Worksheet: Azar: Understanding and Using English Grammar, 3rd ed. Chapter 1, Charts 7-1
and 7-2
NAME_______________________________
QUIZ – TENSES, PLURAL AND POSSESSIVE NOUNS
(33 items @ 3.33 points each = 100%)
PLURAL & POSSESSIVE NOUNS
FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT SINGULAR OR PLURALPOSSESSIVE
FORM.
EXAMPLE: My (husband) husband‘s___ name is George.
1. Our book club is reading my favorite (writer)__________________ book.
2. Maria, show me the picture of your (family)___________________ new house.
3. The hurricane destroyed many (family)___________________ houses.
4. I can’t read (Miss Creelman)___________________________ handwriting.
5. I know a (man). This ___________________ name is John.
7. I know two (men). These __________________ names are John and Kelly.
8. I know a woman. This (woman)_______________ name is Myra.
9. My (baby)_____________________ name is Adrea.
10. My (baby)___________________ names are Shana and Adrea.
FILL IN THE BLANK WITH THE CORRECT IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUN.
SINGULAR NOUN
PLURAL NOUN
11. tooth
12. foot
13. butterfly
14. attorney
15. wish
FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH PRESENT, PRESENT PROGRESSIVE, PAST, OR
PAST PROGRESSIVE. PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY! SPELLING COUNTS!
16. (hear, you)_______________________ the thunder last night?
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Worksheet: Azar: Understanding and Using English Grammar, 3rd ed. Chapter 1, Charts 7-1
and 7-2
No, I (hear, not)___________________ anything all night. I (be)__________ asleep.
17. A: I (want)_________________ to go to the mall this afternoon and
(look)______________ for a new dress. (want, you)__________________ to go
with me?
B: I can’t. I (have)________________ another appointment. Besides,
I (buy)_________________ a new dress last week.
18. The children (feed)_____________ bread to the birds in the park yesterday.
19. John (forget)_________________ to bring his textbook to school almost every day.
20. I always (catch)_______________ a cold in the winter.
21. Last winter, I (catch)______________ two colds in one month!
22. Marta (eat)__________________________ dinner last night when Joe
(get)_________ home.
23. Yesterday, it (begin)_______________ to rain while I (walk)__________________
to school.
24. Joe and I usually (go)________________ to the movies on Saturday night, but
Maria (stay)______________ home and watches television.
Professor Pattia Creelman
Miami Dade College, 2004
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