Test paper
| Choose the correct
verb to complete the
sentences
1. Either my mother or
my father (is, are)
coming to the meeting.
2. The dog or the cats
(is, are) outside.
3. George and Tamara
(doesn't, don't) want to
see that movie.4. Benito (doesn't,
don't) know the answer.
5. One of my sisters
(is, are) going on a trip
to France.
6. The man with all the
birds (live, lives) on my
street.
7. The movie, including
all the previews, (take,
takes) about two hours
to watch.
8. The players, as wellas the captain, (want,
wants) to win.
9. Either answer (is,
are) acceptable.
10. Every one of those
books (is, are) fiction.
11. Nobody (know,
knows) the trouble I've
seen.
12. (Is, Are) the news
on at five or six?
13. Eight dollars (is,
are) the price of amovie these days.
14. Your pants (is, are)
at the cleaner's.
15. There (was, were)
fifteen candies in that
bag. Now there (is, are)
only one left!
16. The committee
(debates, debate)
these questions
carefully.
17. The committee
members (leads, lead)very different lives in
private.
18. The Prime Minister,
together with his wife,
(greets, greet) the
press cordially.
19. All of the CDs,
even the scratched
one, (is, are) in this
case.
20. Annie and her
brothers (is, are) at
school.I! Go through the
sentences and change
their tenses as
directed.
1. The boy speaks the
truth. (Present
Continuous Tense)
2. Mr Cooper has
spoken about
Dinosaurs. (Present
Perfect ContinuousTense)
. The boat sailed
yesterday. (Simple
Present Tense)
. Amy went to school
yesterday. ( Future
Continuous Tense)
. The baby cried for
hours. (Present
Perfect Continuous
Tense)
. Robert ate all the
cookies. (PresentPerfect Tense)
7. | have finished my
assignment. (Past
Perfect Tense)
8. Mr Bert had taught
for five years. (Past
Perfect Continuous
Tense).
9. Dev saw the Prime
Minister yesterday.
(Future Continuous
Tense)
10. Priya shall finishher stitching by
then. (Future
Perfect Tense)
HI.
1. Where do you live?”
the stranger said to
Aladdin.
2. Dhronacharya said
to Arjun, “Shoot the
bird’s eye.”
3. Bruce said to me, “I
shall do the work.”4. Raj said, “Alas! My
pet died.”
5. Ruchi said, “| may go
there.”
6. Bucky said to Steve,
“Do you hear me?”
7. The boy said, “Let
me come in.”
8. Granny said to me,
“May God bless you.”
9. Rahul told to me,
“When are you
leaving?”10. Raj said to Simran,
"| will meet your father".
IV. Choose the correct
determiner
1. Her imaginations
are outof >
world. (this/that)
2.Giveme____-
money that | owe
you____— days
before. (a/the;some/a lot)
. The inquiry officer
asks about the
incident |
happened yesterday.
(that/which)
. Remo completes
______ graduation
course without any
backlogs. (his/this)
.Don'tlook at
like this. (me/mine)
. They were not doneyet because there
were __ of
problems to solve.
(a lot/lot)
. What kind of goals
do you have in your
life? (what/which)
. Is there left
toeatin_ >
fridge? (something/
anything; the/an)
. She is wearing a
beautiful ring on____ finger. (her/
their)
10.___——s days back, we
saw a huge lion in
frontof >
vehicle. (few/a few;
our)
11.1 usedtolivein__
house. (this/that/
these)
12. This is my problem,
and | know how to
handle___? (this/13.
14.
15.
that/it)
_____is your
residential
address? (which/
where/what)
He went to the
shopping mall
with
younger sisters.
(his both/both his/
two his)
Could you please
bring me16.
17.
18.
books lleftin
garden? (these/
those; the/a/an)
___s are my
childhood friends.
(this/these)
We invited
colleagues over to
our house for ____
barbecue party. (a
few/few; a/an/the)
one of my
batchmates knows19.
20.
my birthday, but
____ of them
wished me. (Every/
few; none/
someone)
A bird in the hand
is worth two in ____
bush. (the/an/a)
qualifications
do you have?
(whose/what/
which)V. Write the meaning
of the idioms given
below and make
sentences with it.(You
can Google for the
meanings but create
your own sentences)
1. On cloud nine
2.The other side
of the coin
3.Pay someoneback in his own
coin.
4. Left out in the
cold
5. Daylight
robbery