Exercise3: Choose the best option that best completes each sentence:

1. He _________ his wallet last night.

A. lose                       B. losing                      C.  lost                             D. losed

2. She _________. On the old chair a minute ago.

A. sat                         B. sitting                      C.  sits                             D. has sat

3. She _________ the clothes yesterday.

A. washes                 B. wash                        C.  washing                    D. washed

4. Look! Mr. Nam __________ to Ba.

A. are talking           B. is talking                 C. talking                       D. talks

5. __________ a novel at present?

A. Is he writing        B. Does he write         C. Did he write              D. Has he written

6. Last night Tom __________ very well

A. sleep                     B. slept                         C. sleeps                         D. has slept

A. am ironing           B. have ironed             C. ironed                         D. was ironing

12. Calvin: “Are you ready, Ann?”  Ann: “Yes, I _______”

A. am coming           B. come                        C. came                           D. have came

13. Why _______ at me like that? What’s the matter?

A. do you look          B. have you looked      C. did you look             D. are you looking

14. I _______ along the street when I suddenly heard footsteps behind me.

A. was walking        B. am walking             C. walk                           D. walked

15. She _______ German for two years.

A. has learnt             B. is learning              C. learn                           D. learns

16. The earth _______ round the Sun.

A. go                          B. went                         C. goes                            D. has gone

17. I come from Canada. Where _______ you _______ from?

A. do – come            B. did – come              C. are – coming             D. have come

18. When I last _______ Jane, she _______ to find a job.

A. see – trying         B. saw – was trying    C. have seen – tried      D. saw – tried

19. _______ you go to the dentist?

A. How often are     B. How often do          C. How often does         D. How are

20. Ann _______ tea very often.

A. doesn’t drink      B. don’t drink             C. didn’t drink               D. hasn’t drunken

Fill in the blanks with a verb from the box in the SIMPLE PAST:

break    swim    have    make    sit    write     spend      buy       drink      lose      wash

1. She............. a cake an hour ago.

2. She............. a hat last week.

3. The boy.............. a letter yesterday

4. They............. in the sea for an hour

5. They ................. a lot of Cke last night

6. She................. her arm last week

7. He ...................all his money last week

8. She............... a bath two minutes ago

9. He............. his wallet last night

10. She .......................on the old chair a minute ago

1.         I think I_________my door key. I can’t find it anywhere.

             A. lost                            B. have lost                       C. am losing                        D. will lose      

2.         Jim wants to live _________of his parents.

             A. dependent                B. dependently                 C. independent                   D. independently        

3.         Although they are poor, they still live _________.

             A. happy                       B. unhappy                       C. happily                           D. happiness    

4.         We won’t go out _________it stops raining.

             A. if                               B. unless                           C. when                               D. as

5.         The phone suddenly _________ when Joan was doing the housework.

             A. rang                          B. was ringing                  C. had rung                         D. is ringing

I. Read the passage below and choose the best option (A, B, C or D) for each space.

     Last Monday William Murphy (1) ______ a wallet on a lonely street in Montreal. He picked up the wallet and (2) ______ a ticket inside. He noticed the number on the ticket and immediately realized that (3) _____ was the winning ticket in a big competition. The price (4) _____ eight million dollars!

         Murphy (5) _____ the huge prize, however, he (6) _____ the ticket back to (7) _____ owner, Laviqeur. Yesterday Leviqeur got the prize and at once (8) _____ Murphy a million dollar as a reward.

       “I have never won a competition before”, he told the reporter. “Now I (9) ____ rich and I want  (10) ______ honesty.

1.         A. see                                     B. sees                        C. saw                         D. is seeing

2.         A. find                        B. found                     C. finds                      D. founded

3.         A. it                             B. he                           C. she                                     D. one

4.         A. is                            B.are                           C. were                       D.was

5.         A. didn’t collect       B. not collect             C. no collect             D. wasn’t collect

6.         A. take                        B. takes                      C. taking                    D. took

7.         A. his                          B. their                       C. its                           D. it’s

8.         A. give                        B. gave                       C. giving                    D. gives

9.         A. become                 B. becomes                C. is becoming          D. became

10.       A. reward                   B. to reward               C. rewarding             D. for rewarding.

10. He made a______ of Roman coins and medals.

A. collect                              B. collective                   C. collection                D. collector

11. She wore______ the party last night.

A. a long white wedding dress                                   B. a white long wedding dress

C. a wedding white long dress                                   D. a long wedding white dress

12. _________ the bad traffic, we arrived on time.

A. Because                        B. Although                      C. Despite                  D. However

13. The Simpson Desert was named _________ the President of the South Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia.

A. after                              B. as                                  C. to                           D. for

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the followings.

14. This is the best place which I think of for our holiday.

                          A                  B          C                      D

15. The more electricity you use, the highest your bill will be.

            A                                  B             C                         D

16. Unless you study hard, you will pass the next exam.

         A                           B                             C             D

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the followings.

17. - “Do you need any help, Kate?” - “ ________”

A. I haven’t got a clue.                                               B. No, thanks. I can manage.

C. That’s all for now.                                                  D. That’s fine by me.

18. - David:“ I think to reduce pollution, people should use public transport instead of their  own cars.” - Linda:“________”

A. I don’t know. I just don’t think it’s for me.          B. What nonsense!

C. I can’t agree with you more.                            D. Yes, let’s.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in each of the followings.

19. A sustainable forest is a forest where trees that are cut are replanted and the wildlife is protected.

A. pre-tested                     B. preserved                      C. reserved                  D. protested

20. The teacher gave some suggestions on what could come out for the examination.

A. effects                            B. symptoms                  C. hints                       D. demonstrations

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word in each of the following s.

21. Thousands are going starving because of the failure of this year's harvest.

A. hungry                            B. poor                           C. rich                           D. full

22. Playing computer games for too long is not good for our eyesight.

A. careful                             B. effective                    C. harmful                    D. enormous

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

John lost the _____________ bicycle he bought last week and his parents were very angry with him.

A. new beautiful blue Japanese

B. beautiful blue Japanese new

C. beautiful new blue Japanese

D. Japanese beautiful new blue