QUIZ 3

GRAMMAR YEAR 9A/9B

NAME : _______________________________________

Fill in the blank with the correct answers given. (5ms)

Furious about Good at Pleased with Nice of Surprised at

Sebastian Coe had always been ______________________ (1) sports. Having retired, it was
______________________ (2) him to get involved in the administration aspect of sports. Honest sportsmen are
often _________________________ (3) him for his candid and straight-talking no-nonsense attitude. Many people
were ____________________________ (4) the recent revelations of nearly all the athletes in a national federation
being guilty of having used performance enhancing drugs. A large section of the sporting world is
_________________________ (5) his demands for the culprit federation to be banned. Many are aghast at the
thought that a whole nation may be banned from international sports meets. Even if things are worked out at the
federation, there will still be repercussions in that more people bored with repeated allegations of drug abuse
amongst sportsmen may totally ignore international sporting events.

Put either hospitalise or ward in the blanks in the sentences below (5ms)

6. If your sickness is serious, the doctor will __________________ you.

7. He could __________________ off the knife thrust of his enemy.

8. Since his parents were unfit to take care of him, he became a __________________ of the court.

9. She was admitted to a __________________ for female patients.

10. Whether to __________________ a patient or not is the decision of the doctor.

Fill in each of the blanks with the correct gerund, present or past participle, or infinitive of the words in brackets.
(5ms)

11. _______________________ by the explosion, the crowd ran helter-skelter. ( Terrify )

12. The visitors watched the monkeys _______________________ from tree to tree. ( swing )

13. We were all speechless, _______________________ what the magician will do next. ( wonder )

14. The lady _______________________ a red T-shirt is the badminton champion. ( wear )

15. _______________________ by the feat, the spectators gave a round of applause. ( Thrill )
Fill in the gaps with the correct tenses. (10ms)

16. I (learn) _____________________ English for seven years now.

17. But last year I (not / work) _____________________ hard enough for English, that's why my marks (not / be)
_____________________________ really that good then.

18. As I (pass / want) ______________________ my English exam successfully next year, I (study)
__________________ harder this term.

19. There I (notice) _________________________ how important it (be) _________________ to speak foreign
languages nowadays.

20. Now I (have) ______________________ much more fun learning English than I (have)
_________________________ before the course.

21. At the moment I (revise) ______________________________ English grammar.