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Elementary Language Practice

Grammar Progress Test 5a (Units 5769)

1 Underline the correct word in each sentence.

0 Is your money in/into your pocket?

1 Clare isnt 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 Whats that? Its an orange.

1 Simon plays _____ piano.
2 Do you like _____ chocolate?
3 I havent 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 doesnt wear _____ glasses.
9 Have you got _____ umbrella?
10 A tiger escaped from _____ zoo.

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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. Its ours/us.
5 I dont know someone/anyone in this town.
6 There was anything/nothing in the room.
7 You cant know nothing/everything.
8 I like your shoes. Where did you get it/them?
9 Look! Theres 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.

Im going, said Tom.
00 Im 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 Ive found my bag, said the girl.
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4 Mum told us not to be so rude.
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5 Thats 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 shouldnt 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.
00 Hes not very clever.
1 I will tell you tomorrow.
2 That cars new.
3 I would not buy that hat.
4 Its got two wheels.
5 He will not say where he bought it.
6 You cant have another one.
7 Ive got an idea.
8 She has been to Spain.
9 Jane isnt very happy.
10 They cannot swim.
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Ive got a new house.
He is not very clever.
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