ESL Midterm Review

Vocabulary 1

100

to have a job for 35-40 hours a week

a. working full-time

b. working part-time

c. employer

d. employee

a. working full-time

200

to say that you want to leave your job

a. employer

b. unemployed

c. trainee

d. resign

d. resign

300

official records showing which skills you have

a. apply for

b. qualifications

c. trainee

d. employee

b. qualifications

400

the person or company that gives people a job

employer

500

a person who is learning how to do a job

trainee

Vocabulary 2

100

information technology (working with computers)

a. IT

b. legal

c. finance

d. health care

a. IT

200

working to make people have fun, like musicians, actors, and dancers

a. health care

b. finance

c. public service

d. entertainment

d. entertainment

300

lawyers and judges

legal

400

working with money and banks

finance

500

workers like police and firefighters who work for the people

public service

Past Perfect

100

Put the following verb in the past perfect.

I take.

I had taken.

200

Finish the sentence with the correct form of the given verbs.

By the time I _____ (arrive) at the train station, my train _____ (leave) already.

By the time I arrived at the train station, my train had left already.

300

Finish the sentence with the correct forms of the given verbs.

I ____ (go) to the bank at 4:30, but it ____ just ____ (close).

I went to the bank at 4:30, but it had just closed.

400

Finish the sentence with the correct form of the given verbs.

I ___ (be) happy because I ____ (got) tickets to the concert.

I was happy because I had gotten tickets to the concert.

500

Finish the sentence with the correct form of the given verbs.

I ____(be) so sad when the factory closed. I ____(work) there for 10 years.

I was so sad when the factory closed. I had worked there for 10 years.

Past Continuous

100

Put the following verb in the past continuous.

I eat.

I was eating.

200

Put the following verb in the past continuous.

I brought.

I was bringing.

300

Finish the sentence with the correct form of the given verbs.

I ____(walk) down the street when suddenly a truck almost ____(hit) me.

I was walking down the street when suddenly a truck almost hit me.

400

Finish the sentence with the correct form of the given verbs.

She ____(drive) too fast when she ____(crash) into the wall.

She was driving too fast when she crashed into the wall.

500

Finish the sentence with the correct form of the given verbs.

What _____ you ____ (do) last night when I ____(call) you?

What were you doing last night when I called you?

Present Perfect

100

Put the following verb in the present perfect.

I took.

I have taken.

200

Which option is correct?

I have never eaten octopus.

OR

I never ate octopus.

Why?

"I have never eaten octopus" is correct because we do not know when this happened.

300

Finish the sentence with the correct form of the given verbs.

Last week, I ____(go) to Tokyo with my family.

Last week, I went to Tokyo with my family.

400

Finish the sentence with the correct form of the given verbs.

I ______(not be) to Tokyo yet.

I have not been to Tokyo yet.

500

Finish the sentence with the correct form of the given verbs.

My aunt ____(be) in the hospital for five weeks.

MY aunt has been in the hospital for five weeks.