III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
A. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence.
1. I'll see him when he ..................... here tomorrow..
a. comes b. will come c. has come d. had come
2. We've given up ..................... to persuade them …………… .
a. trying/ changing b. trying/ to change c. to try/ changing d. try/ to change
3. Maria is going to stop .................... dinner, so she may be late.
a. eating b. to eat c. for eating d. eat
4. As soon as the light turned red, she ................... the car.
a. stopped b. has stopped c. was stopping d. stops
5. The baby is so big! How much .................... now?
a. is she weighing b. she weighs c. does she weigh d. did she weigh
6. Harry works all the time. He ..................... .
a. never relaxes b. relaxes never c. often relaxes d. relaxes sometimes
7. These glasses are so dirty. You need ................... them.
a. wash b. washing c. to washed d. washed
8. The last time I ................... swimming was when we were in Spain.
a. had gone b. went c. has gone d. was going
9. Johnny ................... the paper when I …............. him.
a. read/ interrupted b. read/ was interrupting
c. has read/ interrupted d. was reading/ interrupted
10. We were told ................. and fasten our seat belts.
a. to sit down b. sitting down c. sit down d. that sit down
11. I .................... at six o'clock, but ................... to be up by five.
a. normally get up/ I have sometimes b. normally get up/ sometimes I have
c. get normally up/ sometimes I have d. get normally up/ I sometimes have
12. The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody ................... to bed.
a. have gone b. went c. had gone d. goes
13. It was the most ................. experience of my life.
a. frighten b. frightening c. frightened d. frightful
14. ............... I sympathize with your point of view. I cannot accept it.
a. Although b. In spite of c. Because d. As
15. ................ a long time for the bus.
a. We have to always wait b. We always have to wait
c. We have always to wait d. We have to wait always
1. I'll see him when he ..................... here tomorrow..
a. comes b. will come c. has come d. had come
2. We've given up ..................... to persuade them …………… .
a. trying/ changing b. trying/ to change c. to try/ changing d. try/ to change
3. Maria is going to stop .................... dinner, so she may be late.
a. eating b. to eat c. for eating d. eat
4. As soon as the light turned red, she ................... the car.
a. stopped b. has stopped c. was stopping d. stops
5. The baby is so big! How much .................... now?
a. is she weighing b. she weighs c. does she weigh d. did she weigh
6. Harry works all the time. He ..................... .
a. never relaxes b. relaxes never c. often relaxes d. relaxes sometimes
7. These glasses are so dirty. You need ................... them.
a. wash b. washing c. to wash d. washed
8. The last time I ................... swimming was when we were in Spain.
a. had gone b. went c. has gone d. was going
9. Johnny ................... the paper when I …............. him.
a. read/ interrupted b. read/ was interrupting
c. has read/ interrupted d. was reading/ interrupted
10. We were told ................. and fasten our seat belts.
a. to sit down b. sitting down c. sit down d. that sit down
11. I .................... at six o'clock, but ................... to be up by five.
a. normally get up/ I have sometimes b. normally get up/ sometimes I have
c. get normally up/ sometimes I have d. get normally up/ I sometimes have
12. The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody ................... to bed.
a. have gone b. went c. had gone d. goes
13. It was the most ................. experience of my life.
a. frighten b. frightening c. frightened d. frightful
14. ............... I sympathize with your point of view. I cannot accept it.
a. Although b. In spite of c. Because d. As
15. ................ a long time for the bus.
a. We have to always wait b. We always have to wait
c. We have always to wait d. We have to wait always
