GEEN 1101 Exam II

Aug-Dec 2018 100 points

Name: _______________________________________ Date: __________________________

EXAM II

GRAMMAR REVIEW

I. Choose whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). (20 points)

_____ 1. The present perfect tense is used to describe what happens in the present until
the future.

_____ 2. The past perfect tense is used to describe what happens in the past before a
past action.

_____3. The regular past participle ends in –ed, but there are irregular past participles of
verbs.

_____ 4. The simplest word modifiers are adjectives and adverbs.

_____ 5. Adverbs modify nouns, verbs and adjectives.

_____ 6. All adverbs are formed by adding –ly to an adjective. There are no exceptions.

_____ 7. The present perfect tense is used to talk about two types of events: those that
go from the past to the present and past experiences.

_____ 8. The present perfect tense is formed with the auxiliaries have/has and the past
participle of a verb.

_____ 9. The past perfect tense is formed with the auxiliary has and the past participle
of a verb.

_____ 10. Very, quite, always, almost, and often are some of the common adverbs that
are not formed from adjectives.
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PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

II. Choose the correct answer that would complete the following sentences in present perfect
tense. (20 points)

1. I _____ finished the job. 6. Have you ever _____ to Australia?

a. have a. being
b. has b. been

2. Have you _____ your lunch? 7. I _____ all the plays of Shakespeare.
a. ate a. has read
b. eaten b. have read

3. She _____ yet. 8. My parents _____ me.

a. has not return a. has never hurt
b. has not returned b. have never hurt

4. I _____ such a mess. 9. He _____ always wanted a car.

a. have never seen a. has
b. have never saw b. have

5. _____ he brought his violin? 10. She _____ to anybody.

a. has a. has never apologized
b. have b. have never apologized
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PAST PERFECT TENSE

III. Complete the following sentences with the correct past perfect form of the verb in
parenthesis. (had + past participle) (20 points)

1. When I arrived at the cinema, the film _________________________. (start)

2. She _________________________ (live) in China before she went to Thailand.

3. After they __________________________ (eat) the shellfish, they began to feel sick.

4. If you _________________________ (not listen) to me, you wouldn’t have the job.

5. Julie didn't arrive until after I _________________________ (leave).

6. When we _________________________ (finish) dinner, we went out.

7. The garden was dead because it _________________________ (be) dry all summer.

8. He _________________________ (meet) her somewhere before.

9. The grass was yellow because it __________________________ (not rain) all summer.

10. She told me she __________________________ (study) a lot before the exam.

ADJECTIVES VS ADVERBS

IV. Complete the following sentences using the correct adjective or adverb found in
parenthesis. (20 points)

1. She cooks ____________________. (terrible / terribly)

2. He is a ____________________ cook. (terrible / terribly)

3. The music was ____________________. (beautiful / beautifully)

4. She plays the piano ____________________. (beautiful / beautifully)

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5. That was a ____________________ answer. (clever / cleverly)

6. She answered ____________________. (clever / cleverly)

7. Your apartment seems ____________________ today. (tidy / tidily)

8. He put the dishes away ____________________. (tidy / tidily)

9. He spoke ____________________. (warm / warmly)

10. She is a very ____________________ person. (warm / warmly)

VOCABULARY

V. Choose 5 of the following vocabulary words and write one sentence using each one. (20
points).

consensus controversial detrimental

launch artificial viable

anonymously estimated unprecedented

campaign blackouts pollution

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