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    UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI URBINO “CARLO BO”

    Facoltà di Lingue e Letterature Straniere


    Corso di Laurea in Lingue e Cultura per l’Impresa

    1ST YEAR ENGLISH 24/05/06

    Grammar Section

    IMPORTANT: write all your answers on the blank answer sheet provided, and not on this question
    sheet.

    A. Multiple Choice

    Fill each of the gaps with one of the words or expressions suggested. On your answer sheet, indicate
    your choice by writing the appropriate letter (a, b, or c) beside each number.

    1. It’s time we ___ moving.


    a) started b) start c) will start

    2. On the way home I stopped ___ a letter.


    a) posting b) for posting c) to post

    3. My boss wants ___ late this evening.


    a) that I work b) me to work c) I work

    4. We aren’t ___ such a big lunch.


    a) used to have b) used to having c) used to be having

    5. I ___ to be there until ten o’clock.


    a) don’t have b) haven’t c) mustn’t

    6. I need a holiday! I’ve been working ___ a dog all summer.


    a) as b) like c) for

    7. Turn down the music, ___ you?


    a) can’t b) won’t c) will

    8. Your watch is the same ___ mine.


    a) of b) as c) than

    9. It’s a lovely day! I ___ have brought my umbrella.


    a) mustn’t b) couldn’t c) needn’t

    10. Where ___ you born?


    a) were b) are c) have

    Segue
    B. Verb Forms.

    Put each of the verbs in brackets into a suitable form, adjusting word-order where necessary.

    1. He last ___ (go) to the dentist over a year ago.


    2. You look very serious. What you ___ (think) about?
    3. This is the first time it ___ (rain) for three weeks.
    4. This year I ___ (go) to Egypt for my holidays.
    5. Who was the person you ___ (talk) to when I saw you?
    6. This time next week I ___ (drink) a beer on the beach.
    7. Unfortunately when I got to the shop it already ___ (close).
    8. At last you’re here! I ___ (wait) for you for three quarters of an hour.
    9. I wish I ___ (can) speak better German.
    10. If you ___ (take) my advice you’d have arrived on time.

    C. Passive

    Put the following sentences into the Passive voice. Do not mention the agent.

    1. They didn’t ask me any difficult questions.


    2. Somebody is using the computer at the moment.
    3. I don’t like people telling me what to do.
    4. The police say he is wearing a red jacket and blue jeans.
    5. Somebody must have left it outside.

    D. Relative clauses

    Complete each sentence with a suitable relative pronoun. If it can be omitted, put it in brackets.

    1. What’s the name of the song ___ you’re whistling?


    2. So you’re the man ___ dog is always barking!
    3. It was broken when it arrived, ___ I wasn’t very happy about.
    4. The woman with ___ he fell in love left him after six months.
    5. Robert, ___ works as a tourist guide, speaks Italian and French.

    E. Reported Speech

    Put the following questions into Reported Speech, beginning each sentence with “He asked me…”

    1. What are you doing here?


    2. Have you finished all the wine?
    3. Where did you go afterwards?
    4. Could you speak more slowly?
    5. Are you going to be here tomorrow?
    Answer Key

    A.
    1-a, 2-c, 3-b, 4-b, 5-a, 6-b, 7-c, 8-b, 9-c, 10-a.

    B.
    1. went
    2. are you thinking
    3. has rained
    4. am going
    5. were talking
    6. will be drinking
    7. had already closed
    8. have been waiting
    9. could
    10. had taken

    C.
    1. I wasn’t asked any difficult questions.
    2. The computer is being used at the moment.
    3. I don’t like being told what to do.
    4. It is said (that) he is wearing a red jacket and blue jeans / He is said to be wearing a red
    jacket and blue jeans.

    D.
    1. (that)
    2. whose
    3. which
    4. whom
    5. who

    E.
    1. …what I was doing there.
    2. …if I had finished all the wine.
    3. …where I had gone (or where I went) afterwards.
    4. …if I could speak more slowly.
    5. …if I was going to be there the next day (or the following day/the day after etc.).

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