GRADE 11 AND 12 ENGLISH ENTRANCE EXAM GRAMMAR VERB FORMS AND TENSES 1.
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In which sentence is the PAST SIMPLE TENSE used? A I was going to the library yesterday. B I have already gone to the library. C I went to the library. D I had gone to the library. Please _____ slowly! A ate B eaten C eating D eat Hamdan has already _____ his breakfast. A ate B eaten C eating D eat Did Hamdan _____ his breakfast? A B C D ate eaten eating eat Page 1 of 13 5.
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Hamdan, you must _____ your breakfast every morning. Don’t forget! A ate B eaten C eating D eat Hamdan had _____ his breakfast when the phone rang loudly. A ate B eaten C eating D eat Hamdan was not happy about _____ such a big breakfast. He prefers a small breakfast. A ate B eaten C eating D eat Hamdan was _____ his breakfast when his father called him. A ate B eaten C eating D eat The breakfast was _____ by Hamdan. A ate B eaten C eating D eat The _____ boys were very quiet during breakfast. A B C D ate eaten eating eat Page 2 of 13 PARTS OF SPEECH 11.
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In which sentence is a VERB underlined? A The Grade 11 students wrote an important chemistry exam last week. B The Grade 11 students wrote an important chemistry exam last week. C The Grade 11 students wrote an important chemistry exam last week. D The Grade 11 students wrote an important chemistry exam last week. In which sentence is a NOUN underlined? A I quickly composed an interesting essay in my book. B I quickly composed an interesting essay in my book. C I quickly composed an interesting essay in my book. D I quickly composed an interesting essay in my book. In which sentence is an ADJECTIVE underlined? A The friendly man spoke very slowly to the doctor. B The friendly man spoke very slowly to the doctor. C The friendly man spoke very slowly to the doctor. D The friendly man spoke very slowly to the doctor. In which sentence is an ADVERB underlined? A She spoke quietly to her brother because he was sick. B She spoke quietly to her brother because he was sick. C She spoke quietly to her brother because he was sick. D She spoke quietly to her brother because he was sick. Her _____ is not so good anymore. She is 96 years old! A B C D memory memorable memorize memorably Page 3 of 13 16.
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You have to _____ the information on page 7, please. Make sure you know it well! A memory B memorable C memorize D memorably The day I graduated from high school was a truly _____ day! I will never forget it. A memory B memorable C memorize D memorably My uncle spoke _____ at my brother’s wedding. Everybody listened attentively to him. A B C D memory memorable memorize memorably SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION – INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE 19.
Which sentence is CORRECT? A B C D Did you give Saif the chemistry book yesterday? Yesterday did you give Saif the chemistry book? The chemistry book yesterday did you give Saif? Did you yesterday the chemistry book give Saif? CONJUNCTIONS 20.
_____ you study hard, you will not pass the math exam. A B C D So that Yet Even so Unless Page 4 of 13 21.
I studied so hard for the math exam, _____ I failed. I just can’t understand it! A B C D since nor or yet SUBJECT‐VERB AGREEMENT 22.
My little brother _____ very fast. A B C D run he runs runs running DEMONSTATIVE PRONOUNS 23.
_____ students way in the distance are all in Grade 11. A B C D These This Those That RELATIVE PRONOUNS 24.
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This is the man _____ is a doctor. A whom B who C which D whose Where is the girl _____ mother is a doctor? A B C D whom who which whose Page 5 of 13 PAIRED CONJUNCTIONS 26.
_____ Ali and Humaid live in Al Ain. A B C D Neither Either Both Not only INDEFINITE PRONOUNS 27.
The teacher says that there isn’t _____ in the library. A B C D someone anyone some one any one COLLOCATIONS 28.
I was very afraid _____ the dark when I was younger. A B C D from with of to ADJECTIVES – DEGREES OF COMPARISON 29.
There are _____ people in Dibba than in Dubai. A B C D few fewest fewer the fewest Page 6 of 13 SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION – INDICATIVE SENTENCE 30.
Which sentence is CORRECT? A B C D Two days ago a new car my father bought me. Bought me a new car my father two days ago. A new car two days ago my father bought me. My father bought me a new car two days ago. Page 7 of 13 VOCABULARY 31.
I don’t want to eat the hamburger. I am trying to _____ my weight. A B C D surprise reduce delay permit 32.
If you have no choice about something, then you have no _____. A B C D project activity option council 33.
I sent my job _____ to ADNOC. A B C D division application responsibility dimension 34.
Their clever _____ helped them to win the soccer match last week. A B C D potential element forest strategy 35.
The cat jumped when it heard a _____ noise outside the window. A B C D private equal sudden hollow Page 8 of 13 36.
Do you have a _____ of the man who stole your car? Can you tell us what he looked like? A B C D completion description protection conversation 37.
People who ride inside a bus are known as _____. A B C D journeys instances witnesses passengers 38.
Someone who fixes cars is called _____. A B C D a musician an astronomer an electrician a mechanic 39.
The panda is now very _____. There are only a few of them left in the whole world. A B C D dangerous rare valid normal 40.
