BAHASA INGGRIS OPENCOURSEWARE UNIVERSITAS PEMBANGUNAN JAYA Slide GNR 103 07 C
UTS PREPARATION: GRAMMAR REVIEW EXERCISE
A. TENSES:
Direction: Fill in the blanks with the correct tenses. Use the time marker/clue to decide the correct
tenses.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
We can go out now. It ___________________ (not/rain) anymore.
What _________________ (you/do) in your spare time? Do you have any hobby?
Mary usually ______________ (phone) me on Fridays but she ________________ (not phone) me last
Friday.
Yesterday evening the phone _________________ (ring) three times while we __________________
(have) dinner.
I ___________________ try to fi d a jo at the o e t. It’s ery diffi ult.
I _______________ (finish/my assignment). I _____________ (do) it during the weekend.
_______________ you / see a ghost? Yes, I _____________ see o e he I as a kid. It as in
y gra d other’s a kyard. But I _______________ ot/tell a yo e u til o .
Are you studyi g or orki g? A tually, I ______________ graduate u i ersity last year, but I
______________ ot/start orki g yet. Oh, he ________________ you/graduate ? A out
three o ths ago.
A: Why are you holding a piece of paper?
B: I (write)
a letter to my friends back home in Texas
10. A: I'm about to fall asleep. I need to wake up!
B: I (get)
you a cup of coffee. That will wake you up.
11. After I graduate, I (attend)
doctor all my life.
medical school and become a doctor. I have wanted to be a
12. A: I can't hear the television!
B: I (turn)
it up so you can hear it.
B. COMPARATIVE & SUPERLATIVE
Direction: Make 10 sentences to compare Jakarta with Tangerang Selatan. Use comparative and
superlative in your sentences.
Example:
1. Traffic jam in Jakarta is worse than in Tangerang Selatan.
2. Tangerang Selatan is more convenient than Jakarta.
C. MODAL VERBS
Direction: Fill in the blanks with the correct modal verbs.
1. There are plenty of tomatoes in the fridge. You _______________buy any.
2. It's a hospital. You _________________smoke.
1
3. I ______________speak Arabic fluently when I was a child and we lived in Morocco. But after we
moved back to Canada, I had very little exposure to the language and forgot almost everything I
knew as a child. Now, I ______________just say a few things in the language.
4. You ______________leave small objects lying around. Such objects ______________be swallowed
by children.
5. ______________I ask a question? Yes, of course.
D. ACTIVE & PASSIVE
Direction: Change the sentences below into Active or Passive voice. Remember, some sentences are
active, some others are passive.
1. People grow apples in Malang.
2. 7 Harry Potter books were written by J.K. Rowling.
3. The students did the writing test.
4. My house was renovated by Pak Udin.
5. The classroom is cleaned everyday.
6. People do ’t use this road ery ofte .
E. CONJUNCTIONS
Direction: Connect the 2 sentences into 1 single sentence. Use appropriate connectors.
1. Students must take final exams.
They will receive a grade of incomplete.
2. Every vegetable has its own property.
We have to combine different kinds of vegetables in our food.
3. You a ’t go i side the lu .
You are a member.
4. It was raining,
John rode his motorbike to campus.
5. I like travelling by sea.
The weather is good.
2
A. TENSES:
Direction: Fill in the blanks with the correct tenses. Use the time marker/clue to decide the correct
tenses.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
We can go out now. It ___________________ (not/rain) anymore.
What _________________ (you/do) in your spare time? Do you have any hobby?
Mary usually ______________ (phone) me on Fridays but she ________________ (not phone) me last
Friday.
Yesterday evening the phone _________________ (ring) three times while we __________________
(have) dinner.
I ___________________ try to fi d a jo at the o e t. It’s ery diffi ult.
I _______________ (finish/my assignment). I _____________ (do) it during the weekend.
_______________ you / see a ghost? Yes, I _____________ see o e he I as a kid. It as in
y gra d other’s a kyard. But I _______________ ot/tell a yo e u til o .
Are you studyi g or orki g? A tually, I ______________ graduate u i ersity last year, but I
______________ ot/start orki g yet. Oh, he ________________ you/graduate ? A out
three o ths ago.
A: Why are you holding a piece of paper?
B: I (write)
a letter to my friends back home in Texas
10. A: I'm about to fall asleep. I need to wake up!
B: I (get)
you a cup of coffee. That will wake you up.
11. After I graduate, I (attend)
doctor all my life.
medical school and become a doctor. I have wanted to be a
12. A: I can't hear the television!
B: I (turn)
it up so you can hear it.
B. COMPARATIVE & SUPERLATIVE
Direction: Make 10 sentences to compare Jakarta with Tangerang Selatan. Use comparative and
superlative in your sentences.
Example:
1. Traffic jam in Jakarta is worse than in Tangerang Selatan.
2. Tangerang Selatan is more convenient than Jakarta.
C. MODAL VERBS
Direction: Fill in the blanks with the correct modal verbs.
1. There are plenty of tomatoes in the fridge. You _______________buy any.
2. It's a hospital. You _________________smoke.
1
3. I ______________speak Arabic fluently when I was a child and we lived in Morocco. But after we
moved back to Canada, I had very little exposure to the language and forgot almost everything I
knew as a child. Now, I ______________just say a few things in the language.
4. You ______________leave small objects lying around. Such objects ______________be swallowed
by children.
5. ______________I ask a question? Yes, of course.
D. ACTIVE & PASSIVE
Direction: Change the sentences below into Active or Passive voice. Remember, some sentences are
active, some others are passive.
1. People grow apples in Malang.
2. 7 Harry Potter books were written by J.K. Rowling.
3. The students did the writing test.
4. My house was renovated by Pak Udin.
5. The classroom is cleaned everyday.
6. People do ’t use this road ery ofte .
E. CONJUNCTIONS
Direction: Connect the 2 sentences into 1 single sentence. Use appropriate connectors.
1. Students must take final exams.
They will receive a grade of incomplete.
2. Every vegetable has its own property.
We have to combine different kinds of vegetables in our food.
3. You a ’t go i side the lu .
You are a member.
4. It was raining,
John rode his motorbike to campus.
5. I like travelling by sea.
The weather is good.
2