Chienkuo Technology University 2005

Carmen Boulter

English Writing Program

Midterm Exam

I Verb Forms Matching Exercise: Put the letter for each verb tense on the blank line. Notice there are 11 sentences and 12 lines, so one will be blank. /24

I go on trips every chance I get. I went to Afghanistan in 1977. I will go to Bali as soon as I get a chance. Because I have gone to so many countries, I am used to airports. By the time I go back to Canada, I will have gone to 52 different countries. For the past 8 years, I was going to Egypt 2-4 times a year. I have been going abroad since I was 15. I will have been going to Egypt for a total of 28 years by the end of the year. I had gone to the United States over 40 times before coming to live in Taiwan. I had been going between Canada and the United States on a regular basis for work. I am going to have to get a new passport soon because mine is getting full of stamps.

__H__ Future Perfect Continuous __C__ Simple Future __A__ Simple Present __B__ Simple Past __I__ Past Perfect __J__ Past Perfect Continuous __K__ Present Continuous __D__ Present Perfect __G__ Present Perfect Continuous __F__ Past Continuous __-__ Future Continuous __E__ Future Perfect

II Verb Forms: Which one is right, A or B? /16

1. When you finish your dinner, I will be waiting for you. Right
2. When you will finish your dinner, I will wait for you.

1. Joe is not working today. While you are going to the theater, he will not take the tickets.
2. Joe is not working today. While you are at the theater, he will not be taking the tickets. Right

1. When you teaching today, your students will listen.
2. When you teach today, your students will be listening. Right

1. We will have our things packed before the bus comes. Right
2. Before the bus comes, we are packing our things.

III Verb Forms: Fill in the blanks with the right verb form. /30

1. You look really great! (You, to exercise) Have you been exercising at the fitness center?

2. What (you, to do) were you doing when the accident occurred?

3. I (to have) have had the same car for more than ten years. I'm thinking about buying a new one.
4. If it (to snow) snows this weekend, we (to go) are going to go skiing near Lake Tahoe.
5. What do you call people who work in libraries? They (to call) are called librarians.

6. I came to England six months ago. I started my economics course three months ago. When I return to Australia, I (to study) will have been studying for nine months and I (to be) will have been in England for exactly one year.

7. Sam (to arrive) arrived in San Diego a week ago.

8. Samantha (to live) has been living in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she (to live) was living there when the Berlin wall came down.

9. If Vera (to keep) keeps drinking, she (to lose) will lose her job.

10. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan; however, their culture virtually (to disappear) had disappeared by the time Europeans first (to arrive) arrived in the New World.

IV More Verbs: Which one is right, A or B? /10

1. Jane will be being at my house when you arrive.
2. Jane will be at my house when you arrive. Right

1. I am going to be studying while he is making dinner. Right
2. I am studying while he will make dinner.

1. Tonight, they will be eating dinner, discussing their plans, and having a good time. Right
2. Tonight, they will eat dinner, discussing their plans, and having a good time.

1. I will have watched TV when she is arriving tonight.
2. I will be watching TV when she arrives tonight. Right

1. They had never met an American until they met John. Right
2. They had never met an American until they meeting John.

VI New Writing: Continue this letter… /20

Dear Carmen:

I am writing to tell you how I feel about my progress in my English writing.

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