INSTITUTO SUPERIOR ENRIQUE GUILLERMO HOOD GRAMTICA INGLESA I FIRST MID-TERM EXAM NAME: _________________________________________________________________________________________DATE:________ __________________

1) Read the following sentences and underline the verbs. Indicate whether they are
auxiliary or main verbs. a) We have eaten all of the cookies. b) The show must end now. c) She might stop the video soon. d) Wouldn't you eat all of that? e) Sally is trying to take my paper! f) Bob should have passed this test easily.

g) I may not redo the homework. h) You will eat this entire thing! 2) In the following passage (from A farm at Raraba by Ernest Haveman), all verbs are underlined. Indicate whether they are Finite (F) or Non-finite (NF). Next morning shortly after sunrise, just as the light was beginning to come streaming through the trees, while I lay leaning on my elbow taking my bread and tea, and looking across the canyon, tracing the dip of the granite headlands, and trying to plan a way to the river at a point likely to be fordable, suddenly I caught the big bright eyes of a deer gazing at me through the garden hedge, she continued to gaze, while I gazed back with equal steadiness, motionless as a rock. In a few minutes she ventured forward a step, exposing the fine arching neck and forelegs, then snorted and withdrew.

3) In the following passage (adapted from A hanging by Goerge Orwell) identify the type of lexical verb (transitive, intransitive or linking) in the verb phrase, which has been underlined. One prisoner had been brought out of his cell. He was a Hindu, a puny wisp of a man, with a shaven head and vague liquid eyes. He had a thick, sprouting moustache, absurdly too big for his body, rather like the moustache of a comic man on the films. Six tall Indian warders were guarding him and getting him ready for the gallows. Two of them stood by with rifles and fixed bayonets; the others handcuffed him, passed a chain through his handcuffs and fixed it to their belts, and lashed his arms tight to his sides. They crowded very close about him, with their hands always on him in a careful, caressing grip, as though all the whiles feeling him to make sure he was

there. It was like men handling a fish which is still alive and may jump back into the water, But he stood quite unresisting, yielding his arms limply to the ropes, as though he hardly noticed what was happening.

4) Identify the tenses, then match them to the correct descriptions. 1) The plane to Sydney leaves at eleven oclock. 2) I have written two letters this morning. 3) Theyre going on holiday on Saturday. 4) Graham has known Errol for five years. 5) Youre always leaving the door open. 6) We are rehearsing a new play at the moment. 7) George has bought a new car. 8) Lisa has been cleaning the house all morning. 9) Look! Alison has dyed her hair! 10) More and more people are recycling their rubbish. a) actions which started in the past and continue up to the present b) action which has recently finished and whose result is visible in the present. c) to put emphasis on the duration of an action which started in the past and continues up to the present. d) to express criticism or annoyance e) timetables and programmes f) actions that we have arranged to do in the near future g) action which has happened within a specific time period which is not over at the moment of speaking. h) action which happened at an unstated time in the past i) changing or developing situations j) temporary actions.

5) Put the verbs in brackets into the correct present form. 1) A: tortoises ___live______(live) to be very old. B: Ive heard of one which is over a hundred years old. 2) A: Are you still busy? B. Yes. I _____________(read) this article for an hour and I still ________________(not/finish) 3) A: More and more people ______________(go) to university these days. B: Yes, I think its a good thing. 4) A: I_____________(have) a party tonight. Do you want to come? B: Yes. What time does it start? 5) A: Why are your shoes wet? B: I___________________(wash) the car. 6) A: Have you made plans for Saturday yet? B: I________________(go) to the cinema with Jack. 7) A: Mr. Collins is a very good teacher. B: Well, he ___________________ (teach) Maths for twenty-five years, you know 8) A: Whats the matter? B: I_______________(break) my ankle. 9) A: What do I need to do next? B: You _______________(add) the sugar to the mixture and you _____________(mix) it well. 10) A: Who ______________(use) my car? B: I have. 11) A: Are you new here? B: No. Actually, I ______________(live) here for almost ten years. 12) A: Are you going to the concert on Saturday night? B: Yes. Actually, I _________________(already/buy) the tickets. 13) A: Hello, Simon.

B: Oh! We_________________(always/meet) each other in this supermarket. 14) A: Pete is playing his music very loud,

that!

B: Again! He__________________(always/do)

6) Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous. 1 A: Why_______________ (you/smell) the soap? B: It_________ (smell) lovely. Its like roses! 2 A: Why___________ (you/taste) the soup? B: To see if it__________ (taste) good. I think it needs more salt. 3 A: I__________ (feel) very tired. B: You should go to bed early. 4 A: I____________ (see) Andy this evening. B: I don't know yet .The man_______________(weigh) the bag now . 6 A: l___________________ (think) about buying a new car soon B: Why? I________________ (think) your car is fine. You dont need a new one. 7 A: What__________________ (you/look) at? B: The sky. It________________ (Iook) as if its going to rain. 8 A: I really_______________ (enjoy) homemade food. B: So do l. and I_________________ (enjoy) every bit of this meal

B: I__________(see). So, you don't want to come to the cinema with me, do you? 5 A: How much ________________ (the bag of apples /weigh)?