INSTITUTO OXFORD
Elementary and Junior High
Grammar
1st Trimester/ School Year 2023-2024
5th Grade
Miss Norma Rangel
Name: ___________________________________________ Date: __________________
Correct items_____/
I.
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Read the sentences and correct them using the time shown on the clock. Then,
write the hour with number next to the clock.
1. She had breakfast at eight o’clock.
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2. She caught the bus at five to nine.
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3. She went to the supermarket at ten past eleven.
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4. She drank some orange juice at twenty to twelve.
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5. She watched a comedy at ten to five.
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II. Read and circle the correct answers.
1. There is a lack of ______ between old and young people nowadays. It’s sad.
a. participation
b. motivation
c. communication
2. Many students need a lot of … in order to do well at school.
a. distraction
b motivation
c suggestion
3. He said he failed the test because the … were badly written.
a communicate
b information
c instructions
4. I love fantasy books and movies. They really stimulate the…
a imagination.
b education.
c motivation.
5. All students in the class have to give a … on their personal goals.
a correction
b information
c presentation
6. The teacher didn’t like my … that we go on a school trip to the beach.
a suggestion
b motivation
c instruction
7. We have to … a poem for next week’s English class.
a plan
b memorize
c test
8. I … my recent drawings with drawings I did a year ago, and you can see the improvement.
a discussed
b compared
c analyzed
9. Our parents asked us to … places we’d like to go on vacation. I suggested Morocco!
a brainstorm
b report
c study
10. Dad is … the new washing machine. He looks impressed.
a practicing
b researching
c testing
11. I find it really hard to … at the moment. The neighbors’ dog is constantly barking!
a memorize
b study
12. “Stop talking.” Our teacher … us to stop talking.
a tells
b told
c tell
13. “Could you clean the board?” She … me to clean to board.
a ask
b said
c asked
c discuss
14. “Take responsibility for your own education.” He … to take responsibility for our own
education.
a told us
b told
c said us
15. “Please could you check each other’s homework?” She … us to check each other’s
homework.
a told
b tells
c asked
16. Phil asked … to the bathroom five times today!
a go
b went
c to go
17. “Don’t do that!” Ms. Lopez told us … do that.
a not to
b don’t
c not
18. My sister told me … her cell phone, but I used it anyway.
a don’t use
b not to use
c not use
19. “Why didn’t you do the homework?” Mr. Davies asked me … I hadn’t done the homework.
a what
b why
c when
20. “Did you use my tablet?” My sister asked me … I had used her tablet.
a why
b if
c to
III. Unscramble the reported commands.
1. she / to / told / do / the easy questions first / them
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2. told / not to / spend too long on one question / them / she
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3. them / their study time / told / she / plan / to
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4. the whole test quickly first / she / to / read through / them / told
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IV. Read the direct questions and complete the reported ones.
1. “Where is your school?”
He asked me where my school _______________?
2. “How many subjects do you take?”
He asked how many subjects I ________________?
3. “What did you learn in fourth grade?”
He asked what I ______________ _______________ in fourth grade.
4. “How many tests do you have to take?”
He asked me ____________________________ tests I had to take.
5. “Can you choose some subjects?”
He asked _____________ I _______________ choose some subjects.