Grammar Quiz | Group A
Unit 1 LESSON 1D
Name: _____________________ Class: ____
1 Choose the correct option to complete
the dialogue.
A: What’s the matter?
B: I 0 lose / ’ve lost / ’m losing l a stamp! I’m sure
I saw it a minute ago.
A: And what are you doing?
B: I 1 ’m organising / organise / ’d organised my
stamp collection.
A: Oh, I see.
B: I 2 ’ve been sorting / ’ve sorted / ’m sorting them
into different categories all morning. It’s going to
take weeks to finish.
A: That long?
B: Yes. I think I 3 ’ll finish / finish / ’ll have finished
the job by Christmas.
A: You’ve got thousands of stamps there. How long
4 did you collect / have you been collecting /
are you collecting them?
B: Not that long to be honest. I started off when
I received a letter from a friend in Singapore about
a year ago. While I 5 was reading / read / had read
the letter, I noticed how beautiful the stamp was.
A: And that was your first stamp?
B: Yes. I 6 ’d never really taken /
’ve never really taken / was never really taking
an interest in stamps before then.
A: Can I help you with the categorising?
B: Yes, that would be great. You can help me find
that stamp! It’s red and black with a bird on it.
A: Is that it over there?
B: Oh yes, there it is! Thanks. I 7 I’m losing /
I’ve always lost / I’m always losing stamps like that.
I need to work out a better system.
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2 Complete the sentences with the correct form
of the verbs in brackets.
0 I’m putting ten euros a week in my piggy bank.
By June I will have saved (save) two hundred and
forty euros.
1 It’s no use going to Jo’s house. I’m sure that she
____________________ (leave) by now.
2 By the time I finish school
I ____________________ (learn) English for
twelve years.
3 The music at the event was really good, but the
organisers ____________________ (promise) us
a meal that never materialised.
4 The grass was too wet to sit down on for a picnic
because it ____________________ (rain) all night.
5 I wanted to do my best in the test to make up for
the low grade I ____________________ (receive)
last time.
6 I’ll find out more details about the concert soon,
because I ____________________ (chat) with my
friend on social media later so I can ask her.
7 I’m walking like this because
I ____________________ (hurt) my ankle.
8 When we arrived at the meeting place, Jenny
____________________ (wait) for us for over
an hour.
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