Test: Using Either and Neither

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Past Tense

• Give the simple past tense form of the following words.
• 1. ask ….. 2. enter …..
• 3. win ….. 4. drive …..
• 5. draw….. 6. write …..
• 7. paint ….. 7. swim …..
• 9. cook ….. 10. wash …..
• 11. catch …. 12. throw …..
• 13. bring ….. 14. fly …..
• 15. blow ….. 16. skip…..
• 17. cry ….. 18. laugh…..
• 19. hide ….. 20. push…..
• 21.throw ….. 22. sweep …..
• 23. spend…. 24. win …..
• 25. think ….. 26. take…. .
• 27. shoot.. . . 28. sink. . .
29. kneel. . . . 30. hurry..
31.divide …. 32. speak …
• 33. give ….. 34. throw ….
• 35. begin …. 36.keep …
37. get

• Underline the correct words
• 1. John ( walk , walked ) to the shops just now.
• 2. Hadi ( give , gave ) me a calendar.
• 3. Halimah ( buy , bought ) an old chair from the garage sale.
• 4. The bus driver ( drive , drove ) very fast to reach Melaka in two hours
• 5. Our neighbour has ( buy , bought ) another house.
• 6. Keshvin ( put , puts ) the flowers there just now.
7. I ( read , reads ) a frightening story last night
• 8. They ( close , closed ) the shops when the lights went out.
• 9. Basri ( lost , lose ) his money while playing on the field.
• 10. Rahman and Lim ( hear , heard ) the news on radio just now.
• 11. Shanti ( find , found ) some old books in the store.
• 12. Kim Seng ( slept , sleep ) for almost two hours.
• 13. Mustapha ( refuse , refused ) to go up the stage.
14. The child ( say , said ) his prayers to go up the stage
• 15. The people ( rushed , rushes ) out of the building when they heard
the explosion.
• 16. I ( catched , caught ) a few grasshoppers to feed my bird.
• 17. Aini ( drank , drink ) a glass of milo before going to bed.
• 18. Hee Kim ( cut , cutted ) out the pictures with a blade.
• 19. Muthu ( break , broke ) his leg yesterday.
• 20. Salim ( washed , washes ) his shoes last weekend.

• Underline the correct words.
• When Encik Hassan ….. ( is , was ) a young boy, he….. ( help , helped ) his father on his small farm. They were very poor and ….. ( earned , earns ) very little from the products they …..( sell , sold ).
• Today Encik Hassan is a very successful businessman. He still ….. ( deal , deals ) in farm products but, he does not work on the farm any
more.His farm is large and he ….. ( employ , employs ) many workers. His
workers …..( do , does ) all the work on the farm. He just manages the
business. His son, Rahim, …..( keeps , keep) the accounts.
Next year Encik Hassan ….. ( will retire , retires )Rahim …..
( will take ,shall take ) over the business

Fill in the blanks with the Past Tense form of the verbs in the brackets
• 1. My brother ….. a pen yesterday. ( buy )
• 2. We ….. our friend in the hospital this morning.(meet )
• 3. I ….. out of the window and saw the accident. ( look )
• 4. Adilla ….. to see me last Sunday. ( come )
• 5. The pupils ….. carefully to their teacher just now.( listen )
• 6. The sweeper ….. the room this morning. ( sweep )
• 7. They ….. themselves at the picnic. ( enjoy )
• 8. We ….. our breakfast this morning. ( have )
• 9. Who ….. the bell just now? ( ring )
• 10. Who ….. the girl home yesterday?( take )
• 11. The man ….. the old fan before he left the school.( repair )
• 12. We ….. the boy who fell in the drain.( carry )
• 13. The bus ….. in front of my house yesterday ( stop)
• 14. My father …..me not to swim in the mining pool .( advise )
• 15. While it was raining, we ….. shelter under the flyover.( take )

• Rewrite the following sentences in the correct tense using the words given
in brackets.
• 1. I post the letter just now.
• …………………………………………………
• 2. Rosli works in a shoe factory two years ago.
• …………………………………………………
• 3. Jasni walks to school last Friday.
• …………………………………………………..
• 4. Wendy gets many presents last Christmas.
• …………………………………………………..
• 5. We eat and drink after the show.
• ……………………………………………………….
• 6. Jagvin , Prishvin and Allia are at the party last night.
• …………………………………………………..
• 7. I prepare lunch for my family yesterday.
• ………………………………………………….
• 8. Our grandparents visit us last week.
• ……………………………………………………..
• 9. She screams because she sees a mouse just now.
• ………………………………………………………
• 10. He is late so he misses the bus that day.
• ………………………………………………………
• 11.Mother makes breakfast and cleans the house before she left.
• …………………………………………………..
• 12. The old man dies in a road accident in 1991.
• ……………………………………………………

Plural Rules in English

Subject-Verb Agreement - Exercise 1

Choose the correct verb in each sentence below. Then click the "Check My Work" button to view the correct answers.

1. Emily and Greg (comes,  come) to my house every Friday for lunch.
2. There (is,  are) time to watch the movie.
3. My friends who are in the band (wants,  want) me to play a musical instrument.
4. My father or my brothers (is,  are) coming with me to the ball game.
5. Everyone (needs, need) time to relax.
6. That bag of oranges (looks, look) fresh.
7. The lacrosse team (hopes, hope) to win the tournament next week.
8. Your trousers (needs, need) to be cleaned.
9. Some of the books on the shelf (is, are) dusty.
10. Even though the students like the class, a few (thinks, think) that it is too complicated.

Answers:
1. come 2. is 3. want 4. are 5. needs 6. looks 7. hopes 8. need 9. are 10. think

Subject-Verb Agreement Quiz 1

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1. Psychology __________ a fun course.
is
are
2. All of the students who took Dave's ESL Class __________ passed.
has
have
3. The area __________ dangerous.
was
were
4. There __________ my wife!
go
goes
5. Here __________ some new students.
are
is
6. There __________ a lovely person over there.
are
is
7. __________ you in love?
Are
Is
8. Dave always __________ nice shoes.
wear
wears
9. There __________ one child in Dave's family.
is
are
10. Benjamin __________ funny
is
are

Answers:
1. is 2. have 3. was 4. goes 5.is 6. is 7. Are 8. wears 9. is 10. is