10TH HOMEWORK (CORRECTION OF THE EXAM)

EDUCATIONAL ¨BILINGÜAL UNIT
“ALBOHISPANO HIGH SCHOOL”
1st EVALUATION TEST
1ST Term
SUBJECT: GRAMMAR

COURSE: 10th __________
TEACHER: MR. MARCOS DANIEL VINUEZA BOSADA.
DATE: ___________________________, 2010

STUDENT´S NAME: ________________________________________________________


1) Fill the gaps with the verb in brackets using the past perfect continuous or the past perfect simple.
1. I_____________________ Scarlett Johansson on three previous occasions. Lucky me! ( met )
2. The forensic evidence shows that he _____________________ his nose just before he was murdered. ( pick )
3. When the doctor told him his liver was seriously bad, he ______________ hamburgers for a month. ( eat )
4. Prior to the explosion, the fat man ___________________________ seven large chocolate cakes. ( eat )
2) Put the verbs into the correct form (present perfect progressive).
1.He (work) in this company since 1985.
2.I (wait) for you since two o'clock.
3.Mary (live) in Germany since 1992.
4.Why is he so tired? He (play) tennis for five hours.
3) HAVE GONE AND HAVE BEEN.
1. He is on holiday at the moment. He has _________ to Spain.
2. 'Where is Hamida?' 'She's not here. I think she has _________ to the bank'.
3. 'Hello, Nadir. Where have you _________ ?'
4. 'I have ________ to the bank'
4) Write questions in present perfect simple.
1.they / finish / their homework -
2.Sue / kiss / Ben -
3.the waiter / bring / the tea -
4.Marilyn / pay / the bill -

1) Put the verbs into the correct form (present perfect progressive).

1.We (look for) the motorway for more than an hour.
2.I (live) without electricity for two weeks.
3.The film (run / not) for ten minutes yet, but there's a commercial break already.
4.How long (work / she) in the garden?
5.She (not / be) in the garden for more than an hour.

2) HAVE GONE AND HAVE BEEN.
1. My brother's ____________ to America four times.
2. Sorry, you can't speak to Anna. She's ____________ to a party.
3. Mary's hair looks nice. She's just ____________ to the hairdresser's.
4. Peter's ____________to Canada and he's staying there for three weeks.

3) PAST PERFECT VS PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS.

a) They ____________ ( talk) for over an hour before Tony _______(arrive).
b) She ______________(work) at that company for three years when it ______(go) out of business.
c) How long ______ you ______________(wait) to get on the bus?
d) Mike __________ (want) to sit down because he ______________(stand) all day at work.
4) Simple Past. Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Watch the punctuation and form sentences or questions.

1)When _______ you in London? (to be)
2) We __________in a flat when we were in Paris. (not/to live)
3) What _______you __________yesterday? (to lose)
4) He _________magic tricks at the party. (not/ to do)


1) PAST PERFECT VS PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS.

a) James ____________ (teach) at the university for more than a year before he ________(leave) for Asia.
b) You __________ (wait) there for more than two hours when she finally _________(arrive).
c) _____ you _________(wait) there for more than two hours when she finally ______(arrive)?
d) How long _____ you ___________ (study)Turkish before you _________ (move) to Ankara?

2) Past Continuous vs Past Simple

James Ellis ________ (go) on a business trip last week. He ______ (be) _________ (visit) some customers in Frankfurt. He ________ (leave) home early on Monday morning and _________ (take) a taxi to the airport. He ________ (get) there at about 8 o'clock. He ___________ (check in) and _______ (go) to the airport lounge. He ________ (buy) a newspaper and _________ (go) to get a coffee.

3)Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive).

1.He often (go) to the cinema.
2. We (play) Monopoly at the moment.
3. The child seldom (cry) .
4. I (not / do) anything at the moment.

4) SIMPLE PAST . Rewrite the sentences in the negative.

1.They collected postcards.→
2.You jumped high. →
3.Albert played squash. →
4.The teacher tested our English. →