Em msa Tdirect Grammar cloze: auxiliaries and modals general Vocabulary MCQ: vocab in context + Gary Path, 2018
EmSAT grammar focus: auxiliaries and modals Auxiliaries and modals Auxiliaries words like is (the verb to be), has (the verb to ) ) and does (the verb to do) We use them with other verbs to make different tenses. He has lived in the UAE for ten years. (the present perfect tense) The teacher is watching you. (the present continuous tense) The 9 modals : can, could, would, should, will, must, might, may, shall, + to, used to, ought to. Use them with a verb to say what you think. You should buy a new car. (that s my advice) You to go now (I don t think you a choice) These tested in the EmSAT Grammar Cloze,, MCQ and SC sections. Table of key auxiliaries and modals subject I you he she it we you they to be (present) am is to be (past) were were to (present) has to do do does do had, did, modals been had did been will, can, shall, may, could, should, would, must, might + ought to, to, used to
1. Read the sentences and highlight the auxiliaries and modals. A. Where exactly do you live? B. Does your father like fishing? C. My mother is hing her hair. D. You been watching television for three hours. E. Why did Dennis shout at your sister? F. What time will you be home? G. They were studying when I arrived. H. My brotherr hadn t had enough sleep, which is why he tired. I. Can you call Peter later? He ll be at home. J. We re meeting at the restaurant at seven. K. Have you ever been to Germany? L. Has the baby eaten all his food? M. I m working at the moment; what you doing? 2. Choose the correct auxiliary or modal. A. Why (/is) you using your phone in class? B. John and Kate (has/) lived in Japan for ten years. C. He (could/can) speak two languages when he very young. D. You (must/may) bring your student ID card if you want to take the exam! E. (Does/Do) your pnts a lot of brothers and sisters? F. The doctors (/were) talking to my mother when I looked in. G. The most popular cars (is/) manufactu ured in Japan. H. The police ( been/has been) watching the man for three weeks. I. (Did/Does) your teacher give you any homework yesterday? 3. Add the auxiliaries and modals in the box to the sentences. can t did has A. I m sorry, I help you, because I don t time. B. What time you get up this morning? C. The children trying to sleep. D. The workman already finished the job. E. I listening to the radio, so I can t hear you. F. This computer made in China. am
Cloze practice: auxiliaries and modals 1. Look at the text quickly. Is it A, B or C? A. A leaflet B. A magazine article C. A pagee from a book 2. Write the auxiliaries and modals in the gaps. can would is isn t doesn t don t were will can will don t will is Let s eat! This month we bring you the hottest restaurants in town! We (1) been visiting the new stars on the restaurant t scene here in Halifax. The first place we (2) recommend is Chang Fei, the great new Chinese restaurant in Exeter Road. We all agreed that they (3) now serving the best noodles in town. It s expensive, but if you go you (4) enjoy it. If you prefer Italian food, (5) miss Bella Italia, where delicious pizzas (6) cooked right in front of you in the open kitchen.. You ll (7) to book ahead if you (8) want to stand in line, because it (9) many tables, and it (10) gett ting very popular. Because it s very good; ; yumm, those pizzas! Another must try is Harry s Grill in Rio Street. Harry does the cooking himself, when he (11) chatting to the customers.. We (12) never had such delicious chicken! While we (13) eating, we enjoyed the views of the river. For readers on a budget, there some great new cheap places to try. We (14) served a great Indian meal at Patok s forr only $10 a head. Delicious, but you (15) to like hot food! And try Beet s for healthy fresh sandwiches you (16) find them in Ace Road, but theyy (17) opening another branch in Eliot Street next month. Well, as you (18) probably guess, here at Metro Mag we (19) all put on a few kilos for you, our readers! Next month we (20) put on a few more, as we (21) be looking for the best fast food in town. Happy eating!
EmSAT grammar cloze practice The Rich List 1. Look at the text quickly. Is it A, B or C? A. An essay B. A magazine article C. A page from a book 2. Look at the grammar words in the box. Which ones auxiliaries or modals? 3. Write ten of the words from the box in the gaps (theree two extra words). he were may when ago could from the how because You may know that Bill Gates of Microsoft, until recently, the richest person in the world. But (1) you name the richest person in history? A list of the richest 100 makes very interesting reading. (To make the list, the money (2) calculated and adjusted to make it a fair comparison, as a dollar in 1900 could buy almost 30 times more than a dollar today.) (3) you ever heard of John D. Rockefeller? It turns out that (4)) probably the richest person ever, worth over $300 billion dollars in today s money (that s more than three times more than Bill Gates ever had). (5) list includes people from all over the world and from the whole of human history. It includes an Egyptian king who worth over $155 billion more than 3000 years (6), an ancient Chinese ruler, a Roman, a Sultan, and the owners of the biggest supermarket chain in the world, Walmart. However, one fact is perhaps the most amazing; 14 of the 100 weree American men born in a nine year of men from a period (7) 1831 to 1840. In other words, a single generation single country represents 14% of the list for the whole of human history. (8) can this be? The answer is surprisingly simple; the railway. In the 1860s and 1870s in America, when these men (9) starting up in business, the trains in America helped bring about one of the greatest changes in economic history. It a time of a great industrial revolution; a time (10) people were breaking the rules, when Henry Ford found a way to produce cars that everyone could afford, and any young man withh vision had an opportunity that the world had never seen before.
EmSAT Vocabulary Practice These words from the reading texts tested in EmSAT.. Find and highlight the 6 nouns below in the reading texts and complete the table. owner generation vision period revolution comparison noun 1 A big change in the way things done. 2 The person something belongs to. 3 From one point in time to another. 4 When you comp two or more things. 5 All the people born in similar years. 6 The ability to see, and to see ahead EmSAT Vocabulary MCQ Practice 1. He has a great of the future of the country. a. period b. vision c. owner translation d. generation 2. My father s different to ours they didn t phones! a. generation b. revolution c. owner d. comparison 3. We should contact the of this car it s been here for a week. a. vision b. owner c. period d. revolution 4. I lived here for a/an of about three months. a. generation b. comparison c. vision d. period 5. They made a/an of what people eat now and how they ate in the past. a. vision b. period c. comparison d. owner 6. There has been a/an in the way people work since we got computers. a. period b. owner c. generation d. revolution