Final Quiz: GRAMMAR (SCA)

This quiz is a random grammar recap. Let's start with modals: which is used for things you're 100% certain about?

• should
• must
• might
• could

Complete: Take an umbrella. It ______ rain later.

• was

• will not

• cannot

• might

You _________ leave small objects anywhere if you have small children at home: they may swallow them!

• couldn't

• must have

• shouldn't

• might

Which modal is also used for obligation aside from "must"?

• have to

• might
• will
• can

Onto Reported Speech now! When we use Reported Speech the verb tenses ________

• Change

• Don't change

Which of these options DOES NOT change when reporting a sentence?

• "can"

• "walk"

• "is eating"

• "had been doing"

"He will come tomorrow".

She told me that he ________ tomorrow.

• is coming

• will come

• would come

"Mandy lived in Australia for 4 years"

He said that Mandy _____ in Australia for 4 years.

Do words like "this" or "tomorrow" also need to be changed?

• Yes! Although we have exceptions.

• No! They always stay the same.

Answer explanation

If we are reporting the sentence in the same time frame as the thing or the event is unfolding, we might be able to use some of those phrases (like the time expressions) without needing to change them.

Time for Comparatives and Superlatives! What USUALLY happens if we have a long adjective (2 or more syllables)?

• We add -ER and -EST

• We add "MORE__" and "THE MOST__"

• None of the options are correct.