Choose a, b, c, or d that is the best alternative.
1. He ______ to make breakfast before his wife ______ up.
A. has already started / wakes B. had already started / woke
C. will already start / is waking D. is already staring / has waken
2. The musician ______ the guitar for about an hour.
A. is playing B. has been playing C. will be playing D. was playing
3. When I ______ home yesterday morning, my son ______ and my wife ............to work.
A. have arrived / slept / went B. arrived / was sleeping / had gone
C. had arrived / had slept / has gone D. was arriving / would sleep / could go
4. It is Mary’s new house. It ______ a fortune!
A. shall cost B. needn’t cost C. will cost D. must cost
5. In the end Gary’s injury was not very serious. We ______ so much.
A. could worry B. will not have worried
C. should have worried D. needn’t have worried
6. ______ we go out for dinner tonight? - Yes, let’s.
A. Must B. Shall C. Should D. Need
7. Although Jack is only ten years old, he is well-known ______ his verse.
A. for B. in C. at D. on
8. I do not care ______ card games ______ general.
A. for / in B. of / at C. about / with D. with / for
9. The Pikes earn money ______ raising poultry.
A. by B. on C. with D. through
10. He promised ______ me some money but he failed ______ his words.
A. to lend / to keep B. lending / for keeping C. of lending / keep D. to lend / keeping
11. I think she actually expects me ______ the washing up for her.
A. do B. to do C. done D. doing
12. My friends asked me ______ with them but I refused.
A. to go shopping B. for going to shop C. going to shop D. go shopping
13. George’s advisor spends ______ with him.
A. many times B. a lot of time C. times D. a few time
14. He does not know ______ people in the class.
A. many B. much C. a little D. some
15. Johnny does not have ______
A. many suit B. many suits C. a lot of suit D. much suit
16. You can ______ your coat if you feel hot.
A. go off B. take off C. wear out D. go with
17. The bomb ______ and three people were killed.
A. got in B. put away C. went off D. stayed up
18. Though I tried my best, I failed to ______ them.
A. keep up with B. run out of C. get together D. go away from
19. They could not find Peter because they knew ______ the name of the street number of his house.
A. neither / nor B. either / or C. not only / but also D. hardly / than
20. He could not help, ______ thought of his beloved wife.
A. and B. but C. so D. however
1. He ______ to make breakfast before his wife ______ up.
A. has already started / wakes B. had already started / woke
C. will already start / is waking D. is already staring / has waken
2. The musician ______ the guitar for about an hour.
A. is playing B. has been playing C. will be playing D. was playing
3. When I ______ home yesterday morning, my son ______ and my wife ............to work.
A. have arrived / slept / went B. arrived / was sleeping / had gone
C. had arrived / had slept / has gone D. was arriving / would sleep / could go
4. It is Mary’s new house. It ______ a fortune!
A. shall cost B. needn’t cost C. will cost D. must cost
5. In the end Gary’s injury was not very serious. We ______ so much.
A. could worry B. will not have worried
C. should have worried D. needn’t have worried
6. ______ we go out for dinner tonight? - Yes, let’s.
A. Must B. Shall C. Should D. Need
7. Although Jack is only ten years old, he is well-known ______ his verse.
A. for B. in C. at D. on
8. I do not care ______ card games ______ general.
A. for / in B. of / at C. about / with D. with / for
9. The Pikes earn money ______ raising poultry.
A. by B. on C. with D. through
10. He promised ______ me some money but he failed ______ his words.
A. to lend / to keep B. lending / for keeping C. of lending / keep D. to lend / keeping
11. I think she actually expects me ______ the washing up for her.
A. do B. to do C. done D. doing
12. My friends asked me ______ with them but I refused.
A. to go shopping B. for going to shop C. going to shop D. go shopping
13. George’s advisor spends ______ with him.
A. many times B. a lot of time C. times D. a few time
14. He does not know ______ people in the class.
A. many B. much C. a little D. some
15. Johnny does not have ______
A. many suit B. many suits C. a lot of suit D. much suit
16. You can ______ your coat if you feel hot.
A. go off B. take off C. wear out D. go with
17. The bomb ______ and three people were killed.
A. got in B. put away C. went off D. stayed up
18. Though I tried my best, I failed to ______ them.
A. keep up with B. run out of C. get together D. go away from
19. They could not find Peter because they knew ______ the name of the street number of his house.
A. neither / nor B. either / or C. not only / but also D. hardly / than
20. He could not help, ______ thought of his beloved wife.
A. and B. but C. so D. however
