Exercise 1: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentences.
1. Listen! The telephone ____________.
A. ring
B. rings
C. is ringing
D. ringing
2. Don’t move! I want to __________ your photo.
A. draw
B. paint
C. buy
D. take
3. Their son ____________ any sports.
A. don’t play
B. doesn’t playing
C. doesn’t play
D. doesn’t plays
4. Let’s __________ for a coffee after the class.
A. wait
B. do
C. meet
D. run
5. ____________ any buses, but there were some taxis at that time.
A. Were there
B. There were
C. There wasn’t
D. There weren’t
6. - ____________ do you see your parents? - Once a month.
A. How
B. How long
C. How often
D. How many months
7. Can you __________ a noise downstairs?
A. listen
B. take
C. make
D. hear
8. I usually __________ my children a story before they go to sleep.
A. tell
B. play
C. remember
D. talk
9. Can I try ____________ these jeans please?
A. on
B. in
C. off
D. up
10.____________ solve this problem?
A. How to
B. How I can
C. How do you
D. How you can
11. How ____________ can you finish that work? - I’ll be ready in a few minutes.
A. often
B. much
C. soon
D. long
12. It was a nice house, but we ____________ because there wasn’t a garden.
A. did buy
B. didn’t buy
C. bought
D. don’t buy
13. He’s a violinist. He plays in a/an _____________
A. city centre
B. football team
C. economics class
D. orchestra
14. ____________ patient, and you will succeed.
A. To be
B. Are
C. Being
D. Be
15. It often ____________ a lot here in winter.
A. snowing
B. is snowing
C. snows
D. snow