Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 1. Never talk to the driver while he _____.
Question 2. I agree that children ought to be treated like human beings but I'd rather you _____ make up her mind about our holiday plans.
Question 3. The phone _____ for several minutes before I heard it.
Question 4. Alice _____ for Washington as soon as she had finished her exam.
Question 5. A: _____the chemist on your way? B: Yes. Do you need something? A: Yes, some aspirin and cough syrup, if you don't mind.
Question 6. Before I _____ a training camp with him, I_____that he _____an excellent leader, but now he is just an ordinary man in my eyes.
Question 7. I'll marry her as soon as she _____ all her problems.
Question 8. I suddenly remembered that I_____ to bring my keys.
Question 9. I _____ in the waiting room when I heard someone _____me.
Question 10. I _____ for sprouts but I_____ any.
Question 11. My daughter has been accepted to the University of Michigan, so this time next week she'll _____courses there. It is a four-year programme, so she will _____ it in 2026.
Question 12. Unlike Walt Disney's cartoon chipmunks, which always appear up a tree, real chipmunks _____ to stay near their underground burrows in case they_____ to escape from a predator.
Question 13. "I understand you have been reading all the boys' letters. Since when?” "Since they _____ to me about their weekend plans.”
Question 14. Fifty years ago, people thought we _____able to control the weather by the 21st century, but it's still not possible.
Question 15. When she first came to our village, she didn't like our traditional clothes, but at the moment she _____ the same clothes.
Question 16. When I _____ to the party, Tom and David_____, John _____.
Question 17. I _____ a response from the company even though I_____ two application forms.
Question 18. The students in Mr. Sharp's evening class _____for almost fifteen minutes when he finally_____at the class door.
Question 19. By the time the police _____ , the bank robbers _____.
Question 20. From the time he arrived home, he_____ a lot of silly questions.
Question 21. One thing should be made quite clear: there can't be any last-minute changes once the program _____ approved by all the people involved.
Question 22. My father asked me if I _____an increase in salary the following month.
Question 23. His train _____at 4 pm on Tuesday. He doesn't need to call a taxi. I _____ station
Choose the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 24. Not until I was on my way to the airport that I realized I had left my passport at home.
Question 25. It was suggested that Pedro studies the material more thoroughly before attempting to pass the exam.
Question 26. After driving a car for ten miles, John suddenly realized that he has been driving the wrong direction.
Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions.
Question 27. Steve left before my arrival.
Question 28. When we arrived, the children were playing "Hide and Seek”.
Question 29. As soon as he waved his hand, she turned away.
Question 30. Having finished their work, the workers expected to be paid.