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English Test

Exercise 1: Use the appropriate demonstrate pronouns (This,That,These,Those)

1. Leave the bustle and tumult of society to …………… who have not talents to occupy
themselves without them.
2. But …………’s what they do.
3. And the rst of ………… was to obtain the food she had come to seek.
4. But ………… is not the place for special study.
5. Many cities had he seen, and known the minds of …………. Who dwelt in them.
6. The rst of ………. Was the day I won my appointment at Trenton, Missouri in a
competitive examination with seventeen competitors.
7. If I should not be so fortunate, the money is better In your hands than in the hands of
………. Who will murder me.
8. The rst of ………., would be adopt the Spanish proportion between gold and silver;
the second, the French; the third, a mere popular barber, wherein convenience is
consulted more than accuracy.
9. I have never heard from him from …….. day to ……….. .
10. She walked quietly round the table to take the rst of ………… , instead of going to
the nearest chair.

Exercise 2: Complete the sentences.

1. Jill is in hospital. She ……………………… In the hospital since Monday.

2. I know Sarah. I ………………………….. her for a long time.
3. Lynda and Frank are married. They ……………………………. Married since 1989.
4. Brian is ill. He ………………………….. ill for the last few days.
5. Alan has a headache. He ………………………… a headache since he got up this
morning.

Exercise 3: Rewrite the following sentences using since or for and the verb
provided. You may have to change some of words, but keep the same meaning.

1. Jordan moved into this apartment in 2005.

……………………………………………………………………………………………… (live)
2. Ellen and Rose met each other 40 years ago.

………………………………………………………………………………………………. (know)
3. Maria started to wear glasses when she was ve years ago.

……………………………………………………………………………………………….. (wear)
4. David fell in love with Patricia when they were teenagers.

………………………………………………………………………………………………… (be)
5. Sam learned how to swim three years ago.
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(know)

Exercise 4: Write the simple past and the past participle of the following verbs.

Base-form Preterit or Past simple Past participle Meaning

To work

To do

To eat

To call

To begin

To give

To answer

To see

To have

To go

To study

To teach

To make

To talk

Exercise 5: Choose the correct verb from the list below to complete the following
sentences. Put the verb in the negative form of the present perfect.

Fix/ begin/ arrive/ be/ see/ stop/ speak/ buy/ read/ visit

1. Mathew is waiting on the corner for his girlfriend, but she ……………………….. yet.
2. My brother lives in a di erent country. I …………………………………. Him for two
years.
3. Ellie and Bill got a divorce ve years ago. They ……………………………. To each other
since then.
4. It is only 8:45. The class ……………………………………… yet.
5. It started to snow last night and it still ………………………………………………. It yet.
6. She has nally decided which car she wants, but she ………………………………….. it
yet.
7. I heard that the movie at the Roxy Theater is great, but I …………………………………
it yet.
8. I bought a newspaper today, but I still …………………………….. it.
9. He took his car to the service station yesterday, but they …………………………….. it
yet.
10. The Andersons moved out of New York ten years ago and they
………………………….. back to the city since then.
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Exercise 6: Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verb
provided, simple past or present perfect.

1. We ………………………. (Move) to Vancouver last April. We …………………………….

(Live) there for six months now.
2. I ………………………… (go) to every hockey game this season. I
………………………….. (go) to the game last night with my brother.
3. I ……………………….. (lose) my house key last week and I still ………………………..
( not/ nd) it.
4. When ………… you ………….. (quit) smoking ?
I ……………………………… (not/smoke) for over ve years now and I will never
smoke again.
5. Nora …………………………. ( buy) a lot of souvenirs yesterday. She
…………………………….. never …………………. (Buy) this many souvenirs on vacation
before.
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