Exercise 3: Choose the best word or phrase to complete in the following questions.
Question 5: Two years in a strange country_______like a long time for lonely people.
A. is appearing B. has appeared C. appears D. appeared
Question 6: Peter, with his two buddies,_______the cherry tree now.
A. has split B. have split C. is splitting D. are splitting
Question 7: Bread and butter_______what Jane asks for.
A. is B. are C. will be D. have been
Question 8: If anyone_______, tell them I will call when I come back.
A. was calling B. called C. call D. calls
Question 9: The film "Titanic"_______very interesting and romantic.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
Question 10: Mathematics_______my favorite subject.
A. is B. are C. has been D. have been
Question 11: Neither the parents nor the children_______aware of the danger.
A. were B. was C. are D. has been
Question 12: The Browns_______in New York since they migrated to America in 2000.
A. are living B. have lived C. have been living D. has been living
Question 13: Each of the boys in my class_______the football team.
A. joins B. have joined C. are joining D.join
Question 14: Neither of the restaurants we went to_______expensive.
A. have been B. are C. was D. were
Question 15: Neither Mary nor her brothers_______a consent form for tomorrow’s field trip.
A. need B. needs C. is needing D. has needed
Question 16: Here_______notebook and report that I promised you last week.
A. is the B. are the C. was the D. were the
Question 17: Mr. John, accompanied by several members of the committee,_______ proposed some changes of the rules.
A. have B. has C. are D. is
Question 18: Advertisements on YouTube_______becoming more competitive than ever before.
A. has B. have C. are D. is
Question 19: A number of sheep_______died of a strange illness.
A. have B. has C. is D. are
Question 20: Half of the letters she sent him_______in purple ink.
A. wrote B. has written C. was written D. were written
Question 21: Either Laura or her husband_______breakfast each morning.
A. make B. is making C. makes D. made
Question 22: The army_______eliminated this section of the training test.
A. has B. is having C. are D. have
Question 23: What he told you_______to be of no importance.
A. seems B. seem C. must seem D. have seemed
Question 24: Psychologists have found that the number of social contacts we have _______only reason for loneliness.
A. are not the B. is not the C. are not an D. is not an
Question 25: The flock of birds_______circling overhead.
A. gets B. are C. is D. get
Question 26: The use of credit cards in place of cash_______increased rapidly in recently years.
A. have been B. has been C. has D. have
Question 27: The fact that the new staff members were complimented on their achievement_______known to the whole company.
A. has B. have C. was D. are
Question 28: If nobody_______bought that car from the dealer, then you should return and make another offer.
A. have B. will have C. had D. has
Question 29: Massachusetts and Connecticut_______located in New England.
A. was B. were C. is D. are
Question 30: Everything_______bright and clean.
A. looking B. to look C. looks D. is looking
Question 31: Much homework_______given to students every day.
A. are B. is C. were D. was
Question 32: The facilities at the new research library, including an excellent microfilm file,_______wonderful.
A. are B. is C. has been D. was
Question 33: The police_______making enquiries about the murder.
A. are B. is C. was D. be
Question 34: To do such a hard work_______so many people.
A. need B. needing C. to need D. needs
Question 35: The methods for studying the world______been developed slowly through the work of many people.
A. have B. having C. has D. to have
Question 36: The regulations governing animal research_______many provisions to safeguard animal welfare.
A. contains B. contain C. have been contained D. is containing
Question 37: Thanks to the recent anti-smoking campaign, the number of smokers in the country_______.
A. has reduced B. reduce C. to reduce D. having reduced
Question 38: Each of the 4 types of human_______suited for a specific purpose.
A. tooth are B. teeth is C. tooth is D. teeth are
Question 39: There_______shops on either side of the street many years ago.
A. were B. was C. is D. are
Question 40: Neither of my parents_______my boyfriend.
A. like B. likes C. liked D. has liked
Question 41: The teams_______ends at half-time so that neither side has an unfair advantage.
A. has changed B. change C. changes D. had changed
Question 42: Physics_______my favorite subject when I was at high school.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
Question 43: The unemployed_______to live on the unemployment benefits.
A. has B. have C. had D. are
Question 44: Why he was absent from the class yesterday_______unknown.
A. is B. are C. have been D. were
Question 45: “I’m poor! Nobody_______me.” “I know a person who_______you. It’s me.”
A. love/likes B. loves/like C. loves/likes D. love/ like
Question 46: The furniture he has in his bedroom_______a bed and a table.
A. is B. are C. has been D. have been
Question 47: Learning English to find a better job_______my aim in the next time.
A. is B. are C. will be D. has been
Question 48: Can I borrow your dictionary for a moment? Mine
A. have been left B. has been left C. was left D. were left
Question 49: According to the announcement, only 30% of the applicants selected for the next interview.
A. are B. is C. was D. has been
Question 50: The development of popular music through the ages_______by the documentary.
A. was traced B. were traced C. have been traced D. are traced
Question 51: Romeo and Juliet_______a tragedy written by William Shakespeare.
A. are B. was C. were D. is
