1. Fill in each blank space with there is, there are, is there or are there. (10 points)

English 312 Midterm

This is my classroom. ……. a teacher’s desk in the front of the room. On the desk…… a computer and a microphone.….. whiteboards and a bulletin board on one of the walls.

2. Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses. Use the present continuous tense. (10 points)

“Hello, Brian, is that you? What (you all /do)………..?”

“I (read)………, and Carol (play)…. the piano. Dad is in the kitchen. He (cook)…… the supper.”

3. Complete the sentences. Use the words in parentheses in the present simple tense. (15 points)

Mr. and Mrs. DiCarlo (be)……upset about their son, Joe. He (live)….. in a small suburb outside the city. He (speak)….a little Italian, but usually he(speak)….. English.

And when he (visit) ….. his friends and neighbors, he always (speak)……English.

He (read)….. American newspapers.He (listen)……to American radio programs.

He (shop)….. at big supermarkets and shopping malls.

2) Peter is sick. He (come)….. to school today.

4. Use the verbs in parentheses to complete the sentences. Make all of the sentences negative. (5 points)

1) Hana is a Muslim. She (eat) …….. pork.

5. Complete the conversation with the verbs in parentheses in affirmative, interrogative or negative. (15 points)

A: That’s strange! (you / usually wash)…… the dishes in the bathtub?

A: What are you doing?

B: I (wash)….. the dishes in the bathtub.

B.No. I (never/wash)….. the dishes in the bathtub, but I

(wash)…… the dishes in the bathtub today.

A: Why (you /do)……..that?

A: (I/be)…… sorry to hear that.

B: Because my sink is broken.

6. Complete each sentence with the two words or phrases given in parentheses to show possessive. (10 points)

1. (the women / clothes)…… have been washed.

2. (Mr. Jones / house)…… is next to mine.

The women’s clothes have been washed.

Mr. Jones’ house is next to mine.

7. Complete each sentence with either possessive adjectives or possessive pronouns of the given personal pronoun. (5 points)

2. That is…. house. (they)

1. Those sneakers are….. (I)

3. Do you see…..wallet? (Tom)

8. Choose the word in the box to complete each sentence using comparative form. (10 points)

3. Gold is (expensive)…. than silver.

1. Carol is (slim)……. than Ann.

2. Dracula was (frightened)…. than Frankenstein.

4. Dan gets up (early)…. than Mark.