Exercise 2: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentences.
1. Listen! The telephone ____________.
A. ring | B. rings | C. is ringing | D. ringing |
2. Don’t move! I want to __________ your photo.
A. draw | B. paint | C. buy | D. take |
3. Their son ____________ any sports.
A. don’t play | B. doesn’t playing | C. doesn’t play | D. doesn’t plays |
4. Let’s __________ for a coffee after the class.
A. wait | B. do | C. meet | D. run |
5. ____________ any buses, but there were some taxis at that time.
A. Were there | B. There were | C. There wasn’t | D. There weren’t |
6. - ____________ do you see your parents? - Once a month.
A. How | B. How long | C. How often | D. How many months |
7. Can you __________ a noise downstairs?
A. listen | B. take | C. make | D. hear |
8. 6 I usually __________ my children a story before they go to sleep.
A. tell | B. play | C. remember | D. talk |
9. Can I try ____________ these jeans please?
A. on | B. in | C. off | D. up |
10.____________ solve this problem?
A. How to | B. How I can | C. How do you | D. How you can |
11. How ____________ can you finish that work? - I’ll be ready in a few minutes.
A. often | B. much | C. soon | D. long |
12. It was a nice house, but we ____________ because there wasn’t a garden.
A. did buy | B. didn’t buy | C. bought | D. don’t buy |
13. He’s a violinist. He plays in a/an _____________
A. city centre | B. football team | C. economics class | D. orchestra |
14. ____________ patient, and you will succeed.
A. To be | B. Are | C. Being | D. Be |
15. It often ____________ a lot here in winter.
A. snowing | B. is snowing | C. snows | D. snow |
