Grammar Progress Test Answers

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Elementary Language Practice

Grammar Progress Test 2b (Units 15–27)

1        Change the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.

0        For lunch, my mother (eat) ate rice, but my dad (have) had pasta.

1        Sylvia (make) was making her breakfast when the doorbell rang..

2        The police officer saw the accident when he was ndriving to work.

3        When the film was finishing, my parents (came)  came home.

4        My sister was singing  while she (do) was doing her homework.

5        He (walk) walked into the kitchen, then he (sit) sat down.

6        While Luis (tell) was telling a joke, the teacher (walk) walked in.

7        Mr and Mrs Smith (fly) flew to Italy yesterday.

8        Nothing happened when I (switch on) was switching the computer.

9        Joe (run) ran into the room while I (study) was studying.

10        It (begin) began to snow while we (play) were playing football.

2        Write statements, negative sentences or questions with used to.

0        you/have/long hair (question) Did you use to have long hair?

1        Ricardo/live/in Portugal (statement) Ricardo used to live in Portugal.

2        they/like/pop music (question) Did they use to like pop music?

3        we/drink/tea (negative) They didn’t use to drink tea.

4        all girls/learn/to read (question) Did all the girls use to learn to read?

5        people/use/the internet (negative) People didn’t use to use the Internet.

6        your friend/come/by car (statement) Your friend used to come back by car.

7        she/go/swimming (statement) She used to go swimming.

8        she/write/stories (question) Did she use to write stories?

9        cars/go/fast (negative) Cars didn’t use to go fast.

10        my cousin/speak/English (negative) My cousin didn’t use to speak English.

3        Read the paragraph. Choose the best word for each space.

My grandfather (0)  A  in the same office as me. He (1) B  to our house on Sunday and we (2) C about what it (3) B like in the old days. He (4) C he still

(5) A the names of all his colleagues. One of them still works at the office. Grandfather (6) B the tea when he started the job, but when he (7) B he was the boss. As we (8) C, we looked at some photographs of the office in the old days. He said they (9) B harder then. He thinks things (10) B better in the old days.

0        A used to work        B was working        C works

1        A comes        B came        C was coming

2        A were talking        B talks        C talked

3        A is        B was        C        is being

4        A say        B was saying        C said

5        A knows        B knew        C was knowing

6        A is making        B used to make        C makes

7        A retires        B retired        C was retired

8        A are talking        B talked        C were talking

9        A work        B used to work        C were working