MEGA GRAMMAR QUIZ 2012DTI1-B vs BTI

English for Academic Purposes (ENG015)

ROUND ONE

1. The form of present continuous tense is

A. be+ verb+ ing

B. was + verb +s

C. was/were + verb + ing

D. had + verb + ing

2. He _____ football yesterday at 10 am.

A. plays

B. was playing

C. is playing

D. will play

3. The story _______by Ahmed.

A. writes

B. was writing

C. is written

D. will write

4.The past participle of ‘swim’ is

A. swam

B. swum

C. swimming

D. swimmed

5. Ali_______(be/study) in his room since morning.

A. has been studying

B. doesn’t study

C. been studying

D. have been studying

6. _____Saathir_____the lesson?

A. Do / enjoys

B. Did / enjoyed

C. Did / enjoy

D. Was / enjoy

7. The word ‘understand’ is;

A. An auxiliary verb

B. A pronoun

C. An irregular verb

D. A regular verb

8. Had + been + verb+ing is;

A. Past continuous tense

B. Present continuous tense

C. Past perfect continuous tense

D. Past perfect tense

9. subject+verb+ed+object is;

A. Past perfect tense

B. Simple past tense

C. Past continuous tense

D. Past perfect continuous tense

10.’I will marry you tomorrow’

A. shows a past action

B. is in the future continuous tense

C. indicates a future action

D. indicates an ongoing action

11. The future continuous of ‘I think of you’ is

A. I will think of you

B. I will be thinking of you

C. I am thinking of you

D. I will have been thinking of you

12. ‘Obama ate an ice-cream’ is

A. An active sentence

B. A passive sentence

C. A conditional sentence

D. An ungrammatical sentence

13. The active voice of ‘An Addu Bondi is being eaten by Dhaleyka’ is;

A. Dhaleyka eats an Addu Bondi.

B. Dhaleyka ate an Addu Bondi.

C. Dhaleyka is eating an Addu Bondi.

D. Dhaleyka was eating an Addu Bondi.

14. Passive voice of ‘Juha ate Maskaashi’ is

A. Maskaashi was ate by Juha.

B. Maskaashi was eaten by Juha.

C. Maskaashi was being eaten by Juha.

D. Maskaashi was been eaten by Juha.

15. ‘Love’ is;

A. a material noun.

B. an abstract noun.

C. a common noun.

D. a collective noun.

16. The collective noun in ’ A huge crowd protested at the park’ is;

A. park

B. huge

C. crowd

D. protested

17. Which form is correct?

A. He/she/they + are eating rice.

B. You/we/girls + have been eating rice.

C. It /she/children + has eaten rice.

D. You/they/we + have ate rice.

18. Which form is incorrect?

A. I/you/we/teachers + will + verb

B. He/she/It/Aisha + will + have + verb

C. It /she/children + will + verb + ed

D. He/she/it + will + verb + object

19. Do you know how it happened? Underlined is a/an;

A. Personal pronoun

B. Interrogative pronoun

C. Reflexive pronoun

D. Demonstrative pronoun

20. Which sentence is correct?

A. Everyone asked Zumra and his to explain.

B. Everyone asked Zumra and he to explain.

C. Everyone asked Zumra and him to explain.

D. Everyone asked Zumra and himself to explain.

21. The Maldives National University, Musthafa, Male’ are all;

A. Common nouns

B. Proper nouns

C. Concrete nouns

D. Collective nouns

22. Riuman runs fast ____he is fat.

A. so

B. because

C. even though

D. if

23. Jeeza is wearing ___uniform.

A. an

B. a

C. are

D. is

24. and, so, if, but, while are all;

A. positive linking words

B. verbs

C. conjunctions

D. interjections

25. The verb in the sentence’ Ali likes hardworking and creative students’ Is;

A. hardworking

B. creative

C. hardworking and creative

D. likes

26. In a conditional sentence;

A. the if clause is always at the front

B. the if clause is always at the back

C. the if clause is either at the back or

front

D. the if clause can also be deleted

27. I saw him getting ___the car.

A. in

B. on

C. at

D. of

28. John could not get ___ the plane.

A. in

B. on

C. at

D. of

29. Names of people, things, ideas and places are;

A. adjectives

B. nouns

C. prepositions

D. demonstratives

30. The conjunction ‘although’

A. links two positive ideas

B. links two negative ideas

C. gives a reason

D. links a positive and a negative idea

BUZZER ROUND

31. One of the boys

A. are eating Supari now.

B. is eating Supari now.

C. ate Supari now.

D. eats Supari now.

32. Jameela and Ranjeeth

A. has shown improvements in ENG015.

B. has showed improvements in ENG015.

C. have shown improvements in ENG015.

D. have show improvements in ENG015.

33. Which sentence is correct?

A. Aleema did not understood what I said.

B. Aleema didn’t understood what I said.

C. Aleema didn’t not understand what I

said.

D. Aleema didn’t understand what I said.

34. Active voice of ‘The house was painted’ is;

A. The house painted.

B. Somebody painted the house.

C. The house was painted by somebody.

D. The house painted somebody.

35. Positive form is also called

A. interrogative form.

B. affirmative form.

C. feminine / masculine form

D. neutral form

36. iPhone is a/an

A. common noun

B. pronoun

C. abstract noun

D. proper noun

37. “Is, am, are, was, were” are called;

A. determiners

B. adverbs

C. auxiliaries

D. conjunctions

38. The leaves blew_______ _____ the autumn winds.

A. of / with

B. away / with

C. on /away

D. up / from

39. All of you

A. will got HD in ENG015 if you worked hard.

B. will get HD in ENG015 if you works hard.

C. will gets HD in ENG015 if you worked hard.

D. will get HD in ENG015 if you work hard.

40. Xiu miss & Sujje sir

A. has enjoyed teaching all of you.

B. had been enjoy teaching all of you.

C. have enjoyed teaching all of you.

D. will enjoyed teaching all of you