MODULE 1. GRAMMAR TOPIC 1.1REVISION OF ALL TENSES AND ASPECTS OF THE ENGLISH VERB (ACTIVE VOICE) PLACEMENT TEST Use any appropriate tense for the verbs in parenthesis. 1. Only five of us (work) ______ in the laboratory yesterday when the explosion (occur) ______. Luckily, no one (hurt) ______. 2. The weather (be) _______ terrible lately. It (rain) ________ off and on for two days and the temperature (drop) ______ at least twenty degrees. 3. Just three days ago the sun (shine) _________ and the weather was pleasant. 4. The weather certainly (change) __________quickly here. I never know what to expect. – Who knows? When I (wake up) _________ tomorrow morning, maybe it (snow) _______. 5. About three yesterday afternoon Jessica (lie) ___________in bed reading a book. Suddenly she (hear) _________ a loud noise and (get up) _________to see what it was. She (look) ________ out of the window. A truck (back, just) _____________ into her new car! 6. How long (you, be) _____ here? - I (be) ________ here since the beginning of August. Actually, I (arrive) _________ in the USA six months ago, but I (study) ___________ English at this university only since January. 7. You (speak) __________ English very well. (You, study) _____ a lot of English before you (come)______ here? 8. I (receive) ___ your letter about two weeks ago and (try) ___ to find time to write you back ever since. 9. Yesterday the wind (blow) ___ my hat off my head. I had to chase it down the street. I not, want) ___ to lose it because it’s my favourite hat and it (cost) ___ a lot. 10. Just as I (get) ___ to an interesting part of the story, the telephone rang.
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