I don’t like _____ vegetables. I always cook them first. A B C D eager raw solemn dishonest Page 9 of 13 UNSEEN COMPREHENSION Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. THE FLYING DINOSAUR
When you think about dinosaurs, do you see in your imagination dinosaurs that could fly? Most people are surprised to know that some dinosaurs could actually fly. One example of a flying dinosaur is the pterosaur. The pterosaur was a dinosaur that lived around 65 million years ago. The special thing about this dinosaur was that it could fly quite well. This dinosaur had short arms, but its wings were much longer. Some pterosaurs had a wingspan of around 15 metres. This was longer than the wingspan of many light aeroplanes today! Each wing had three fingers that worked like a hand. The body of the pterosaur was very light. This means that it could fly easily. To fly, these dinosaurs fluttered their wings like birds do today. Even though these pterosaurs looked like immense birds, they did not have feathers like birds do today. In fact, they had hair [called ‘fur’] all over their bodies. It must have been very difficult for these dinosaurs to move easily on the ground because they had such large wings and very small feet. 41. The underlined word ‘it’ in paragraph 2 refers to _____. A B C D short arms a wingspan light aeroplanes the pterosaur 42. The underlined word ‘immense’ in paragraph 3 means _____. A B C D very easily very small very big very difficult Page 10 of 13 43. Which statement is CORRECT? A B C D Many people don’t know that some dinosaurs could fly. Everybody knows that dinosaurs could fly. Everybody knows that dinosaurs could not fly. The pterosaur could not fly. 44. Why could a pterosaur fly easily? A B C D It had feathers that helped it to fly easily. Its body was light, and this helped it to fly easily. It had fur all over its body, and this helped it to fly easily. They looked like immense birds. 45. The pterosaur had _____. A B C D small wings feathers two hands with three fingers big teeth 46. It was very difficult for pterosaurs to _____. A B C D fly see hear walk 47. Pterosaurs were different from birds today because pterosaurs _____. A B C D didn’t have fur all over their bodies didn’t have feathers couldn’t fly didn’t have wings Page 11 of 13 ANSWER KEY – GRAMMAR QUESTIONS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 CONCEPT VERB FORMS Identify the past simple tense.
VERB FORMS Use a base form verb in an imperative sentence.
VERB FORMS Use a past participle with ‘has’ to form the present perfect tense.
VERB FORMS Use a base form verb with ‘did’.
VERB FORMS Use a base form verb with a modal verb.
VERB FORMS Use a past participle with ‘had’ to form the past perfect tense.
VERB FORMS Use a gerund object with a preposition.
VERB FORMS VERB FORMS Use a present participle with the verb ‘to be’ to form the past simple progressive tense. Use the past participle with the verb ‘to be’ to form a passive construction. VERB FORMS Use the present participle as an active adjective.
PARTS OF SPEECH Identify a verb in a sentence.
PARTS OF SPEECH Identify a noun in a sentence.
PARTS OF SPEECH Identify an adjective in a sentence.
PARTS OF SPEECH Identify an adverb in a sentence.
PARTS OF SPEECH Use a noun with a possessive adjective.
PARTS OF SPEECH Use a verb with ‘to’.
PARTS OF SPEECH Use an adjective with a noun.
PARTS OF SPEECH SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION CONJUNCTIONS Use the subordinating conjunction ‘unless’ to mean ‘if not’.
CONJUNCTIONS Use the coordinating conjunction ‘yet’ to mean ‘even so’.
SUBJECT‐VERB AGREEMENT DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS Agree the subject and verb for the 3rd person singular.
Use the correct demonstrative pronoun for plural and distant objects. RELATIVE PRONOUNS Use the relative pronoun ‘who’ for a person.
RELATIVE PRONOUNS Use the possessive relative pronoun ‘whose’ with a noun.
PAIRED CONJUNCTIONS Use the paired conjunction ‘both + and’.
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS Use the indefinite pronoun ‘anyone’ in a negative sentence.
COLLOCATIONS ADJECTIVES – DEGREES OF COMPARISON SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION 30 Use an adverb with a verb.
Use the correct sentence structure for an interrogative sentence.
Use the collocation ‘afraid + of’.
Use ‘fewer’ for a comparative plural noun.
Choose the correct sentence construction for: subject + verb + object 1 + object 2 + adverb of time. ANSWER C D B D D B C C B C B D A B A C B D A D D C C B D C B C C D ANSWER KEY – VOCABULARY QUESTIONS 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 CONCEPT VOCABULARY reduce VOCABULARY option VOCABULARY application
VOCABULARY strategy VOCABULARY hollow VOCABULARY description
VOCABULARY passengers
VOCABULARY mechanic VOCABULARY rare VOCABULARY raw Page 12 of 13 ANSWER B C B D C B D D B B ANSWER KEY – UNSEEN COMPREHENSION 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 CONCEPT UNSEEN COMPREHENSION Comprehension question
UNSEEN COMPREHENSION Comprehension question
UNSEEN COMPREHENSION Comprehension question
UNSEEN COMPREHENSION Comprehension question
UNSEEN COMPREHENSION Comprehension question
UNSEEN COMPREHENSION Comprehension question
UNSEEN COMPREHENSION Comprehension question
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