Choose the best answer A, B, C or D indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. All the books on the shelf ______ to me.
| A. belong | B. belongs | C. belonging | D. is belonging |
2. The trousers you bought for me ______ me.
| A. don’t fit | B. doesn’t fit | C. fits | D. fit not |
3. Mumps ______ usually caught by children.
| A. are | B. was | C. is | D. were |
4. The United States ______ between Canada and Mexico.
| A. lying | B. lies | C. lain | D. lie |
5. Physics ______ us understand the natural laws.
| A. helps | B. help | C. have helped | D. helped |
6. The police ______ the robber.
| A. were arrested | B. has arrested | C. have arrested | D. was arresting |
7. Either you or he ______ wrong.
| A. are | B. were | C. have been | D. is |
8. The doctor with the nurses ______ exhausted after the operation.
| A. were | B. was | C. have been | D. are being |
9. Ninety percent of the work ______ been done.
| A. is | B. are | C. has | D. have |
10. Those who ______ to go with me, please raise your hand.
| A. want | B. wants | C. wanting | D. are wanting |
11. Salt and water ______ to wash the wound.
| A. is used | B. are used | C. was used | D. were used |
12. The news ______ bad last night.
| A. were | B. was | C. has | D. has been |
13. Three-fifths of the police ______ in the school near the town.
| A. has trained | B. have trained | C. has been trained | D. have been trained |
14. ______ not only you but also he going to Japan?
| A. Are | B. Is | C. Were | D. Was |
15. Five miles ______ not very far.
| A. is | B. are | C. were | D. have been |
16. Neither his parents nor his teacher ______ satisfied with his result.
| A. are being | B. were | C. is | D. are |
17. Writing a lot of letters ______ her tired.
| A. makes | B. make | C. have made | D. are making |
18. ______ everybody ready to start now?
| A. Are being | B. Is being | C. Is | D. Are |
19. None of the butter in the fridge ______ good.
| A. is being | B. is | C. have been | D. are |
20. Miss White ______ her parents is going to pay a visit to the Great Wall.
| A. and | B. both | C. as well as | D. or |
21. The Vietnamese ______ hard-working and brave.
| A. is | B. are | C. be | D. being |
22. 200 tons of water ______ last month.
| A. was used | B. had been used | C. were used | D. is used |
23. In the hotel, the bread and butter ______ for breakfast.
| A. is served | B. are served | C. serves | D. serve |
24. ______ were nice to me when I was in England.
| A. The Brown’s | B. Brown’s | C. The Browns | D. Browns |
25. A good deal of money ______ spent on the books.
| A. have | B. has | C. have been | D. has been |
26. The manager or his secretary ______ to give you an interview.
| A. is | B. are | C. were | D. have |
27. Mary is one of the girls who ______ often late for school.
| A. is | B. are | C. comes | D. get |
28. Two hours ______ not long enough for this rest.
| A. have | B. has | C. is | D. are |
29. None of the students ______ the test yet.
| A. have finished | B. has finished | C. finished | D. is finishing |
30. A pair of shoes ______ under the bed.
| A. have been | B. are | C. are being | D. is |
