ESL010 Grammar I – Final Exam Study Guide
The final exam has questions on all of the grammar topics we studied in this class (simple present,
present progressive, and simple past verb tenses and various prepositions and time phrases).
You need to review the information in the textbook and workbook for Chapter 1 Using Be, Chapter
2 Using Be and Have, Chapter 3 Using the Simple Present, Chapter 4 Using the Present Progressive,
Chapter 5 Talking about the Present, Chapter 8 Expressing Past Time Part 1, and the first 8 pages of
Chapter 9 Expressing Past Time Part 2.
The questions on the test are similar to questions you had on your previous five chapter tests.
Look at your old tests! If you made mistakes, check with your book, another student, a tutor, or
your instructor so that you don’t repeat those mistakes on the final exam.
In addition, there are questions on the past tense (Chapter 8 and 9). Please study the following:
Past Tense of Be
(was/were) Chart 8-1 p. 213
Chart 8-2 p. 214
Chart 8-3 p. 216
Ex. 7 pp. 217-8
Simple Past Negative
Chart 8-7 p. 231
Ex. 27 p-. 232-3
Simple Past Tense of
Regular Verbs Chart 8-4 p. 221
Ex. 10 p. 221
Spelling of –ed Verbs
handout
Simple Past Yes/No
Questions –
Chart 8-8 p 234
Ex. 29 pp. 234-5
Past Time Words Chart 8-5 p. 225
Ex. 16 p. 225
Ex. 17 p. 226
Irregular Verbs –
Chart 8-6 p. 227
Ex. 21 pp. 229-30
Chart 8-9 p. 238
Ex. 35 pp. 239
Simple Past Wh- Questions –
Chart 9-1 p. 252 and Ex. 1 pp. 252-3
Chart 9-2 and Ex. 7 pp. 257-8
Chart 9-3 p. 260 and Ex. 11 p. 261
You will also complete a chart on a verb (your choice) in the 3 tenses and forms we studied:
Simple Present
- use for general
facts & routines
- use do or does
for auxiliary verb
Present
Progressive
- use for actions
happening now
- use am, is or are
for auxiliary verb
Simple Past
- use did for
auxiliary verb
Affirmative Statement
Every day,
I ________________
Negative Statement
Every day,
I _______ ___________
Question
Every day,
______you___________?
Short Answer Affirm./Neg.
She ______________
She______ __________
______she___________?
Yes, she ____ /No, she _______.
Right now,
I _____ ____________
Right now,
I _____ ____ _________
Right now,
_____I _______________ ?
Yes, I _____ /No, I _______.
They _____ _________
They _____ __________
____they______________?
Yes, they _____ /No, they_____.
She_____ __________
She_____ ___________
____she_______________?
Yes, she _____ /No, she ______.
Yesterday,
I _________________
Yesterday,
I ________ ___________
Yesterday,
________you___________?
Yes, I _____ /No, I ________.
Yes, I ____ /No, I _______.
The final exam for the morning class (MWF 9-9:50AM) is on Monday, December 15
from 9:00-10:50 AM. Notice that the time is longer than the usual class time!
The final exam for the evening class (MW 5:45-7:00PM) is on Wednesday, December
17 from 5:45-7:00 PM.