Revision Exercises – Grammar
March 2012
1- Change the following sentences by using (‘s).
a- These are the parents of Alison. ……………………………………………………………..……………………………………….
b- The sister of Jake is beautiful. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
c- The best friend of John is big. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
d- The English teacher of Mary is very nice. …………………………………………………………………………………………
e- The father of Marc is my uncle. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2- Answer the following questions giving the British way and the American way every time.
a- What time is it when it is midday? ……………….………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………………………………
b- At what time does the first lesson start at Jamhour? …………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
c- At what time do you leave school? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
d- At what time does the lunch break start at school?………………………………………………………………………..
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e- My digital clock shows: 3:45, so what time is it? ………………………………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
f- My digital clock shows: 7:50, so what time is it? …………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3- Use the possessive adjective, the subject pronoun, the object pronoun, or ‘to be’ to complete the sentences.
a- - ………………. you from Australia?
- No, ………………………… from England.
b- - Hey, young boy! What’s ……………………. name?
- ………………….. name …………………… John.
c- …………………… name ………………….. Peter. He …………………… 12 and …………………… email is
d- The two girls ……………………… happy. ………………………… happy to go back to school because ……………………… school is very nice.
e- This dog has a big bone. ……………………….. bone is in the garden.
f- My sister ………………………… in grade 3, ……………………… French teacher is very young.
g- I love ………………….. two cats. They sleep next to …………………… bed every night.
h- We …………………………. at Jamhour. ……………………. classes ………………….. big and nice.
4- Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition: in, on, at.
a- We are …………………… March.
b- I have English ……………………. Monday ………………………… 7:30.
c- I swim …………………… the afternoon because I study …………………….. the morning.
d- I watch TV ………………….. night.
e- ………………….. midnight, I am in bed!
5- Use the demonstrative pronouns to complete the sentences.
a- Look at ………………………. book! It is big and interesting!
b- ……………………… dogs over there are not nice at all!
c- ……………………… lesson is very important for the quiz.
6- Put the singular sentences in the plural and the plural sentences in the singular.
a- That green mouse is under the table.
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b- There are some men in the classrooms. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
c- The beautiful lady is my French teacher. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
d- A big box is on the child’s bed. …………………………………………………………………………………………………….
e- My sandwich is next to this umbrella. …..……………………………………………………………………….……………………………………………………………………….
f- There is a tomato in his white dish. …………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………….
7- Change from affirmative to negative and from negative to affirmative.
a- There are some books on the shelf. ……………………………………………………………………………………………..
b- I am not a boy! ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
c- My name is Nathalie. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
d- There aren’t any sweets in my bag. ……………………………………………………………………………………………..
8- Underline the correct word or words.
a- Are there some / any / a sweets on your desk?
b- - Are these your glue sticks?
- Yes, they’re / they are / there are.
c- My friend’s dog is brown and its / it’s / he’s / their eyes are brown.
d- I am / have / are / amn’t eleven years old.
e- I haven’t got an / any / some / a English dictionary.
9- Put the capital letters where necessary.
My name is sandra and i am in grade 5. I like my teachers a lot because they are very nice with me. I go to school every day and i study three languages: arabic, french and english. on monday, i've got P.E. The last day of school is in june, then we’ve got three months to rest: july, august and september.
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