Exercise 1 Choose the best answer.

1. ________ good ice cream, youneed touse a lot of cream.

a. Make b. Making c. To make d. For make

2. I got my friend ________ her car for the weekend. 

a. tolet me toborrow b. to let me borrow

c. let me borrow d. let me to borrow

3. ‘How about going to the theater?' 'OK,' but I would rather ______ a concert.'

a. attend b. to attend c. attending d. have attended

4. The skiers would rather  ________ through the mountains than go by bus.

a. to travel on train b. traveled by train

c. travel by train d. traveling by the train

5. If we leave now for our trip, we can drive half the distance before we stop ___ lunch.

a. having b. to have c. having had d. for having

6. The examiner made us ___ our identification in order to be admitted to the test center.

a. show b. showing c. to show d. showed

7. I remember ________ to Paris when I was a very small child.

a. to be taken b. to take c. being taken d. taking

8. My parents wouldn't _______ to the party.

a. allow me go b. allow me to go    c. allow me going d. allow to go

9. We are going to have my house _______ tomorrow morning.

a. paint b. painting c. painted d. to be painted

10. We hope that the students themselves will enjoy ______ part in the projects.

a. to take b. taking c. to be taken d. being taken

C. will receive D. am receiving

14. They for nearly 50 years.

A. marry B. have been married

C. married D. will marry

15. How many times there so far? A few times.

A. have you been B. would you be

C. were you D. had you been

16. It’s at least a month since Tom.

A. I last seen B. I last see C. I have last seen D. I last saw

17. We almost every lesson in this book so far.

A. study B. studies C. has studied D. have studied

18. We that television program.

A. never watch B. not never watch

C. have never watched D. has never watched

19. Up to then, I such a big fire.

A. have never seen B. had never seen

C. never seen D. never see

20. I her since I a student.

A. know/ am B. knew/ was

C. have known/ am D. have known/ was

6. I promise I _________ and visit you.

          A. am coming         B. will come                     C. have come          D. am going to come

7. She is never late for school and _________is her sister.

          A. either                 B. so                      C. neither               D. too

8. The doctor says you should spend ________time playing video games.

          A. lots of                B. all your              C. most of your       D. a little

9. Nga decided ________how to use a sewing machine.

          A. to learn              B. learn                  C. learning              D. learnt

10. You’ve made a lot of mistakes in your work. You should never do it _________.

          A. hurry                  B. hurried               C. in a hurry           D. such hurry

11. Our school year usually starts in late August. It _________ for almost 9 months.

          A. wastes               B. lasts                   C. lengthens           D. takes

12. Neighbors don’t spend _________ time together as they used to do in the past.

          A. more                  B. less                    C. most                  D. as much 

Put the verbs into the right form
1. she apologised for (borrow) ... my dictionary without (ask)... for permission and promised never (do) .... it again
2. He warned her (not touch) ... the wire
3. Do stop (talk)... , I'm trying (finish) ... a letter
4. He (meet0....  his friends some days ago
5. He told me (try)... (come).. early
6. I'll remember (send)... you a postcard when I reach London
7. Don't forget (lock)... the door before (go) .... to bed
8. They don't have much money. They can't afford (buy) ... a new house
9. I enjiy (write)... picture postcards
10. I don't want (eat).... anything. I'm tired

1. Never in her life _____ this exhilarating emotion.

A. she experienced B. she did experience C. she had experienced D. had she experienced

2. _____ seen such awful behavior.

A. Have I never before B. Before have I never C. Never before I have D. Never before have I

3. They were wealthy. Money was plentiful, and _____ to be very bothered about levels of expenditure.

A. rarely anyone seemed B. rarely did anyone seem C. did anyone rarely seem D. rarely anyone did seem

4. Not only do I enjoy classical music, _____ a season ticket to the symphony.

A. but I also have B. but also have C. but also I have D. I but also have

5. _____ so upset!

A. Has the boss seldom been B. Seldom the boss has been C. Seldom has the boss been D. Has the boss been seldom

6. _____ the situation.

A. Little he understands B. Little he understood C. Little did he understand D. Did he understand little

7. There _____.

A. comes my bus B. does my bus come C. my bus come D. did my bus come

8. _____ his terrible secret.

A. Did they learn only later B. Only later they did learn C. Only later they learnt D. Only later did they learn

9. - I’m from Turkey. - _____.

A. Am I, too B. I am, so C. So am I D. Either I am

10. I cannot swim very well _____.

A. and neither my sister can B. and neither can my sitter B. and so my sister can D. and so can my sister

1. Never in her life _____ this exhilarating emotion.

A. she experienced B. she did experience C. she had experienced D. had she experienced

2. _____ seen such awful behavior.

A. Have I never before B. Before have I never C. Never before I have D. Never before have I

3. They were wealthy. Money was plentiful, and _____ to be very bothered about levels of expenditure.

A. rarely anyone seemed B. rarely did anyone seem C. did anyone rarely seem D. rarely anyone did seem

4. Not only do I enjoy classical music, _____ a season ticket to the symphony.

A. but I also have B. but also have C. but also I have D. I but also have

5. _____ so upset!

A. Has the boss seldom been B. Seldom the boss has been C. Seldom has the boss been D. Has the boss been seldom

6. _____ the situation.

A. Little he understands B. Little he understood C. Little did he understand D. Did he understand little

7. There _____.

A. comes my bus B. does my bus come C. my bus come D. did my bus come

8. _____ his terrible secret.

A. Did they learn only later B. Only later they did learn C. Only later they learnt D. Only later did they learn

9. - I’m from Turkey. - _____.

A. Am I, too B. I am, so C. So am I D. Either I am

10. I cannot swim very well _____.

A. and neither my sister can B. and neither can my sitter B. and so my sister can D. and so can my sister

She said, “I went to the cinema yesterday.”

    🡺She said    

 He said, “I am writing a test tomorrow.”

    🡺He said    

You said, “I will do this for him.”

    🡺You said    

She said, “I am not hungry now.”

    🡺She said    

They said, “We have never been here before.”

    🡺They said    

6. “What are they doing?” she asked.

    🡺 She    

7. “Are you going to the cinema?” he asked me.

    🡺 He    

8. The teacher asked, “Who speaks English?”

    🡺 The teacher    

9. “How do you know that?” she asked me.

    🡺 She    

10. “Has Caron talked to Kevin?” my friend asked me.

She said, “I went to the cinema yesterday.”

    🡺She said    

 He said, “I am writing a test tomorrow.”

    🡺He said    

You said, “I will do this for him.”

    🡺You said    

She said, “I am not hungry now.”

    🡺She said    

They said, “We have never been here before.”

    🡺They said    

6. “What are they doing?” she asked.

    🡺 She    

7. “Are you going to the cinema?” he asked me.

    🡺 He    

8. The teacher asked, “Who speaks English?”

    🡺 The teacher    

9. “How do you know that?” she asked me.

    🡺 She    

10. “Has Caron talked to Kevin?” my friend asked me.

    🡺 My friend