I- Choose the best answer:
1. I can't reach the phone because I _____ a bath.
A. am having B. have C. was having D. be having
2. Don't turn off the light. I _____ a report now.
A. read B. is reading C. am reading D. be reading
3. He _____ his house at seven a.m each day.
A. left B. leaves C. leave D. is leaving
4. When she _____, I was reading upstairs.
A. was coming B. is coming C. came D. comes
5. My mother is cooking now. She always _____ dinner for my family.
A. cooks B. cooked C. cooking D. is cooking
6. I _____ in England for a few weeks now.
A. has been staying B. am staying C. have been staying D. stay
7. It _____ hard all day last Sunday.
A. rained B. was raining C. has rained D. has been raining
8. If he knew the facts, he _____ us what to do.
A. told B. will tell C. would tell D. tells
9. Let's hurry up! We must finish _____ the wall before ten o'clock this morning.
A. to paint B. painting C. paint D. painted
10. If you _____ work hard, you'll fail the exam.
A. not work B. don't work C. won't work D. work
11.I must say that my great passion in my life is _____.
A. studied B. to studying C. studying D. studies
12. He'd rather _____ books _____ watch TV.
A. read/ than B. read/ to C. reading/ to D. reading/ than
13. Would you mind _____ me to take these chairs away.
A. help B. to help C. helped D. helping
14. Mr. Kent has been out of _____ for a year.
A. a work B. the work C. work D. works
15. I am sorry I can't help you now. I'm busy _____ my lesson.
A. to B. X C. with D. for
16. She is very _____ up with doing the same thing everyday.
A. bored B. tied C. hate D. fed
17. she doesn't enjoy looking _____ the children.
A. for B. in C. after D. at
18. The long walk is tiring. We are very_____of the long walk
A. bored B. fed C. tired D. hated
19. His friends are surprised _____ his success.
A. in B. with C. at D. for
20. He was born _____ 2nd May 1987.
A. in B. on C. at D. since
Only after reading the report did we realize how serious the situation was.
But for the government's prompt intervention, the economic crisis would have worsened.
Little did they know that the building was rigged with explosives.