Assessment

Grammar Test 1
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Table of Contents
2 Exercise 1 6 Exercise 8
Simple Present Adverbs of Frequency

2 Exercise 2 6 Exercise 9
Present Progressive Prepositions of Time

3 Exercise 3 7 Exercise 10
Parts of Speech Prepositions of Place

4 Exercise 4 8 Exercise 11
Subject & Object Pronouns Simple Present & Present Progressive

4 Exercise 5 8 Exercise 12
Articles Speaking (Optional)

5 Exercise 6 9 Exercise 13
Nouns Writing (Optional)

5 Exercise 7
Adjectives

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Exercise 1
SIMPLE PRESENT

Circle the correct answer.

1. My sister pizza. 3. Marie from Japan. 5. your friend eat meat?

a)like a)arent a)Do

b)likes b)isnt b)Does

2. We students. 4. They a dog. 6. The bus until after 5:00.

a)are a)have a)dont come

b)is b)has b)doesnt come

Exercise 2
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

Circle the correct answer.

1. My roommates 3. I her. 5. they

toa concert. studying right now?
a)am knowing
a)are going b)know a)Are
b)is going b)Is
4. The children
2. She her hair now. in the living room. 6. I a French class.

a)are washing a)are playing a)am not taking

b)is washing b)is playing b)not am taking

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Exercise 3
PARTS OF SPEECH

What does each part of speech do?

Look at the parts of speech in the first box.
Then fill in the correct part of speech next to each clue in the second box.

The Parts of Speech

noun or pronoun
verb
article
adjective
adverb
preposition
conjunction

# Clue Part of Speech

1 describes a verb, an adjective, or an adverb

2 can be a person, place, or thing

3 shows an action or a state of being

4 describes a person, place, or thing

5 joins two sentences or words

6 shows direction, time, or place

7 shows how many there are

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Exercise 4
SUBJECT & OBJECT PRONOUNS

Circle the correct answer.

1. John and are going 3. The rent is too high for . 5. is the best
tothe game tomorrow. friend Ive ever had.
a)they
a)I b)them a)She
b)me b)Her
4. The coach called Sarah
2. When Charles speaks French, and last night. 6. Michelle sent
Icant understand . an email about the test.
a)I
a)he b)me a)we
b)him b)us

Exercise 5
ARTICLES

Circle the correct answer.

1. My friend has two sons. 3. They picked out 5. Did you see
boys want bicycles puppy at the pet shop. full moon last night?
forChristmas.
a)a a)a
a)A b)an b)an
b)An c)the c)the
c)The d) d)
d)

2. Do you want ice 4. Mark bought new jeans.

cream cone from the store?
a)a
a)a b)an
b)an c)the
c)the d)
d)

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Exercise 6
NOUNS

Write the plural form of a noun from the list in each sentence.

1. Baby cows are called . Word List:

2. Its dangerous to play with sharp . calf

deer
3. I saw three trying to cross the highway. child
man
4. The Johnsons have two , a boy and a girl.
knife
5. Women arent allowed. This trip is for .

Exercise 7
ADJECTIVES

Circle the correct answer.

1. This is an document. 3. That was an movie. 5. We will have a break.

a)importance a)exciting a)15-minutes

b)important b)excited b)15-minute

2. My friend happy today. 4. They live in a house.

a)has a)big, red

b)is b)red, big

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Exercise 8
ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

Rewrite the sentences in the correct order.

There may be more than one correct adverb position.

1. we / never / swimming / go

2. is / friendly / she / always

3. brother / my / angry / gets / never / almost

4. often / dont / call / other / each / very / they

5. movies / he / sometimes / likes / scary

Exercise 9
PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

Circle the correct answer.

1. I clean my apartment 3. They like to travel 5. The baby sleeps night.

Sundays. September.
a)at
a)at a)at b)on
b)on b)on c)in
c)in c)in

2. We go camping 4. He is meeting me
the summer. Thursday, January 15.

a)at a)at
b)on b)on
c)in c)in

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Exercise 10
PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

Write the letter of the picture that matches the preposition of place.

1. over

2. in

3. under g
4. behind

5. on

6. across from
a
7. above

8. next to

9. in front of
i
10. between

c h

b d

f
j

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Exercise 11
SIMPLE PRESENT & PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

Complete the story. Use the verbs provided to form sentences

with the simple present or the present progressive tense.

Every Sunday my family to the zoo. My little sister

1. go 2. love

the lions. We at the zoo right now, and it a

3. be 4. be

beautiful day. We the big cat show. The zookeeper

5. watch 6. feed

the lions. The lions always excited at mealtime! They usually

7. get

over the meat, and my sister scared sometimes.

8. fight 9. get

But today she afraid. Today she and

10. feel, not 11. smile

her hands. I that she to

12. clap 13. think 14. want

bring a lion home as a pet. Now she out to the lions, Here, kitty, kitty!
15. call

Exercise 12
SPEAKING

Tell your teacher about your usual daily routine.

Use the simple present tense and adverbs of frequency.

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Exercise 13
WRITING

Write a paragraph that describes what is happening in the picture below.

Use present progressive verbs.

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