30 Questions
What is the term for the variety of language distinguished according to use?
Register
What is the primary function of an outline's graphic structure?
To display a distinctive structure that cannot be mistaken
What is the term for the concept that denotes the time of an action relative to the time the sentence is uttered?
Tense
Which tense is used to describe an activity that is actually in progress at the moment of speaking?
Present progressive tense
What part of a sentence reflects the tense form?
Verb
What is the function of the auxiliary verbs 'will' and 'shall'?
To realise the future tense
By the time I finish my studies, I will have been studying English for how many years?
For ten years
If I had studied harder, I ______ the examination.
Would have passed
By next year, I ______ in this house for five years.
Will have lived
If it had snowed, we ______ a snowman.
Would have built
By the time I arrived, they ______ their homework.
Had done
If I ______ harder, I would have passed the exam.
Had studied
What is the opposite of 'copious' in meaning?
Scanty
What is the opposite of 'empyrean' in meaning?
Mortal
What is the opposite of 'affective' in meaning?
Emotionless
What is the opposite of 'seldom' in meaning?
Often
What is the opposite of 'master' in meaning?
Forget
What is the opposite of 'displeased' in meaning?
Delighted
What would be the correct tense to use when describing an action that started in the past and will continue up to a specific point in the future?
Shall have been doing
Which of the following sentences is in the correct order for a hypothetical past situation?
If I had studied, I would have passed the exam.
What is the correct tense to use when describing an action that will be completed at a specific point in the future?
Will have done
In the sentence 'If it had rained heavily, my clothes would be wet now', what is the correct tense to use in the if-clause?
Had rained
What is the correct tense to use when describing an action that started in the past and continued up to another point in the past?
Had been doing
In the sentence 'You would have paid if your friend hadn't had any money', what is the correct tense to use in the main clause?
Would have paid
If she hadn't eaten the spoiled food, she......ill.
wouldn't have fallen
The tourists got lost in the woods because they......their map.
didn't bring
The company's financial problems began......the CEO was fired.
when
If I were you, I......that job offer.
wouldn't have taken
By the time they arrived, the party......for an hour.
had been going
The teacher asked the students......their homework.
if they did
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