grammar English final exam

the principal __________ sincerely ____________ (hope) everything __________________ (fall) into place.

-, hopes, will fall

They ______________ (warn) us for quite some time now. Let's listen to them

have been warning

they ____________________ (make) plans for a lively recital.

have made

we ___________ (be) all pretty excited about the upcoming concerts.

are

he _________________(ask) me a favour last week, and I ______________ (agree) to help him.

asked, agreed

my birthday ____________ (come) on 14 August and it _________ (be) always a holiday.

comes, is

fill in the blanks with the simple present or the simple part tense of the verbs given in brackets. we ____________ (feed) the birds every day before it _________ (get) dark.

feed, gets

2. you (will be) still (waiting) for the right time to start when all of us are done with our project.

future continuous

We (will have been constructing) this house for two years next September

future perfect continuous

they said they _________________ (come) to the city last month.

had come

I ________________(tell) you not to open the cabinet, but you still did.

had told

she __________________________________ (work) for five hours now.

has been working

fill in the blanks to complete the following sentences with the most suitable form of the verb given in brackets. Some may have more than one answer. The school ________________ (plan) its Annual Day celebrations.

has planned

we _______________________________________ (complain) about the lack of facilities. Let's find ways to improve things.

have been complaining

'I ___________ (hope) that the stop __________________________ (not close) now,' said Megan.

hope, will not close

Complete these sentences using continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous forms of the verbs given in brackets. Some may have more than one answer. she _____________________ (leave) for Colombo next week.

is leaving

fill in the blanks to complete the following sentences with the most suitable form of the verb given brackets. look, it ___________________(snow) now.

is snowing

they _______________ (keep) quiet for the entire meeting.

kept

Identify whether the verb in the brackets takes place in the past, the present, or the future. 1. they (had travelled) to their ancestral village when they were children.

past perfect

he _____________ (play) tennis at the district level, representing his college last year.

played

These senior students (are running) against time

present continuous

Daniya (has packed) her suitcase

present perfect

Those labourers (have been working) since eight in the morning

present perfect continuous

this morning I ________________ (reach) the bus stop when the bus _____________________ (leave)

reached, was leaving

we __________(see) sun during day time and stars __________ appear (appear) at night

see, appear

I (am) a visitor to this city

simple present

Normally my school _________________ (start) at 8 a.m. but in winter we ____________________ (start) rather late.

starts, start

yesterday I could hardly ______________________ (walk) because the dogs ____________________ (run) in different directions.

walk, were running

sheema ________ (be) a lazy child, but not anymore.

was

she _________________________ (walk) about all night in her room and has still not rested.

was walking

they _______________ (go) to the gym to exercise yesterday.

went

fill in the blanks with the specified future forms of the verbs in brackets I _______________________(call) you tonight to discuss this. (continuous)

will be calling

the basketball team __________________________________ (play) at the same state level in the coming days. Those players ____________ (lose) the match last year. So they _________________________________ (practice) really hard from day one for the coming tournament. The captain _______________________ (want) to win this time.

will be playing, lost, have been practicing, wants

In five years' time, we ________________________ (studying) in college. (continuous)

will be studying

winter holidays _____________________ (begin) next week and my school ______________________ (reopen) on the 1st of next month.

will begin, will re-open

we __________________ (get) late for the meeting. It will start in five minutes.

will get

by next year I ______________________ (study) for seven years in this school. (perfect continuous)

will have been studying

when she arrives, I _____________________________ (dance) for two hours. (perfect continuous)

will have bending

by next week, I ____________________ (complete) my project. (perfect)

will have completed

by the end of the month, they _____________________________________(construct) the flyover. (perfect)

will have construct

she ______________________ (not/sing) in the concert tomorrow. (continuous)

will not be sing