Choose the best answer ( A, B, C, or D)
1. The flock of sleep _______ missing when Farmer Colin woke up this moring
A. is B. are C. was D. were
2. The baby _______ soundly in his cot so do not disturb him
A. sleeps B. slept C. is sleeping D. were sleeping
3. Ben looked at a leaf on a tree and saw a grasshopper ________ on it
A. sat B. sits C. has sat D. sitting
4. Mrs Peterson made her daughter ________ her with the household chores
A. help B. helps C. helped D. helping
5. Mary, together with her classmate, _______ taking part in the Youth Festival next month
A. is B. are C. was D. were
6. Those who like ______ fireworks should go to Marina Bay tonight
a. watched B. having watched C. will watch D. watching
7. an accident ________ along the expressway in the middle of the night
A. occurred B. is occurring C. was occurring D. has been occurring
8. While my father was mowing the, my mother ________ the flowers
A. watering B. waters C. has been watering D. was watering
9. By the time help arrived, most of the passengers from the sinking ship ________
A. drowned B. had drowned C. has drowned D. drown
10. Frank was about to sleep when he heard the doorbell ________
A. rang B. rings C. had rung D. ring