JUST GRAMMAR

 

TEST PAPER 28

 

Q1.  The following passage has not been edited.  There is one error in each line.  Write the incorrect word and the correction                                                                         

                                                                                                      Incorrect     Correct

          Tokyo was rocked by its big earthquake in more             e.g. big  biggest

          than a year today, but escaped by little damage                      (a)  _________

          because it is centred far beneath the floor                                (b)  _________

          of the Pacific Ocean.  The quake, which struck short              (c)  _________

          before noon with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6, sent            (d)  _________

          large buildings sway back and forth.

          The intense shaking for about one minute caught

          many peoples off guard in Tokyo and                                      (e)  _________

          cities to east.  And it served as a  reminder                              (f)  _________

          to that earthquake prone country that                                       (g)  _________

          the capital remain deeply vulnerable                                        (h)  _________

          to major seismic disturbance.                                              

 

Q2.     Look at the words and phrases below.  Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences.  The first one has been done for you as an example.  

          e.g.:   stories / loved / my grandfather / telling me.

                   My grandfather loved telling me stories.

 

a)       that / used / he said / in his childhood / to be celebrated / his birthday / differently

          b)       distribute sweets / instead of / they / cutting a cake / used to

          c)       blow out / but / used to / they / we / candles / light a lamp

          d)       weighed / against grain / him / parents / my grandfather’s

Q3  Complete this passage by writing one suitable word in each space

           I bet you’re green with envy at the fact  (a) _______ I’m really enjoying myself here.  We have been  (b)_______ treks almost every day and the landscapes are literally breath taking!  Yesterday we tracked up to  (c) _______ peak.  You  (d) _______ see the whole of the valley from up there.   I’m taking a little time to adjust to the food,  (e) _______ the sweets here are really out of the world!  The people are very friendly and we go horse-riding,  (f) _______ neighbours  (g) ______ trying to understand  (h) _______ customs.

        

ANSWERS

1 (a) by  with (b) is  was (c) short  shortly (d) sway   swaying (e) peoples  people (f) to in (g) that  the (h) remain  remains 

2,

He said that in his childhood his birthday used to be celebrated differently.

They used to distribute sweets instead of cutting a cake.

They  used to light a lamp but we blow out candles

My grandfather's parents weighed him against grains

3

(a)that (b)on (c) the (d)could (e)but (f) the (g)are (h) our

 

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