Grade 10 English – 5.1.2 Conversational Skills Quiz
1. You're coming to the assembly, ____?
After a positive statement with 'you', the correct question tag uses the auxiliary 'are' + n't: 'aren't you?'.
2. _____ you please pass the salt?
'Could' is the polite modal used for requests in conversational English. 'Must' is for obligation, and the others are ungrammatical here.
3. My friends ____ playing football after school.
With plural subject 'My friends', use the plural present form 'are' for the progressive 'are playing'.
4. Yesterday, I ____ to Nairobi.
For a finished action at a specific past time ('Yesterday'), use the simple past 'went'. 'Have gone' is present perfect and not normally used with a past time expression like 'yesterday'.
5. Let's go to the market, ____?
The question tag that normally follows 'let's' is 'shall we?' to invite agreement or suggestion.
6. If you need help, I ____ help you.
In a first conditional-like offer ('If you need help'), the main clause commonly uses 'will' to express a future action: 'I will help you.'
7. She said, "I am tired." becomes in reported speech:
When changing present simple in direct speech ('I am tired') to reported speech after a past reporting verb ('said'), the verb shifts to past: 'was'.
8. Between Moses and ____ the books were shared.
After a preposition like 'between', use the object form 'me', not the subject form 'I'.
9. _____ did you go to the museum?
To ask about time, use 'When' plus the auxiliary 'did' for past simple: 'When did you go...?'
10. Students ____ wear their school uniforms.
'Must' expresses strong obligation or rule, which fits the sentence about school uniform requirements.
11. She has ____ her homework.
Present perfect requires the past participle: 'has done'. 'Did' is simple past, 'doing' is a participle used with 'is', and 'made' is the wrong verb.
12. I ____ not know the answer.
For the present simple negative with subject 'I', use 'do not' contracted to 'don't': 'I don't know the answer.'
13. I'm late, ____?
Standard spoken English uses the tag 'aren't I?' after 'I'm' even though it mixes 'are' with 'I'. 'Amn't I?' is nonstandard in most varieties.
14. Shall I ____ the window?
After 'shall I' use the base form of the verb: 'Shall I open the window?' Not the infinitive 'to open' or other forms.
15. There are many ____ in Tsavo National Park.
A plural noun 'elephants' is required for 'many'. 'Elephant's' is singular possessive and 'elephants'' is plural possessive.
16. The teacher ____ teaches us is strict.
Use 'who' as the relative pronoun for people when it functions as the subject of the relative clause: 'The teacher who teaches us...'.
17. I ____ to have a cup of tea.
'Would like' is the polite structure for expressing a present desire or request: 'I would like a cup of tea.'
18. He asked, "Where do you live?" becomes in reported speech:
When reporting a wh-question, remove the question word order and shift the tense back: 'do you live' → 'I lived'.
19. School starts ____ 7 o'clock.
Use 'at' for specific clock times: 'at 7 o'clock.' 'In' is used for months/years, 'on' for days, 'by' indicates a deadline.
20. This road is ____ than the other one.
Short adjectives form comparatives with '-er': 'narrow' → 'narrower'. 'More narrow' is possible but less natural; the others are incorrect.
21. You can swim, ____?
A positive statement takes a negative question tag: 'You can swim, can't you?' The tag uses the auxiliary 'can' negated.
22. By next year, we ____ finish Form 4.
With a time expression like 'by next year', the future perfect ('will have finished') expresses completion before that time.
23. The teacher said, "Do your exercises!" becomes:
Commands in reported speech are normally introduced with 'told' + object + 'to' + base verb: 'told us to do'.
24. _____ and Joseph are going to the game.
As the subject of the sentence, use the subject pronoun 'She'. 'Her' is an object pronoun, 'Hers' is possessive, and 'He' is the wrong gender.
25. You shouldn't swim in that river, ____?
A negative statement takes a positive question tag: 'You shouldn't...,' so the tag is 'should you?'.