Book 3, Quiz Unit 6

1. Choose the word that correctly completes this sentence. ________ the summer vacation, I had a lot of free time.

Until

During

While

For

2. Choose the correct answer.

While the movie, the phone rang.

During I watched the movie, I ate popcorn.

While watch the movie, I fell asleep.

During the movie, I was thinking about what to cook for dinner.

A. While + verb-ing OR SVO sentence (this is while + noun, which is wrong)
B. During + noun (this is SVO sentence, which is wrong)
C. While + verb-ing OR SVO sentence (this is while + infinitive verb, which is wrong)
D. During + noun - correct! :)

Explanation

A. While + verb-ing OR SVO sentence (this is while + noun, which is wrong)
B. During + noun (this is SVO sentence, which is wrong)
C. While + verb-ing OR SVO sentence (this is while + infinitive verb, which is wrong)
D. During + noun - correct! :)

3. Which question matches this sentence, based on the stress pattern? I went to a wedding last weekend. (the underlined part of the sentence is stressed)

Who went to a wedding last weekend?

When did you go to a wedding?

Where did you go last weekend?

What did you do last weekend?

The stress is on the time (last weekend), so this is the most important part of the sentence. Therefore, the question must have asked about time - B.

Explanation

The stress is on the time (last weekend), so this is the most important part of the sentence. Therefore, the question must have asked about time - B.

4. Please complete this conversation :) Student: Ms Angela, here is my excuse for being absent yesterday. Ms. Angela: Thank you, but this is a copy. Do you have the ____________________? I need to see the first copy with the blue stamp.

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Sponsor

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5. Choose the correct sentence (focus on MEANING, not grammar).

Ms. Angela resembles Dr. Marwa.

Having a projector in the classroom facilitates reviewing textbook exercises together as a class.

Ms. Angela teaches a fleet of students.

The new black dress Bashayer bought is flamboyant.

A. resemble means 'to look like' - this is not true! haha
B. facilitate means help and make easier, so this is true.
C. fleet means group of similar things, but usually refers to transportation and not people.
D. flamboyant means bright and easy to see, which the color black is not.

Explanation

A. resemble means 'to look like' - this is not true! haha
B. facilitate means help and make easier, so this is true.
C. fleet means group of similar things, but usually refers to transportation and not people.
D. flamboyant means bright and easy to see, which the color black is not.

6. Choose the incorrect sentence.

I studied for my exam for 2 hours.

I wrote my exam for 2 hours.

I finished my exam for 2 hours.

I attended the exam for 2 hours.

C. This is incorrect because finished must go with an exact time (I finished AT 12pm) - for is a RANGE of time (ex: 10am-12pm).

Explanation

C. This is incorrect because finished must go with an exact time (I finished AT 12pm) - for is a RANGE of time (ex: 10am-12pm).

7. Which sentence incorrectly uses 'for'?

I will be in college for 4 years.

I have studied English for 10 years.

I have been a college student for one year ago.

I will love you for the rest of my life.

C is wrong because 'one year ago' is a specific time, not a range of time.

Explanation

C is wrong because 'one year ago' is a specific time, not a range of time.

8. Choose the correct answer.

I wasn't a student at college until this year.

I graduated high school until last year.

I am a college student until now.

Until the telephone was invented, we could talk easily to people far away from us.

B is wrong because you must talk about something BEFORE the time you say when you use 'until'. You graduated last year - at the same time, not before.
C is wrong because when you use until you talk about something BEFORE - since the time used here is NOW you must use the past tense.
D is wrong because before the telephone it wasn't easy to do this. It changed when the telephone was invented.

Explanation

B is wrong because you must talk about something BEFORE the time you say when you use 'until'. You graduated last year - at the same time, not before.
C is wrong because when you use until you talk about something BEFORE - since the time used here is NOW you must use the past tense.
D is wrong because before the telephone it wasn't easy to do this. It changed when the telephone was invented.

9. Which sentences/questions correctly use 'used to'/'use to'?

I never use to like watching movies.

I used to like cats, and now I like them.

Did you used to study this often?

I didn't use to like English, but now I do.

A. never + used to (with a d)
B. The situation is the same before and now - it should be different if you use 'used to'
C. The D rule! Just one D (there is a D in 'did', so don't use one in 'used')

Explanation

A. never + used to (with a d)
B. The situation is the same before and now - it should be different if you use 'used to'
C. The D rule! Just one D (there is a D in 'did', so don't use one in 'used')

10. Choose the incorrect sentence.

Slow food is well-known around the world because of the negative effects it has on people's health.

An era is a period of time in which something distinctive happened, such as the recent Internet era.

Our classroom would look beautiful with all of your posters showcased on the walls.

Our classroom is starting to look beautiful with all of your artwork exhibited on the walls.

A is incorrect because slow food has a POSITIVE effect on health.

Explanation

A is incorrect because slow food has a POSITIVE effect on health.