GRAMMAR TEST FOR 8TH FORM.

1. OPEN THE BRACKETS.
I was on time for my dentist's appointment, but the dentists was still busy with another person, so I …(1.sit) in the waiting room and …(2.read) some of the old magazines lying there. While I …(3.wonder) whether to leave and come back another day, I …(4.notice) a magazine article about teeth. It…(5.begin):"How long is it since you last…(6.go) to the dentist?…(7.you go) regularly every six months? Or…(8.you put off) your visit for the last six years?" Next to the
article was a cartoon of a man in a dentist's chair. The dentist …(9.say):"I'm afraid this…(10.hurt)". I …(11.suddenly realize) that my tooth…(12.stop) aching. But just as I…(13.open) the door to leave, the dentist's door…(14.open). "Next please", he…(15.call), as the previous patient…(16.push) past me. "Actually I'm not here to see you, I…(17.wait) for my friend", I …(18.shout), leaving as rapidly as I could. …(19.you ever do) this kind of thing? Surely I can't be the person who…(20.hate) the dentist.

2. CORRECT MISTAKES OR TICK CORRECT LINE.
Dear Harry,
Do you remember me? …………+…....………….
We have met last year when you were on holiday ………have………………
In Brighton. I'm sorry I haven't been written to you 1………………………….
Since by then. I have been working abroad and 2………………………….
I have only just come back home to England. 3………………………….
Next week I am planning is to be in Bristol, and 4………………………….
I was thinking about that we could meet. 5…………………………
Do you remember Shirley, the girl we have met 6…………………………
In Brighton? We are getting married next month, 7…………………………
And we want you to come to the wedding. 8…………………………
I have lost your phone number, but when 9…………………………
I have get to Bristol I'll try to contact you. 10………………………..
It will be great to see you again. Are you still 11………………………..
Studying, or have you found a job? 12………………………..
You won't recognize me when you will see me! 13………………………..
I had my hair cut last week, and now I look at 14……………………….
Completely different. Shirley doesn't like men 15……………………….
With long hair, you see!
Best wishes,
Graham Norris.

3. OPEN THE BRACKETS AND USE ACTIVE OR PASSIVE VOICE.

Packet sugar from the supermarket…. (1.extract) from either sugar cane or sugar beet. These
products…(2.mix) with hot water, which…. (3.dissolve) their natural sugar. Sugar…(4.also find)
in fruit some of which, such as dates and grapes, …(5.contain) very high amounts of sugar. To be
a little more scientific, sugar should …(6.call) sucrose. Sucrose …(7.make up) of two
substances, glucose, which …(8.use) for instant energy, and fructose, which…(9.last) longer as a
source of energy. The sugar in fruit is mainly fructose. So when we …(10.eat) fruit, we
…(11.also eat) quite large amounts of natural sugar. Some scientists …(12.believe) that too much
sugar …(13.eat) in sweets, cakes and biscuits. It …(14.say) to be generally bad for health,
although nothing …(15.definitely prove) so far. However, it …(16.know) that sugar …(17.cause)
tooth decay. As one expert put it: "If other foods …(18.damage) our body as much as sugar
…(19.damage) our teeth, they …(20.ban) immediately.

4. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING THE MISSING WORDS.

1. Everybody says I take… my father.
2. If you are not going to eat the cake, take it…
3. Let's take the curtains… and wash them.
4. Don't forget to take the books… to the library.
5. Would you like to take my telephone number…?
6. I have read all these books and I want to give them….
7. Could you give these exercise books…?
8. I don't want to keep this money, I prefer to give it….
9. She decided not to give......... music.
10. They kissed and made it….
11. I can't make…what he is saying.
12. Jack made…soon after dinner.
13. Do you know what wonderful poem Ted made…for Xmas?
14. My dog and my cat get ........ with each other.
15.What time do you get ........?
16. The thieves got ......... with our money.
17 Hello! How are you getting.......?
18. He cant get ........ his illness yet.
19. It turned ......... that all the children liked the idea of going on a trip.
20 She turned the room ......... .......... looking for her watch.
21. Will you turn the TV....... .
22. The clock has run ......... and will stop if not wound.
23. My patience is running ............
24. Give me the pencil, please. I have run ........of them.