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Elementary Language Practice
Grammar Progress Test 5a (Units 57-69)
1 Underline the correct word in each sentence.
0 Is your money in/into your pocket?
1 Clare isn't at/on work today.
2 Did you hear the news in/on the radio?
3 The shop is near/outside the post office.
4 There was somebody into/behind him.
5 Meet me on/in the corner.
6 We live in/at the end of the street.
7 Take the second turning at/on the left.
8 Put this on/to the table.
9 Is it in/on the library?
10 Marco lives next to/beside a cafe.
2 Complete the sentence with a, an, the or `zero article'.
0 What's that? It's an orange.
1 Simon plays _____ piano.
2 Do you like _____ chocolate?
3 I haven't got _____ pencil.
4 Asia is _____ largest continent.
5 Quick. Call _____ ambulance.
6 He went to _____ prison for three years.
7 I want to go to _____ bed.
8 Michael doesn't wear _____ glasses.
9 Have you got _____ umbrella?
10 A tiger escaped from _____ zoo.
3 Underline the correct word in each sentence.
0 Is this/these pen yours?
1 I think the books are my/mine.
2 Your skirt is very nice. I like them/it.
3 He likes her and she likes he/him.
4 We paid for this. It's ours/us.
5 I don't know someone/anyone in this town.
6 There was anything/nothing in the room.
7 You can't know nothing/everything.
8 I like your shoes. Where did you get it/them?
9 Look! There's something/anything in your soup.
10 Can I see those/these shoes over there, please?
4 Change each sentence into direct speech or reported speech.
0 Tom said he was going.
`I'm going,' said Tom.
00 `I'm sorry,' said Sean.
Sean said he was sorry.
1 `I have missed the train,' he said.
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2 Brian said it was alright.
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3 `I've found my bag,' said the girl.
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4 Mum told us not to be so rude.
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5 `That's not enough,' said the driver.
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5 Write the instructions.
0 The police ordered us to stop. Stop!
1 The teacher told us to stand up. ________________
2 You shouldn't smoke. ________________
3 He ordered us to be quiet. ________________
4 The driver told us to get off the bus ________________
5 Our mum told us to come here. ________________
6 Rewrite each sentence in the passive. Start each sentence with the words underlined.
0 Three people saw the robbery.
The robbery was seen by three people.
1 Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin.
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2 Watt invented the steam engine.
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3 Real Madrid won the Cup.
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4 Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet.
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5 Someone stole my bike.
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6 The Chinese invented paper.
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7 Someone has eaten my banana.
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8 Robots make cars.
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9 Indian women wear saris.
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10 The Scots make whisky.
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7 Write the contraction or the full form.
0 I have a new house. I've got a new house.
00 He's not very clever. He is not very clever.
1 I will tell you tomorrow. _________________________________
2 That car's new. _________________________________
3 I would not buy that hat. _________________________________
4 It's got two wheels. _________________________________
5 He will not say where he bought it. _________________________________
6 You can't have another one. _________________________________
7 I've got an idea. _________________________________
8 She has been to Spain. _________________________________
9 Jane isn't very happy. _________________________________
10 They cannot swim. _________________________________
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