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Basic Grammar: Modules 1-4 /Tests/Answers

Basic English Grammar- Tests For Modules 1 - 4, {Please Only Take Once}.

Section 1: Tenses

Please conjugate the verb to show the time an action occurred.

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 Example: 1. Joseph is doing his exercises outside now. - Present Simple Tense

2. Joseph --- doing his exercises outside yesterday. - Past Simple Tense

3. Joseph --- done his exercises outside for the past week. - Present Perfect Tense

4. Joseph --- done his exercises outside before the heavens opened. - Past Perfect Tense

5. Joseph will --- doing his exercises outside from now on.- Future Continuous Tense

6. Joseph has --- doing his exercises outside since last month. - Present Perfect Continuous Tense

7. Joseph --- been doing his exercises outside for a month before his neighbour built a fence. - Past Perfect Continuous Tense

8. Joseph --- have been doing his exercises outside for a month this February. - Future Perfect Continuous Tense

9. Joseph will --- DONE aerobics by now according to the syllabus.- Future Perfect Tense

10. Joseph --- do his exercises indoors now as his neighbour has complained. - Future Simple Tense

Section 2:  Please put these sentences in the Passive Voice

1. Past Perfect Continuous -

Jermaine had been stealing his landlord’s croquettes.

2. Past Simple -

Jermaine was stealing his landlord’s croquettes.

3. Present Simple -

They produce Nollywood films in Nigeria.

4. Present Simple - Causative -

They made a whole Human Resources Department redundant by introducing AI technology.

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Section 3: Numbers as Determinatives and Quantifiers

Please change the number into words- an adjective ending in -th or a noun

Example:

It’s the hundredth time (adjective) I’ve asked the poet to attend the Writing Workshop

Exercises

1. Babatunji celebrated his (50) birthday last month.

2. Ayorinde is the (9) child in a big family.

3. The trains drives at a (1,000) times the speed of lightning.

4. What is (1/5) of an atom?

5. I was (46) before I understood that (1/4) was smaller than half.

Section 4: Telling the Time

Please write these times another way. They're various correct options.

1. 07:43

2. 20:15

3. 00.00 hrs

4. 16:03

5. 09:38

Section 5: The Possessive ‘S’ and Shortened Auxiliaries

Examples:

a. Mariatu is cooking rice pap for her guests.

To

b. Mariatu’s cooking rice pap for her guests.

c. The owner of the boat anchored it at Goderich

To

d. The boat’s owner anchored it at Goderich.

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Please correct these sentences by adding an apostrophe ‘s’ to the noun where required -

  1.  Olatunji girlfriend texted him when his wife was at work.

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  1. The children new geography teacher was Zambian.

  2. The twin babies cries woke up their exhausted mum.

  3. Girls shoes like designer ones are more expensive.

  4.  James Poetry book is in seven British libraries.

Section 6- Verb Patterns

Please Choose The Correct Option-

Example 1. Mahmoud *can't stand [him] because of his constant intrusive questions. { 1= Correct}.

Rule- please use an object pronoun after these verbs if you need to use one.

 

2a. Mahmoud can't stand his neighbour’s singing.

2b. Mahmoud can't stand his neighbour’s to sing.

 

3a. Efua imagined flying over Lagos in a Concorde.

3b. Efua imagained to fly over lagos in a Concorde.

 

4a. Efua dislikes me commenting on her hair extensions.

4b. Efua dislikes me to comment on her hair extensions.

 

5a. Do you mind repeating your question please?

5b. Do you mind to repeat your question please?

 

6a. Babatunji didn't want to risk Efua getting caught driving without insurance.

6b. Babatunji didn't want to risk Efua  to get caught driving without insurance.

 

7. I don't mind you staying over this weekend.

b. I don't mind you to stay over this weekend.

 

8. Babatunji was put off by Efua's constant nagging.

8b. Babatunji was put off  by Efua's constant to nag.

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Disclaimer

You May Claim a Certificate on Completion of Modules. The certificate is only for personal use and cannot be utilised in formal academic settings.

Answer Box

Section 4:  Answers- Numbers as Determinatives and Quantifiers

Please change the number into words- an adjective ending in -th or a noun

Example:

It’s the hundredth time (adjective) I’ve asked the poet to attend the Writing Workshop

Exercises

1. Babatunji celebrated his fiftieth birthday last month.

2. Ayorinde is the ninth child in a big family.

3. The trains drives at a thousand times the speed of lightning.

4. What is one fifth of an atom?

5. I was forty-six before I understood that one fourth was smaller than half.

Section 5: The Possessive ‘S’ and Shortened Auxiliaries

Answers

  1. Olatunji’s girlfriend texted him when his wife was at work.

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  1. The children’s new geography teacher was Zambian.

  2. The twin babies’ cries woke up their exhausted mum.

  3. Girls’ shoes like designer ones are more expensive.

  4.  James’s Poetry book is in seven British libraries.

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