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Grammar Test Group 11 EAiE
I Present Simple or Present Continuous?
Hello and welcome to the Western TV Studios tour. At the momen we……………1 (go) into Studio A. In this building on the left they……………………(make) several TV dramas, but they……………………….2 (not film) today because the workmen…………………3 (build) the scenery for a new series of ‘Harper Street’. Over a 100 builders, painters and electricians ………………….. 4 (work) here at Western TV Studios. Now we …………………..5 (leave) Studio A and we …………………….6(go) past the costume department. The people here………………………..7(make) and ……………………8 (repair) clothes for the actors and actresses. The room……………………….9 (contain) over 2,000 dresses. And now we …………………….10 (come) to Studio B but we have to wait for the green light. The red light means that they………………………..11(shoot) a film. While we ……………………….12(wait), let me tell you some things about Western TV. We………………….13(make) programmes for television and we …………………(sell) them to TV stations here and around the world. We normally………….…14(produce) about 10 programmes a week. At the moment in Studio B they………..……….15(film) an episode of ‘San Francisco Nights’.
II Comparison of adjectives. Complete the sentences using the words in brackets in the correct form. Add any necessary words.
1. I’m ______________________(good) at reading than listening.
2. For me English is not as _____________________(hard) German.
3. Spanish is one _________________________________(widely spoken) languages.
4. Portuguese isn’t ____________________________(useful) internationally as English.
5. The USA is slightly ____________________________________(large) China.
6. Russia is ______________________________(big) country in the world.
7. I think vocabulary is _________________________(important) grammar when it comes to communication.
III Relative clauses. Make one sentence from two sentences using ‘who’.
1. A man phoned. He didn’t say his name.
The man...................................................................................................................................
2. A woman opened the door. She was wearing a yellow dress.
The woman..............................................................................................................................
3. Some people live next door to us. They are very nice.
The people...............................................................................................................................
4. A policeman stopped our car. He wasn’t very friendly.
The policeman.............................................................................................................................
5. A boy broke the window. He ran away.
The boy........................................................................................................................................
Put in ‘who; that; which’
1. Where is the picture.....................was on the wall?
2. I don’t like people..............................don’t stop talking.
3. Why does he always wear clothes.............................are too small for him?
4. A coffee maker is a machine.............................makes coffee.
5. Everybody.......................went to the party enjoyed it very much.
IV Form questions for the underlined parts of sentences.
1. St. Luke’s advertising agency was founded in 1996.
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2. Each employee has a mobile, a locker, and a shoulder bag.
3. Each employee has a mobile, a locker, and a shoulder bag.
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4. Agora runs social campaigns.
5. Adam Michnik spent 6 years in prison.
6. Dinesh built good contacts with airlines.
7. Ebookers.com offers a complete range of travel products.
8. Julie’s business has developed very quickly.
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9. Friends Reunited operates in many foreign countries.
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10. Steven and Jason wanted to start a new company.
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