CABS- CENTER OF AMERICAN AND BRITISH STUDIES

Exam A
Name: _________________________________________Date:__/__/___ Grade:_____

GRAMMAR EXAM
1- Answer the questions: (1 each)
a) How’s everything?
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b) What do you do?
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c) What’s your address?
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d) What does your father do?
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e) What’s your last name?
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f) When are your English classes?
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g) How many sisters do you have?
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h) What’s your sign of the Zodiac?
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i) Where is the post office?
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j) What’s your favorite season of the year?
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k) How many bedrooms are there in your house?
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l) Are you an engineer?
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m) Does your family live in Nova Friburgo?
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n) Is there a train station in Nova Friburgo?
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o) How old are you?
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p) When’s your birthday?
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2- Complete with A or AN:

AN (0,50 each)
a) _____________ hairdresser.
b) _____________ nurse.
c) _____________ university.
d) _____________ actress.
e) _____________ convenience store.
f) _____________ honest person.
3- Complete with e THERE IS/ THERE ARE/ IS THERE/ ARE THERE:
THERE (1 letter)
a) ___________________ a bank at the corner?
No, ___________________.
b) ________________ 20 students in the classroom.
c) ________________ a museum in your city?
Yes, ____________________.
d) ________________ a Park in Nova Friburgo.
e) ________________ ten people in your house?
Yes, _____________________.

4- Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition: (1 letter)

a) Where is she___________? Portugal.
b) Martha is not here. She is ___________ there.
c) Cabs is _____________ Rua General Osório, 58.
d) There is a office ____________ the corner.
e) I am __________ time. I’m not late.
f) I study English ___________ Mondays and Wednesdays _________ 8:00.
g) How can I get __________ the school?
h) I like to go out ______________ the weekends.
i) Ana is ___________ the right, and Bob __________ the left.
j) Does she work __________Cabs?
k) I live ___________ a small house.
l) Victor’s birthday is _________ July. His birthday is _________ July 8th.
m) She lives _____________ Alberto Braune.
n) I study Spanish ___________10:00 A.M.

5- What time is it: (Use AM or PM)

PM (1 each)
a) 10:00 _________________________________ _____________________________
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b) 14:00 _________________________________ _____________________________
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c) 16:45 _________________________________ _____________________________
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d) 8:15 _________________________________ _____________________________
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e) 21:56_________________________________ _____________________________
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f) 12:00_________________________________ _____________________________
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g) 24:00_________________________________ _____________________________
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h) 11:30_________________________________ _____________________________
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i) 18:15_________________________________ _____________________________
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j) 20:30_________________________________ _____________________________
6- Complete with the correct form of the VERB TO BE:
BE (0,50 each)

a) She ___________ a nurse.

b) It ___________ beautiful.
c) They _____________ flight attendants.
d) Mary and I _____________ students.
e) Julia _____________ a baby.
f) Victor __________3 years old.
g) I ___________ your teacher. Tom and Bob __________ my students.
h) ____________you good students? Yes, we____________.
i) They ___________ friends for almost a year.

7- Complete with HAVE or HAS:

HAS (0,50 each)

a) Tom __________ a girlfriend.

b) I __________ a son called João Victor.
c) She __________ a handsome husband.
d) You __________ a good teacher.
e) He ___________ a big house.

8- Write the ordinal numbers: (0,50 each)

a) 31st: _____________________________
b) 2nd: ______________________________
c) 14th: _____________________________
d) 25th: _____________________________
e) 47th: _____________________________
f) 60th: _____________________________
g) 54th: _____________________________
h) 79th:_____________________________

9- Make up questions: (1 each)

a) _____________________________________________________________________?
I study at CABS.
b) _____________________________________________________________________?
No, she doesn’t.
c) _____________________________________________________________________?
His birthday is on April 7th .
d) _____________________________________________________________________?
So-so.
e) _____________________________________________________________________?
Yes, there are.
f) _____________________________________________________________________?
My first name is Ana Paula.
g) _____________________________________________________________________?
It is 10:00 in the morning.
h) _____________________________________________________________________?
M-A-R-C-E-L-O
i) _____________________________________________________________________?
 It’s 2522-6030.
j) _____________________________________________________________________?
The bank is across from the Post Office.
k) _____________________________________________________________________?
Yes, they are.
l) _____________________________________________________________________?
No, I am not.
m) _____________________________________________________________________?
No, he doesn’t need a tie.

10- Fill in the blanks with, WHEN, WHAT, WHERE, WHO, HOW, WHY, WHICH
and HOW MANY:MANY (0,50 each)

a) ________________ are you with a sweater: Because I am cold.

b) ________________ do you live? In Friburgo.
c) ________________ time is you English class? It’s at 8:00.
d) ________________ chairs are there in the class? There are 5 chairs in the class.
e) ________________ is your mother’s birthday? It’s in May.
f) ________________ do I get to the bus station? Go straight.
g) ________________ is your friend? She is Mary.
h) ________________ one do you prefer? The blue one or the black one?

11- Fill in the blanks with the Simple Present of the verbs in the brackets: (1,64 each)

a) What ___________ she _________? (do)

She___________(be) an actress.
b) ____________ you ____________ Spanish? (study)
No, I ______________ Spanish.(study)
c) They___________ to go home. (want)
d) I __________the blue shirt and she ___________ the brown one.(like)
e) What time __________ that mall________? (open)
It______________ at 12:00. (open)
f) He_____________ breakfast at 8 every morning. (eat)
g) ___________ you _________ in a house or in an apartment?(live)
I __________________ in a house.
h) She _____________ (not/have) classes on Tuesdays. She ____________ (have) classes
on Saturdays.

12) Use possessive adjectives (My, your , his, her, our, their) to complete the sentences.
a) I like music. This is _____________ CD.
b) My teacher is beautiful. ____________ name is Belinda.
c) My friends are in the classroom. ______________ names are Bob, Tim and Jane.
d) Is this your book? No, this is not ____________ book. This is Bob’s book. It
is______________ book.
e) We have a nice bedroom. This is ________________ bedroom.

13) Complete with TOO, EITHER or ALSO.

a) I am not a doctor. My friend is not a doctor _______________.
b) She is Brazilian. He friend is _____________ Brazilian.
c) Bob can drive a car. Peter can drive a car _____________.
 d) John studies English. Tim _______________ studies English.
e) I can’t fly. She can’t fly _________________.

14- Put the verb in the present continuous tense.

1. I’m really busy – I _______________________ (study) for the exam.
2. Right now we _______________________ (ride) camels!
3. They said they _______________________ (have) a great time.
4. Daisy _______________________ (download) an album.
5. What _______________________ (you do) at the moment?
6. They _______________________ (wait) for me in the café.
7. _______________________ (Oliver work) hard?
8. The weather’s terrible, so we _______________________ (not go) walking much.