Ministery of higher Education Question Bank

Haibat Sultan Technical Institute Subject: Grammar

English Department stage: 1st year

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Q1.

2.1 Complete the following sentences using the following verbs:

Cause(s) connect(s) drink(s) live(s) open(s) speak(s) take(s)

1. Tanya……………… Germany very well.

2. I don’t often…………. tea.

3. The swimming pool…………… at 7:30 every morning.

4. Bad driving ……………………. many accidents.

5. My parents ……………… in a very small flat.

6. The Olympic Games……….. place every four years.

7. The Panama Canal……………. The Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

2. Put the verb into the correct form:

1. Julie……………….. (not/drink) tea very often.

2. What time…………………(banks/close)here?

3. I've got a car, but I ……………..(not/use) it much.

4. A: Where…………………..(Ricardo/come) from. B: From Cuba

5. A: What ………………….. (y

ou/do)? B: I'm an electrician.

6. It………………(take) me an hour to get to work. How long…………… (it/ take)you?

7. Look at this sentence. What ……………….. (this word mean)?

8. David isn't very fit. He…………(not/ do) any sport.

3. Use the following verbs to complete the following sentences. Sometimes you

need the negative:

Believe eat flow go grow make rise tell translate

1. The earth …………… round the sun.

2. Rice………………… in cold climates

3. The sun…….. in the east.

4. Bees………… honey.

5. Vegeterians……………….. meat.

6. An atheist ……… in God

7. An interpreter…………… from one language to another.

8. Liars are people who ………… the truth.

9. The river amazon…………. into the Atlantic Ocean.

4. You ask Lisa questions about herself and her family. Write the questions.

1. You know that Lisa plays tennis. You want to know how often. As

k her.

How often do you play tennis?

2. Perhaps Lisa's sister plays tennis, too. You want to know. Ask her

-------------------------- your sister…………………………..?

3. You know Lisa reads a newspaper everyday. You want to know which one.

Ask her.

……

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….?

4. You know that Lisa goes to the cinema a lot. You want to know how often.

Ask her.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..?

5. You know that Lisa's brother works. You want to know what he does. Ask

her.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

….?

6. You do not know where Lisa's grandparents live. You want to know. Ask her

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………?

5.The sentences in column A follow those in column B. Which sentence

goes with which?

A

1. Please do not make so much noise.

2. I need to eat something soon.

3. I do not have anywhere to live right now.

4. We need to leave soon.

5. They don't need their car anymore.

6. Things are not so good at work.

7. It isn't true what they said.

8. We are going to get wet.

B

a. It is getting late.

b. They are lying

c. It's starting to rain.

d. They are trying to sell it.

e. I'm getting hungry.

f. I'm trying to work.

g. I'm looking for an apartment.

h. The company is losing money.

6. Put the verbs in the correct form:

1. Please don't make so much noise……………… ( I/try) to work.

2. You can turn off the radio………………………( I/listen) to it.

3. I want to lose weight, so this week……………….(I/ eat) lunch.

4. Andrew has just started evening classes………………………. (he/learn)

Japanese.

5. Paul and Salley have had an argument. …………………….(they/speak)

to each other.

6. I ……………………(get) tired. I need a rest.

7. Tim……………………(

look) for Sophie. Do you know where she is?

8. Tim…………. (work) today. He's taken a day off.

7. Complete the sentences using the following verbs:

Start get increase change rise

1. The population of the world……………. Very fast.

2. The world…………… . Things never stay the same.

3. The situation is already bad and it ………………..worse.

4. The cost of living ………………. . Every year things are more

expensive.

5. The weather………………to improve. The rain has stopped, and the

wind is not so strong.

Q.8. What are the uses of the present simple?

Q9. What are the uses of the present perfect?

Q.10. What are the uses of the past perfect? To which tense is it

equivalent in the Kurdish language?

Q.11.Explain the difference between present simple and present

continuous.

Q.12 Explain the difference between present perfect and past perfect.

Q13. Explain the difference between the following sentences:

I always prepare things before the exam.

I am always losing things.

Q14. Explain the difference between the following sentences:

I live with my parents.

You are living with your grandparents.

Q15. How can you distinguish stative verbs from action or dynamic

verbs?

Q.16 On what basis can words be classified into their word class?

Q. 17 What are the characteristics of closed class words?

Q.18 What are the characteristics of open class words?

Q19. Explain why the verb BE is peculiar?

Q20. Explain the use of 'in' and 'at' when used for places.

Q.21. Discuss the use of 'should' when used for giving advice.

Q.22. A sentence is the largest unit to syntactic rules can apply." Elaborate and

discuss with reference to other definitions.

Q.23. Use a well-formed and acceptable sentence to exemplify for the following:

(Choose 5)

1. An indirect object realized by a nominal clause

2. A non-finite clause

3. An adverbial realized by a prepositional phrase

4. ellipsis of an entire clause

5. grammatical rank-shift

6. Agreement of proximity

Q.24. Compare and contrast the following

1. Coordination and subordination

2. Notional and grammatical agreement

3. Open and closed-class words

4. Mandative and optative subjunctive

Q. 25. What are the functions f operators?

Q.26. A or B:

A. What are the contrasts expressed in the verb phrase?

B. On what basis can words be assigned class?

Q.27. State the semantic role borne by the underlined elements: (choose 5)

1. The hurricane destroyed most of the farms.

2. The festival was postponed.

3. They are always having an argument.

4. Derek owes us a treat.

5. He imagined her a genius.

6. She remained silent most of the time.

Q28. State the clause type to which each of the following sentences belongs:

1. The food became sour.

2. She finally got her dress sown.

3. He gives his friends expensive presents.

4. The team elected Tom captain.

Q.29. Define and illustrate the following:

1. Adverbials

2. Uses of the subjunctive

Q30. State the semantic role carried by the underlined elements in the following

sentences:

1. The landslide destroyed some farms.

2. The fish is frying.

3. The meeting will be held on Thursday.

4. The horse jumped the fence

5. They gave the car a push.

Q31. The subject is a difficult notion and cannot be directed to a single unified

definition. Discuss with reference to the syntactic characterization of the subject.

