Final Grammar B Exam G/W 3
Winter 2015
SECURE TEST
Name:
Date:
/ 100 points possible
No dictionaries may be used on this test. This test is not timed, but it must be finished
within the span of class time. This test may not leave class. It must be returned to the
teacher.
Directions: Please choose the one correct answer. Write the letter of the correct
answer on the lines AND circle the correct answer (__________/22 pts)
Example:
b
I
a) is
1.
2.
d) are
c) shorter than
Of all the people in my family, I am
3.
b) talkative
d) the shorter
.
c) the most talkative
d) more talkative
He has a winter hat on. It __cold outside.
a) must be
b) can
c) might
d) should be
When students put off _ their homework, that means that they usually finish
at the last moment.
a) to complete/to do
5.
b) completing/to do
There's the man
a) who
6.
I'm worried about
7.
a) Did/made
c) whom
d) which
c) to studying
d) studying
c) Did/make
d) Was/make
in China?
b) Was/made
Seattle and Bellevue are both busy cities, but Seattle is _ because many more
people live there.
a) busier
b) busy
My boss in my country was
a) the kindest
b) the kinder
c) busiest
d) the busiest
man in the whole company.
c) kinder than
it
d) to complete/doing
at the next level of ESL.
b) to study
that phone
c) completing/doing
will be my new teacher.
b) he
a) for to study
9.
c) will
b) the shortest
a) the talkative
8.
b) am
His hair is __ my brother's hair.
a) shortest than
4.
hungry.
d) kind
10.
Your sister is one of
a) the nervousest
11.
_ people whom I have ever met.
b) more nervous
c) the most nervous
Before you go to the party, you __ your homework.
a) should do
12.
b) should better do
c) ought do
13.
b) must
My best friend and I
c) might
14.
b) will
Jacob and Marie
enjoy being together.
a) have been married
17.
c) had better
18.
b) were married
b) don't have to
b) maybe
Janelle is good at
c) been married
d) are married
c) must not
19.
Next weekend, I
a) ought
a) to help
Which is
a) harder than
My parents
a) hope calling
c) could be
d) should to be
the job at Microsoft.
c) to use/to not taking d) to use/to not take
go downtown if I have enough time.
b) maybe
Thank you for
d) maybe
in your purse.
computers, but she decided
a) using/not to taking b) using/not to take
22.
d) might not
for over ten years. They have a very good marriage and
Where are my keys? I don’t know. They
a) can
21.
speak with his American friends a lot.
Drivers
speak on a cell phone while they drive. If they do, then they can
get a ticket from the police.
a) ought to
20.
to the U.S.
b) wrote/came
d) have been writing/have come
Paulo speaks really good English! He
a) must
d) must not
emails to each other since I
a) have been writing/came
c) wrote/have come
16.
d) should to do
Susan _ cook very often. This soup is the worst I have ever had!
a) maybe
15.
d) the nervous
c) might
d) can't
me move into this new apartment!
b) helping
c) to helping
d) help
class that you are taking this quarter?
b) the most hard
c) hard
d) the hardest
c) hope to call
d) hoping to call
me this weekend.
b) to hope calling
Directions: Answer the following questions using complete sentences. You must use the
modal correctly and the modal must make sense with the question. (_____/5 pts)
Example:
Write a sentence expressing the necessity of doing something yesterday.
I had to go to school yesterday.
1. Your friend in your home country just learned that she is accepted to study IEP at NSC. Give
her advice how to succeed in this program.
2. You are going to your cousin’s wedding tomorrow, but you still have not found a good outfit to
wear to the ceremony. Express the urgent necessity of going shopping to find a new outfit.
3. Your friend has an important test tomorrow. Give him strong advice so that he does not do
poorly on the test.
4. What is something that you did not have the ability to do before you came to the U.S.?
5.
Express the possibility of a plan over the break.
Directions: Give the correct comparative or superlative form of the adjectives and
adverbs. Be careful with spelling! (_____/6 pts)
Example:
Football is (dangerous)
have ever watched.
