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GRAMMAR EXAM

 Pocket Digest
(Ron’s Challenge)

Ron Hammer loved basketball. One afternoon on his way to a basketball game, he was walking and dreaming about playing
college basketball the following year.
At the same time as Ron was walking to the game, Sam Glen was walking to his car. Sam was feeling tired. He knew it was
time to stop working so hard. Sam got into his car headed home. He was driving down Seventh Avenue when he had an heart
attack. Sam’s car hit Ron so hard that Ron was thrown three feet into the air.
Ron woke up in a hospital room. When he learned that both his leg were broken, he realized his college basketball dreams
were over. Ron did what the doctors told him, but his progress was slow. When he left the hospital, Ron was sent to a rehab
center for physical therapy.
A week after he arrowed there, he met Sunny Chen. Sunny was a former coach. His legs were paralyzed from skiing accident.
Even though he couldn’t move his legs, Sunny coached a basketball team, called the Suns. Everyone on the team played from
a wheelchair. Sunny invited Ron to join the game. Ron played badly, but for the first time since the accident, he stopped
feeling sorry for himself.
After becoming a part of the Suns, Ron improved quickly. Basketball was like medicine for him. And whenever Ron became
depressed or angry. Sunny was there to encourage him and help him. The day before Ron left the center, he had dinner with
Sunny. He asked Sunny how he managed to be so generous and cheerful, even with his paralysis.
Sunny smiled and said “It’s really quite simple. When you keep your face to the sun, the shadows fall behind.”

1- Comprehension: Identifying the main idea. (2 each)

a) What kind of person was Ron before the accident?
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b) What happened to Ron’s legs?
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c) What happened when Ron first played basketball from the wheelchair?
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d) What helped Ron get better?
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e) What kind of person was Sunny?
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2- Transform into the Passive Voice: (2 each)

a) Paul bought this book yesterday.
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b) The teacher corrects our exercises at home.
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c) Everybody will see this film soon.
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d) She had finished the report by noon.
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e) He has just finished the report.
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f) We must finish those letters by five o’clock.
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g) Mary is cleaning the house.
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3- Transform into Indirect Speech:

a) He said, “I will be here at noon.”
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b) Helen said, “I have read that book.”
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c) Mary said, “I have to finish this report by five o’clock.”
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d) Mary said to John, “I cannot go to the movies with you.”
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e) John said, “I saw that movie on Wednesday.”
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f) Mary remarked, “John speaks English well.”
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g) I asked the clerk, “How much does it cost?”
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4- Insert A/AN or THE,

THE when necessary:
a) There’s _______________ red car parked outside my house.
b) Jane watched _______________ very good movie yesterday.
c) Did you like ________________ movie you watched last night?
d) __________ moon was shining brightly.
e) Can you take me to _____________ bus station?
f) Boston is on _______________ Atlantic Coast?
g) I live in __________ Brazil, but Paul lives in ____________ United States.
h) ___________ teachers are pretty well paid today.
i) ___________ Copper is a metal.

5- Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition: (1 each)

a) He was _________ search __________ the truth.
b) They whistle ___________ their club players as they file________ the field.
c) Jennifer was dressed __________ blue.
d) Mary got married_________ sixteen years old.
e) It is good to hear__________ the people we like.
f) Is this the project you are working ____________?
g) _________ some places, women will be kissed three times________ the cheek.
h) She will rarely err by being ________ the conservative side.
i) Are you looking forward __________ your birthday?

6- Fill in the blanks with the correct tense of the verbs in the brackets: (2 each)
a) Peter usually_______________ (to go) to work by car, but today he _______________ (to have) to go by bus because his
car_______________________ (to be) at the garage.
b) How often____________ you______________ (to come) to CABS?
I ______________________ (to come) to CABS twice a week.
c) How long ______________she______________ (to study) English?
She _____________________ (to study) English since 1999.
d) ___________ you ever_____________ to France? (to be)
No, I _______________ never_______________ to France. (to be)
e) Look!! The plane ___________________ over our city. (to fly)
f) If you ___________________ (to eat) a lot, you __________________ (to become) fat.
g) If I ____________________ (to be) you, I ___________________ (to study) more.
h) If Paul________________________ (to study), he ___________________ (to pass). Now, he will have to study the
whole semester again.
i) By the time the teacher__________________ (to arrive) in class yesterday, the students _________________ (to leave)
j) It _____________________ (to rain) hard when I woke up this morning.
k) Next year I ____________________ (to travel) to Europe.