English advanced grammar test

What is NOT capitalized (groß geschrieben) in English?

• Names of brands

• Names of countries

• The first personal pronoun singular

• The first personal pronoun plural

When do you use "the gerund" form?

• If you want to say that an action is ongoing (He is walking)

• If you want to say that something is taking a very long time (He was swimming for 3 hours)

• If you want to use a verb as a noun (I like swimming)

• If you want to connect two sentences (I saw Maria running to the bus)

Which of these words are prepositions?

• of

• about

• when

• tomorrow

Fill in the gap: If she had practiced, she ____________________ the test. (to pass)

What is a "modal verb" ?

• A modal verb changes the meaning of the main verb of a sentence (can, may, must, should, etc.)

• A modal verb is a verb that implies an activity (run, jump, swim, etc.)

• A modal verb implies a sensory activity (feel, hear, see, etc.)

Complete the following English sentences with modal verbs. In some cases, more than one answer is possible: "Wir hätten ins indische Restaurant gehen können". We ... have gone to the Indian restaurant.

Ich musste mein Geld an der Grenze umtauschen. I ... change my money at the border

Das könnte meine Stiefmutter sein. Sie wollte uns heute besuchen. That ... be my mother-in-law.

Sie hätten früher kommen sollen. Alles ist ausverkauft. You ... come earlier. We're sold out.

Make a passive question: Why (garden party/cancel) yesterday? Because it was raining. (Pay attention to spelling)