1. Hawaii is (hot)
2. One of (boring)
the most dangerous
sport that I
Washington.
cities in my country is my hometown.
3. She always writes too carelessly. She needs to write (carefully)
in the future.
4. My uncle is (funny)
_________
my aunt.
5. I bet that I can throw a ball (far) ___________________________________ you.
6. Drivers in Seattle are (slow) ______________________________________ in the country.
Change these sentences from active to passive. Include the "by" phrase (the agent)
only as needed. Be careful with spelling! (___________/10 pts)
Example:
The noise surprised Carlo.
Carlo was surprised by the noise.
1. They have finished the test.
2. The politicians need to explore all options.
3. Someone will take the food.
4. The dog ate my homework.
5. People should obey rules. ______________________________________________________
Directions: Find the mistakes in the following sentences. Look for mistakes with
adjective clauses, gerunds, infinitives and passive voice. First cross out the mistakes.
Then correct the mistakes. If the sentence is correct, write "C." (_________/13 pts)
Example:
flying
I'm nervous about to fly on an airplane.
We all enjoyed the singers who gave the concert. C
1. We ate some apples they were very juicy and sweet.
2. People whom talk too loudly on their cell phones really bother me.
3. That is the man who I met at the party.
4. We have decided to take a road trip this summer.
5. My kids don't like food is healthy.
6. The teacher was really patient who helped me.
7. He lives in a city whose has more than a million people in it.
8. Elizabeth agreed driving me to the airport.
9. I refuse seeing scary movies.
10. Take an art class is very interesting.
11. The famous actress was worn by the beautiful dress.
12. That story written by my best friend.
13. It makes me nervous to take big tests.
Combine the two sentences into a single sentence using an adjective clause with which, that,
who, whom, or whose. Make the second sentence the adjective clause. (_______/10 points)
1. She is the girl. I met her on the plane.
__________________________________________________________________________
2. The apartment was perfect! I saw it today.
_________________________________________________________________________
3. The man paid for the damage. He hit my car.
_________________________________________________________________________
4. I have a friend. His house is bigger than a castle.
_________________________________________________________________________
5. We saw an amazing movie. It was about birds.
________________________________________________________________________
Read the conversation. Write the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. Use ONLY
the past tense (simple or progressive) or the present perfect tense (simple or
progressive). All answers must be spelled correctly. (__________/20 pts)
Andre and Denise are the owners of Andre's Café. They (manage)
their restaurant for about ten years. They (use to/ work)
at
separate jobs, but in 2000 they both (lose)
their jobs. They (decide)
to start a business where they could work together. They
(open)
the restaurant in 2002. They (hire)
two workers in 2005 after Denise (get)
pregnant with their first
child. The first person whom they hired (be)
Ted. He (work)
at Andre's Café since 2005. He (ask)
for more responsibilities in the kitchen last year, so Andre and Denise (give)
him the job of cook. Ted (do)
a great job in the kitchen since
then. The second person who (come)
to work for Andre and
Denise was Angelica. Angelica (use to – not/ like)
in the kitchen, but she (help)
(start)
working
Ted in the kitchen ever since Ted
his new job as cook. They (go out)
together for about eight months, and Andre and Denise think that they might get married. Also last
year, while Andre and Denise (think)
restaurant, Denise (become)
When their child was born six months ago, Denise (make)
decision to stay at home with the kids.
about opening another
pregnant with their second child.
the
Write the correct form for the regular and irregular verbs. Be careful with spelling!
(______/14 points)
Regular Verbs
-ED
-ING
EX:
waited
waiting
wait
1.
clean
2.
save
3.
try
4.
delay
5.
jog
Irregular Verbs
EX:
become
6.
write
7.
give
8.
fly
9.
cut
10.
hide
11.
wear
12.
make
13.
pay
14.
bring
SIMPLE PAST
became
PAST PARTICIPLE
become