Grammar Exam Pre Int PDF
Grammar Exam Pre Int PDF
Grammar Exam Pre Int PDF
2. Tick the correct sentences. In some pairs, one is correct, in other pairs both can be
correct.
Thomas Edison started/was starting work on the railway when he was twelve, selling newspaper
and snacks. There were long periods with nothing for him to do, so he built/was building himself
a little laboratory in the luggage van. He could carry out experiments there when he didn't
sell/wasn't selling things to passengers. He also joined/was joining a library and read/was
reading every single books in it.
One day, when he waited/was waiting at the station, he noticed/was noticing a small boy. The
boy played/was playing by the track, unaware that a train approached/was approaching. Edison
ran/was running out and grabbed/was grabbing the child just in time. The child's father was so
grateful that he offered/was offering to teach Edison to be a telegraph operator. After a year, he
was good enough to get a job in the telegraph office. He continued to read and experiment
whenever he had/was having time. At twenty-one he left/was leaving the telegraph office to
devote all his time to being an inventor. He went on/was going on to invent the electric light
bulb, the phonograph and the movie camera.
4. Use the words given to make sentences. Do not change the order of the words. Use only
the past simple and past continuous.
TOM: I don't know yet, but I / think / go / to the beach. What about you?
LUCY: I already have a plan. My school / not / finish / until next week, after I / go / to Venice,
but I don't exactly know when.