Question 1 · Structure
Neither the students nor the teacher ____ ready for the test.
- Awere
- Bis
- Cbe
- Dare
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Answer: is
القاعدة: مع Neither...nor يتوافق الفعل مع الفاعل الأقرب إليه، وهو the teacher (مفرد)، فيكون الفعل is.
الخيار "are" يخطئ لأنه يتبع الاسم الجمع the students البعيد عن الفعل.
Question 2 · Compositional analysis
Choose the correctly written sentence.
- AYesterday, I go to the library.
- BYesterday, I went to the library.
- CYesterday, I have gone to the library.
- DYesterday, I going to the library.
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Answer: Yesterday, I went to the library.
The time expression «yesterday» requires the simple past «went», not the base form, the present perfect, or «going».
The most tempting wrong option is «have gone»: present perfect cannot be used with a finished past time like «yesterday».
Question 3 · Structure
She is ____ honest person I have ever met.
- Aan
- Bno article
- Ca
- Dthe
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Answer: an
القاعدة: نستخدم an قبل الكلمة التي تبدأ بصوت حرف متحرك، وحرف h في honest صامت فينطق onest.
الخيار "a" يخطئ لأنه يعتمد على شكل الحرف المكتوب لا على الصوت.
Question 4 · Compositional analysis
Choose the correctly written sentence.
- AWe usually go to the park in Fridays.
- BWe usually go to the park on Fridays.
- CWe usually go to the park at Fridays.
- DWe usually go to the park for Fridays.
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Answer: We usually go to the park on Fridays.
The preposition used with days of the week is «on»: «on Fridays».
The most tempting wrong option is «at Fridays»: «at» is used with clock times and «in» with months, years and parts of the day, not with days.
Question 5 · Structure
Of all the students in the class, Sara is ____ hardworking.
- Athe more
- Bthe most
- Cmost
- Dmore
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Answer: the most
القاعدة: مع الصفات الطويلة تُكوّن أفضل درجة بـ the most + الصفة، وهنا المقارنة بين الكل (of all).
"the more" تستخدم للمقارنة بين اثنين، و"more" وحدها تعني المقارنة لا التفوق المطلق.
Question 6 · Compositional analysis
Choose the correctly written sentence.
- AIf it will rain tomorrow, we stay home.
- BIf it rains tomorrow, we would stay home.
- CIf it would rain tomorrow, we will stay home.
- DIf it rains tomorrow, we will stay home.
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Answer: If it rains tomorrow, we will stay home.
A real future condition uses the present simple in the «if» clause and «will» in the main clause.
The most tempting wrong option is «If it rains tomorrow, we would stay home»: «would» belongs to the second conditional, which describes unlikely situations.
Question 7 · Compositional analysis
Choose the correctly written sentence.
- ANever I have seen such a beautiful view.
- BI have seen never such a beautiful view.
- CI have never saw such a beautiful view.
- DI have never seen such a beautiful view.
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Answer: I have never seen such a beautiful view.
In present perfect, the adverb «never» goes between «have» and the past participle «seen».
The tempting wrong option is «I have never saw»: after «have», the past participle «seen» is required, not the past simple «saw».
Question 8 · Structure
By the time the teacher arrived, the students ____ the exam.
- Awill finish
- Bwere finishing
- Chave finished
- Dhad finished
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Answer: had finished
القاعدة: Past Perfect (had + V3) للحدث الذي اكتمل قبل حدث ماضٍ آخر (arrived)، و by the time تدل على هذا الترتيب.
الخيار "were finishing" يعني أنهم كانوا ما زالوا يعملون عند وصول المعلم، وهذا لا يطابق المعنى.