Tense Test 3

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the given words.
1. John likes swimming in the pool of Kowloon Park. David ___________ (call) him yesterday because it ____________ (be) Sunday. They __________ (go) to the park together. They __________ (meet) their friends there. They _________ (spend) three hours in the park. They ____________ (play) water ball and ____________ (swim) in the pool.
2. Today ________ (be) Monday. John ________________ (not go) to the park. He ________ (go) to school to ____________ (study).

3. Betty ______ (be) a nice girl. She ________ (have) a violin. It _____ (be) small. She can ________ (play) the violin very well. She ___________ (know) many songs. She __________ (give) her sister a violin lesson every day. She _____ ____________ (play) her violin at home now. Listen! Betty _________________ (play) a Christmas song and her sister _____________________ (sing). Her sister can _______ (sing) very well.
4. Yesterday morning the weather __________ (be) cold. My mother _______ (go) down the supermarket to ________ (buy) some food. On the way back, she _______ (meet) an old man. He _________ (sit) against the wall of the market place. He _________ (look) ill. My mother asked him if he _________ (need) help. He said that he ___________ (want) a taxi to _______ (go) to the hospital. So my mother __________ (stop) a taxi for her.

5. Tom’s uncle, Mr Hung, left for America thirty years ago. He ________ (open) a restaurant in New York. He __________ (be) so busy that he ______ (have) no time to return to Hong Kong for a visit. Last year, he ________ (sell) his business. He ________ (want) to come back to Hong Kong with his wife. Mr and Mrs Hung have been in Hong Kong for months. They _______ (meet) many of their old friends. They ___________ (eat) a lot of seafood. They have bought a new flat but they _________________________ (not move) in yet. They ___________ (think) that Hong Kong ______________ (change) a lot since 1997. It is a crowded city. But they ______________ (like) to stay.

A Letter

A. Complete the letter by filling in the blanks with appropriate tenses.
Dear May,
I _______ (be) in Hong Kong for five days. I _____ (be) very happy. Carly _________________ (bring) me to many interesting places, but I _________ (like) Ocean Prak the best. We ________ (get ) up early yesterday morning and we ______ (go) to Ocean Park by bus. It _______ (take) one hour for us to get there. First, we ________ (visit) the Butterfly House. I ___________ never ________ (see) so many different kinds of butterflies before. Then we __________ (walk) along the Dinosaur Path. We ________ (take) a lot of photos there. We also ___________ (watch) a bird show in the Bird’s Paradise. The parrots there ______________ (can play) many interesting tricks. It ______ (be) a really happy day!
Yours
Kathy

Test Items

A. Put in the words: themselves, herself, himself, yourself, yourselves into the blanks.
1. Julia had a great holiday. She enjoyed ______ very much.
2. It's not your fault. You can't blame ___________.
3. What I did was very wrong. I'm ashamed of ___________
4. We've got a problem. I hope you can help ______________ .
5. Can I take another biscuit? ' Of course. Help _________!’
6. Take some money with __________in case you need it.
7. Don't worry about Tom and me. We can look after _________.
8. I gave them a key to our house so that they could let __________ in.

B. Put in the correct form of the verbs into the blanks.
1. I _________ (pay) my school fee last Monday.
2. He ____________ (lie) to the police four months ago.
3. Why __________ you not ____________ (finish) your work yet?
4. I _________ (tell) you this story (for) many times.
5. She ______ (hit) me on the head and ___________(hurt) me badly yesterday.
6. The boy ______________ (enjoy) the dinner last night.
7. The man _______________ (owe) me two thousand dollars for three months.
8. _______ anybody ever ____________ (read) A Tale of Two Cities?

9. All the students ______ (learn) English and some ________ (teach) history when they were in year nine.

10. I _______ still not ________ (pay) my doctor's bill.

Exam Items

Step Up Unit 4-7
An e-mail from Uncle John (present perfect tense)
A Scary Hike (anything something no one someone)
A New Life (although but too)
Fun on the Farm (yourself, themselves)

RW Unit 4-7
Comprehension
Tenses
A few/ a little/ a lot of
nothing anything somethning no one anyone nowhere anywere somewhere someone
although but too
myself yourself himself herself itself ourselves, yourselves, themselves

I.P.

Bruce and Ming

Bruce and Ming went to the same school. Bruce liked sports. Ming liked English.

Bruce and his father had a hiking trip last Sunday. The weather was sunny and warm. Suddenly, the sky turned dark. There was a thunderstorm and it was windy too. The mountain path became wet and slippery. Bruce tripped over a rock and slipped down a slope. His father tried to hold onto him but he slipped down too. Both of them were sent to the hospital.

The next day, Ming went to visit Bruce in the hospital. Ming told Bruce about the school work. He also brought some English books and Miss Taylor's card to Bruce. They talked about English homework. Bruce was very happy to get Miss Taylor's card and the English books. He thanked Ming and they became good friends.

Uncle John's Vacation

Uncle John spent his summer vacation by visiting the Great Wall in Beijing. The Great Wall is the longest wall in the world. It is like a huge dragon stretching from one mountian to another. It seems to have no beginning and no end. Uncle John had never climbed so many steps before. It took him a long time to walk from one tower to another. He was tired but excited. He enjoyed standing on the tall tower because he could see far and wide. He felt great!

After he was back from the Great Wall visit, he went to Cheung Chau Island for the Bun Festival. He watched the procession along the main streets. There were lion dances and colourful floats. There were people playing Chinese music too. People stood in the streets and watched the procession.

After the festival, Uncle John had his supper at home. It was a meal of potluck. There was a lot of food in the pot: chicken, beef and vegetables. He had a great time with his family. He had a very enjoyable summer vacation.