative pronoun – only use “whom”. If more than one answer is possible, choose only one.
1. It is now final exams week,
all the classes have big tests.
2. If you don’t understand the directions
teacher,
will help you do your best.
are on a test, you should ask your
3. This practice test will help you prepare for the test
week.
4. Josh is the teacher
first career was skydiving.
you will take later in the
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Part 3B. Adjective Clauses
Combine the following pairs of sentences to make adjective clauses. Use the second sentence to form
the adjective clause. Do not change the meaning or the verb tenses, and change the first sentence as
little as possible.
Note: Use commas if the clause is “extra information.”
1. The test is several pages long. The test includes most grammar points we’ve studied this quarter.
____________________________________________________________________________________
2. I’m going to visit my teacher before class. Her office is on the second floor of IB.
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3. Yvette will teach GW 4 again next quarter. Yvette is my teacher.
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4. Anne and Christina teach GW 4. Their textbooks are the same.
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Part 4. Modals. Directions: Circle the answer that best completes the sentence.
1.
We’re tired. We
a. should have
2.
write a whole essay last weekend.
b. had to
When I was a child, I
a. can
c. should to
d. haven’t had
speak two languages. Now I can speak only one.
b. could able to
c. be able to
d. could
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3.
4.
The final exam
impossible to complete!
twenty pages long! That’s too long and it will be
a. can be
be
I
a. had to
b. must
c. couldn’t be
d. could
have started studying for my finals last week, but I didn’t.
b. ought to
c. has to
d. ought not to
Part 5. Conditional Sentences: Directions: Circle the letter of the best answer.
1.
A: I didn’t come to school on Monday for the grammar review.
B: If you had come,
2.
gotten a preview of the test.
a. you had
b. you wouldn’t have
c. you will have
d. you would have
A: I have been studying for our final exam for two weeks!
B: If you study a little bit every day,
3.
more on the day of the test.
a. you will remember
b. you would have remembered
c. you remembered
d. you had remembered
A: I wish I
tests.
B: Me, too.
a. haven’t had to take
b. wouldn’t have to take
c. didn’t have to take
d. taked
GW 4 - Practice Grammar Final
Part 6. Conditional Sentences.
Read the passage about Marcie and Opal. Then, using the words in parentheses, combine each pair of
sentences into one past unreal conditional sentence. Keep the same order and decide which clause
begins with “if.”
Opal is Marcie’s dog. She is 15 months old. Marcie and Opal met in December, 2011, when Opal
was just a little puppy. Marcie was sad at that time because her dog, Lizzie, had died a few months
before. Marcie had owned Lizzie for the dog’s whole life, 14 years, and she loved her a lot. When Lizzie
died, it was hard for Marcie. Her heart broke a little bit. Although she knew she wanted to get another
dog, she planned to wait until she was feeling happier. However, a friend said to Marcie, “Hey! My
friend’s dog had puppies! Let’s go see them – I bet they will be cute!” Marcie agreed to go because she
thought that seeing puppies would make her smile. She was right. There were 10 black puppies in the
litter. They were very friendly and liked to play. One of the puppies had a white marking on her chest
that looked like a heart. She often walked up to Marcie and snuggled up against her. Marcie and her
friend enjoyed meeting all the puppies. A few weeks later, she went back to see the puppies again and
to decide if she wanted one. The puppy with the white heart fell asleep in Marcie’s lap. Marcie decided
that she was going to get this puppy even though she was still sad about Lizzie. The puppy, Opal, came
home with Marcie in January and has been making her happy ever since.
EXAMPLE:
Marcie met Opal. She brought her home in January. (would)
If Marcie hadn’t met Opal, she would not have brought her home in January.
1. Lizzie was a great dog. Marcie wanted another dog for a companion. (would).
2. Marcie’s friend wanted to go look at puppies. Marcie met Opal. (could)
3. Opal was a cuddler. Marcie chose her. (might)
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Part 7. The Passive Voice. Read the sentences and decide if they are active or passive. If a sentence is
active, write an A on the line. If a sentence is passive, write P on the line.
_____ 1. The students took the test.
_____ 2. The test was written by the teachers.
_____ 3. Students from all over the world come to Seattle by airplane.
Part 8. The Passive Voice.
Write active and passive sentences. Use “they” in active sentences when you don’t know the subject.
The first one is done for you as an example.
1. (active)
(passive)
They review their notes from class every day.
Their notes from class are reviewed every day.
2. (active)
(passive)
3. (active)
(passive)
The vocabulary notes were reviewed by the students.
She will give her presentation on Wednesday.