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Past Simple

100

 What ____you do last weekend? 

A: do

B: did

C: are

D: were

B: did

200

I _____ to the beach in my new Prius the other day. 

A: drove
B: drive

C: drived

D: driving

A: drove

300

I could _____ you if you want. 

A: help

B: helped

C: helping

D: was help

A: help

400

I accidentally _______ my car keys into the dump once. 

threw

500

I _____ out of a very tall tree when I was 12 years old. 

fell

Present Tense and Frequency Adverbs

100

How often do you ______a hair cut? 

A: got

B: getting

C: get
D: is get

C: get

200

Jamie ________ in Lake City. She goes to work every day. 

A: works

B: working

C: work

D: is work

A works

300

It rarely ______ in the summer in Seattle.

A: is rain

B: raining

C: rain

D: rains

D: rains

400

A: Your brother is very tall.  Does he play basketball?
B: No, he _________________, but he likes to watch it!

doesn't

500

____ you tired

Are

Present Continuous, Simple,Future

100

What do you _____ for breakest? 

A: eating

B: eat

C: ate

D: eated

B: eat

200

He ________ a car now. 

A: is driving

B: drive

C: driving

A: is driving

300

On Fridays, Amber ________ tennis. 

plays

400

Bambi: What are your plans for the weekend? 

Godzilla: __________ (hunt) for deer most likely. 

I'm going to go hunting deer, most likely. 

or 

I'm going to hunt deer, most likely. 

or 

I will hunt deer, most likely. 

500

Jay: Hey, there's something at the door. 

Brad:  ____ it. 

I'll get it

or 

I will get it

Punctuation

100

What's missing? 

She went to the picnic and she brought some bread.

comma after picnic

She went to the park, and she brought some bread. 

200

Correct this

I ate too much food, it tasted so good.

I ate too much food. It tasted so good.

or

I ate too much food, but it tasted so good.

or

I ate too much food because it tasted  so  good.

300

How many of these are correct? 

A:  I went to the store and bought some bread. 

B:  I went to the store and I bought some bread. 

C. I went to the store to buy some bread. 

D. I went to the store, and I bought some bread. 

E. I went to the store because I wanted to buy some bread. 

A, C, D, E

400

Correct this: 

One day I went on a hike with friends after two hours we got lost in the forest. 

One day I went on a hike with friends. After two hours, we got lost in the forest. 

500

Correct this: 

Human trafficking is one of the oldest and worst crimes against humanity, also it probably started over 10, 000 years ago when, humans could afford to keep slaves for the first time.

Human trafficking is one of the oldest and worst crimes against humanity. Also, it probably started over 10, 000 years ago when humans could afford to keep slaves for the first time.

Simple/Compound/Complex

100

Is this a simple, compound, or complex sentence? 

I ate way too much food on Thanksgiving?

simple

200

Make this into a compound sentence. 

It was raining today. I went outside anyway. 

It was raining today, but I went outside anyway. 

300

Fix this complex sentence: 

Going out, I always close the windows.

Before going out, I always close the windows. 

400

Make this into a complex sentence: 

I came home late. My mother got angry.

When I came home late, my mother got angry

or

My mother got angry when I came home late. 

500

Make this into a complex sentence and fix the verb tenses: 

I was eat my dinner. The doorbell ring

I was eating my dinner when the doorbell rang. 

or 

When doorbell rang, I was eating my dinner.