Q32. What are the criteria for ellipsis?

Q33.What are the functions of operators?

Q34. Compare and contrast the following:

5. Situational and structural recoverability

6. Intensive and extensive verbs

7. Modal idioms and semi-auxiliaries

8. Objects and complements

Q.35. Comment on the use of passive constructions.

Q.36 The grammatical category of number is not always regularly realized in

morphological terms. Discuss

Q37. State the form and the function of the underlined elements:

1. That she is honest is to obvious to all.

2. He is worthy of respect.

3. I put the books on the shelf.

4. I found him helpful.

5. They have been working for long hours.

Q38. State the clause type to which each of the following sentences belong: (choose

5)

7. John fell down yesterday.

8. He bought his mother a nice present.

9. They thought the child upstairs.

10. He found him a good gardener.

11. Unfortunately, the young worker got himself into trouble.

12. The man whom we saw yesterday resembles his father

Q.39. Complete the sentnences using th e ost suitable form of BE. Use am/is/ are

being (continuous) where possible; otherwise use am/is/are (simple)

1. I can't understand why ……………… so selfish, He isn't usually like that.

2. Sarah…………. Very nice to me at the moment. I wonder why.

You will like Sophie when you meet her. She…….. very nice.

You are usually very patient now, so why……….. so unreasonable about waiting ten

more minutes.

Q.40 You ask James about his holiday. Write your questions.

Hi, how are things?

Fine thanks. I 've just had a great holiday

1. Where………………..? To the US

2. How………………………….? By car?

Yes, we hired a car.in san Fransisco.

3. It is a long way to drive. How long…………… to get to

Denver? Two weeks

4. Where……………..? In hotels?

Yes small hotels or motels

Q41. Yesterday was a typical working day for Laura . Write what she did or did not

do yesterday

1. She………………at 7a.m.

2. She……………. A big breakfast.

3. She……………….

4. It …………….. to get to work.

5. She………….. lunch at 2 p.m.

Q.42. Use your own ideas to complete the following sentences.

1. Matt phoned while we………………

2. The doorbell rang while I ……………..

3. The car began to make a strange noise when we……..

4. Jessica fell asleep while she…………

Q43. Choose the right modal verb

1. There are plenty of tomatoes in the fridge. You buy any.

2. It's a hospital. You smoke.

3. He had been working for more than 11 hours. He be tired after

such hard work. He prefer to get some rest.

4. 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. The teacher said we read this book for our own pleasure as it is

optional. But we read it if we don't want to.

Q. 44. Fill in the words in brackets as adjective or adverb.

1. He reads a book. (quick)

Mandy is a girl. (pretty)

2. The class is loud today. (terrible)

3. Max is a singer. (good)

4. You can open this tin. (easy)

5. It's a day today. (terrible)

6. She sings the song . (good)

7. He is a driver. (careful)

8. He drives the car . (careful)

9. The dog barks . (loud)

Check

Q.45 Fill the blanks with in, on , or at.

1. September

2. 12 o'clock

3. winter

4. Easter Monday

5. 4th July, 1776

6. Christmas

7. Tuesday

8. the weekend

9. my birthday

10. the end of the week

Q46. Write a sentence for each of the following points.

1. A passive sentence

2. A sentence that includes a subordinate clause

3. Past perfect.

4. 'At' with places

Q.47. Explain the difference between 'going to' and 'will' when talking about future

actions.

Q.48. Discuss the use of present continuous and present simple for future actions.

Q.49 Explain why the verb BE is peculiar in English?

Q.50. What is 'used to' and how is it used?

Q. 51 what are the modals that are used to give advice?

Q52. Read the following sentences and state whether they are grammatical or not.

1. He drive a bus.

2. Jack has write the class carefully.

3. James is reading the book.

Q.52 Write sentences beginning if

1. We've decided not to catch the 10:30 train. (arrive too early)

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

2. Kevin is not going to do his driving test now. (fail)

………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

3. We've decided not stat at a hotel. (cost too much)

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Q.53 What do you say in these situations?

1. Of course you do not expect the lottery. Which do you say?

a. If I win the lottery, I'll by a big house.

b. If I won the lottery, I would buy a big house.

2. You are not going to sell car because it iis old and does not worth much. Which do you

say?

a. If I sell my car, I will not get much money for it.

b. If sold my car, I would not get much money for it.

Q.54 What does these words mean? Use it can.. or it can't

1. washable………………..

2. unbreakable……………………………………

3. edible……………………………

4. Invisible……………………………………..

Q.55 Passive the following sentneces.

1. He broke the window.

2. The killed the lion.

3. The students passed the exam.

Q.56 Explain the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs.

Q. 57 What is meant by linking verbs?

Q.58 Write the sentences in another way.

1. It is expected that the strike will end soon.

The strike…………………………………………..

2. It is expected that the weather will be good tomorrow.

The weather is…………………………………………………………………….

4. It is believed that the thieves got in through a window in the roof.

The thieves are ……………………………………………………………………..

Q.59 Write sentences with supposed to+ verb.

1. you……..here. It's private parking only.

2. We ………………………………. Work at 8:15, but we rarely do anything before 8:15.

3.Oh, I……………………………………….. Helen last night, but I completely forgot.

Q.60 Explain the different types of conditional sentences.