Grammar VWO4 - check

• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Translate: Dat huis staat (to be) daar al zo lang als ik me kan herinneren.

That house has been there for as long as I can remember.

When we arrived they _____ (to have) lunch. They apologised for starting without us but said that hey always ____ (to lunch) at 12.30.

Which sentence is correct?

1. We never do any work in the garden together! Tom is always working on his car.
2. We are never doing any work in the garden together! Tom is always working on his car.
3. We are never doing any work in the garden together! Tom always works on his car.
4. We never do any work in the garden together! Tom always works on his car.

How is this sentence best merged together?
The little girl fell over. Then she tied her shoelaces.

1. After the girl fell over she tied her shoelaces.
2. After the girl fell over she had tied her shoelaces.
3. After the girl had fallen over she tied her shoelaces.
4. After the girls had fallen over she had tied her shoelaces.

Translate:
Ik zag dat ze had zitten huilen.

1. I saw that she had cried.
2. I had seen that she had cried.
3. I saw that she cried.
4. I saw that she had been crying.

Which sentence is best?

1. She is appearing in her first big play next month.
2. She will appear in her first big play next month.
3. She is going to appear in her first big play next month.
4. She appears in her first big play next month.

Create a passive sentence:
They are delivering the new piano tomorrow.

Create an active sentence:
He is known to be a good athlete.

Turn the following sentence into reported speech.
"This path is always covered in moss. The sun never gets here," she says.

1. She said that the path is always covered in moss and that the sun never gets here.
2. Se said that the path is always covered in moss and that the sun never gets here.
3. She said that the path was always covered in moss and that the sun never gets here.
4. She said that the path was always covered in moss and that the sun never got here.

Which conditional is correct in the following sentence?

1. What happens if we turn the key?
2. What would happen if he turns the key?
3. What will happen if he turns the key?
4. What will happen if he will turn the key?

Fill in the correct word: