TTC S3 English Quiz—Review of Tenses & The Passive P.

Tsung Tsin College

S3 English
Review of Tenses & The Passive (Answer Keys)

PART A (30marks, @ 3 marks)

Read the text given and put all the answers on the MC answer sheet.
1.Which of the following things do people think that it will bring them good luck?
A. Seeing a black cat
B. Having 13 people at dinner
C. Touching wood
D. Stepping on a crack

2. In line 4, what does the word ‘superstitions’ mean?

A. The fear or likeness of something unknown or hard to understand
B. States of being better than most others
C. Of the highest degree or quality
D. Being stronger, cleverer and more able

3. Read line 4: ‘… secretly many still follow them.’ The word ‘them’ refers to …
A. the people.
B. the secrets.
C. the superstitions.
D. the countries.

4. In line 11, what does the first rhyme mean?

A. Doctors like apples.
B. Doctors eat apples every day.
C. Eating apples keeps you healthy.
D. Doctors want patients to eat more apples.

5. Look at the word ‘step’ in line 11. Now, look at the dictionary entry for ‘step’ below. Which
meaning corresponds to the meaning in line 11?

step n
1. the manner of walking
2. a very short distance
3. [plural] stepladder
step v
4. to put the foot down

A. 1
B. 2
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C. 3
D. 4

6. Read line 16: ‘…for good luck as she goes to her new home’. The word ‘she’ refers to …
A. the European bride.
B. the Chinese woman.
C. the Chinese couple.
D. the Chinese bride.

7. Look at the word ‘sweep’ in line 18. Now, look at the dictionary entry for ‘sweep’ below. Which
meaning corresponds to the meaning in line 18?

sweep v
1. to clean a room using a broom
2. to move or push sth/sb suddenly and with a lot of force

sweep n
3. an act of cleaning a room
4. a person to help do cleaning by using a broom

5. an act of cleaning a room

6. a person to help do cleaning by using a broom
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

8. Which of the following things do people think it can bring good luck?
A. Seeing a black cat
B. A red umbrella
C. The number four
D. Being touched on the shoulder

9. Look at the word ‘crack’ in line 19. Now, look at the dictionary entry for ‘crack’ below. Which
meaning corresponds to the meaning in line 19?

crack v
A. 1
1. hit something sharply
B. 22. make a sharp sound
A. 1 n
crack
B. 23. line along which something has broken, but not
into separate parts
C.4.3 clever and amusing remark, often critical; joke

4. clever and amusing remark, often critical; joke

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D. 4

10. Which of the following things do people think they should avoid?
A. Hanging a pine tree seed on the window
B. Eating a lemon every day
C. Putting spoons straight into a bowl
D. Washing hair the night before an exam

PART B (10marks)
For questions 11 to 20, put all the answers on the MC answer sheet.
11. I think I B shopping tomorrow.
A. go B. ’ll go
C. ’ve seen D. went

12. We seldom B dinner at night.

A. eat B. eats
C. has eaten D. have eaten

13. Jennie was working hard while her younger brother A computer games.
A. was playing B. played
C. is playing D. plays

14. Joe C to the supermarket for an hour. Now he C .

A. goes…cooks B. went… cooked
C. has just gone… is cooking D. has gone… has cooked

15. If David C , please C me know.

A. calls…lets B. calls…to let
C. calls… let D. called… let

16. A where Peter has gone?

A. Do you know B. Did you know
C. Have you know D. Are you knowing

17. He always B some courses when he was in Hong Kong.

A. attends B. attended
C. was attending D. had attended

18. What B at eight o’clock last night?

A. did you do B. were you doing
C. were you do D. have you done
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19. I B for the bus station. Could you please tell me how to get there?
A. were looking B. am looking
C. have looked D. look

20. He C to Vancouver since he C seven years old.

A. went… has been B. went… was
C. has gone… was D. goes… is

PART C (60 marks)

I. Tense Table. Fill in the correct form of the verb in each blank. (10marks, @0.5mark)
Present Past Past Participle Present Participle
e.g. go Went gone going
become Became 21. become 22. becoming
blow 23. blew 24. blown blowing
eat 25. ate 26. eaten eating
forgive 27. forgave 28. forgiven forgiving
hit 29. hit 30. hit hitting
marry 31.married 32. married marrying
plan 33. planned 34. planned planning
rise 35. rose 36. risen rising
sink 37. sank 38. sunk sinking
swim 39. swam 40. swum swimming

II. Complete each sentence with the right tense of the verb in brackets. (10marks)
41. I believe (believe) Rosy will come back one day.

42. “ Switch (switch) off the air-conditioner before you go out,” said the mother to the

son.

43. Not many children love (love) to see English movies .

44. In the photo, Sunny is talking (talk) to Emily.

45. Magaret and Maggie are watching (watch) TV at the moment.

46. Tony won’t come to the barbecue party tomorrow. His wife ______sent (send)

him to hospital yesterday.

47. I think Mary will not go (not go) to Australia this summer.

48. They have been (be) very good friends since 2000..

49. Mrs Wong had already cleaned (already clean) up the kitchen before she had dinner.

50. Ice melts (melt) if you heat it.

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III. Fill in the blanks with the words provided in correct tenses and voices. (20marks, @2marks)
51. When we got to the hospital, we were informed (inform) that there was no patient by that

name.

52. The passenger is still in hospital. She is being treated (treat) for her injuries.

53. ‘The novel you want hasn’t been returned (not return) yet,’ the teacher librarian told me.

54. You are crying. What happened/ has happened (happen)?

55. The new commercial centre in the neighbourhood will open (open) next year.

56. He wears / is wearing (wear) the goggles while he is swimming.

57. I cannot photocopy your notes now. The copier is being repaired (repair) at present.

58. You will hurt (hurt) her heart deeply if you tell her you don’t love her.

59. Listen! Somebody is singing (sing) your favourite song.

60. I was (be) tired so I went to bed early last night.

IV. Fill in the blanks with the words provided in correct tenses and voices. (20marks, @2marks)
Po Leung Kuk, the well-known charity which (61) operates (operate) orphanages and schools,
(62) has been given (give) an unexpected donation by a visiting Hollywood actress. Tomb Raider
star Angelina Jolie - who recently (63) completed / has completed (complete) six days of filming
Tomb Raider 2 in Hong Kong - (64) handed/ has handed (hand) over $200,000 cheque to the local
orphanage to say “thank you Hong Kong”.

The 27-year-old star (65) has (have) a personal interest in adopting children from orphanages.
She (66) adopted (adopt) her 16-month-old Cambodian son while filming the first Tomb Raider film
in Cambodia a few years ago. The money (67) was donated (donate) to Po Leung Kuk jointly by
Angelina Jolie and her film company Paramount Pictures.

The Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology (68) was (be) delighted with the news.
He said: “We (69) are (be) very glad filming went smoothly. We have been asked to pass on Ms
Jolie’s thanks to all the government departments who (70) helped (help) out. We’d also like to thank
members of the Hong Kong public who may have been disturbed by the filming.”

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