The number of students______ in creasing now.. A number of students ______ playing table - tennis now.. Physics______ her favorite subject at school.. The number of books in this library
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1 Tom with dog _ here now
2 Tom as well as his dog _ here now
3 My old friends and colleague, John, _ married
A has just got B have just got C just has got D just have got
4 The singer and actor _ coming now
5 The singer and the actor _ coming now
6 Mathematics _ difficult
7 Two billion dollars _ not enough for the victims of the tsunami
8 Three years in a strange land _ like a long time for lonely people
A is seeming B are seeing C seems D seemed
9 The film "Titanic" _ very interesting
10 Cattle allowed grazing here now
11 None of this money me right now
A belong to B belongs to C belonged to D belonging to
12 None of them right now
13 Every student willing to join the picnic now
14 The number of students in creasing now
15 A number of students playing table - tennis now
16 Physics her favorite subject at school
17 They boy, with his two companions, the cherry tree now
A has split B have split C is slitting D are splitting
18 The write and poet going to preside over this meeting
19 Neither the mother nor the children aware of the danger
20 She told me that she happy for what he
A is feeling/ did B was feeling/ had done
C feels/ did D has felt/ has been going
Exercise 2
1 If anyone , tell him I'll be back later
A was calling B called C call D calls
2 Each of the boys a book now
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4 About sixty per cent of the students in this class from China
5 A number of sheep eating grass now
6 The number of books in this library large
7 Either you or I wrong
8 Neither my gloves nor my hat with this dress
9 The poor living her help
A is needing B are needing C need D needs
10 Several of the students absent yesterday
11 The professor said that Vietnam to South-East Asia
A has belonged B has belonged C belonged D belongs
12 He he had read that story - book before
13 His choice of words very good
14 Anybody who my keys will be given a candy
15 The Browns here since 1950
A are living B have lived C have been living D has been living
16 John, as well as I, a student
17 Not only John but his brothers also in debt
18 The majority of the TOEFL tests difficult
19 Local news on TV every night at 5:30
20 A number of sheep died from a strange illness
Exercise 3
1 Minh with his friends _ here now
2 Ba and Nam _ here now
3 Physic easy, ?
A is / aren’t they B are / isn’t it C was / wasn’t it D were / weren’t they
4 Millions of dollars _ not enough for the victims of the tsunami
5 Four years far from homeland _ to make me love it more
A is seeming B are seeing C seems D seemed
6 Cattle grazing on the meadow now
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7 Neither of the books me
A belong to B belongs to C was belonged to D belonging to
8 Many of them present at the meeting last night
9 Every child given a book
10 Three fourth of the students absent at the show yesterday
11 A number of students playing table - tennis at present
12 Physics my favorite subject
13 Neither the mother nor the children aware of the danger
14 If anyone , tell him I'll be back later
A was calling B called C call D calls
15 Each of the boys a book now
16 Two-thirds of the money mine now
17 The number of cows eating in the meadow at present
18 The number of books in this library large
19 Either you or I wrong
20 Neither my gloves nor my hat with this dress
Exercise 4
1 Several of the students absent yesterday
2 The Browns here since 1950
A are living B have lived C have been living D has been living
3 John, as well as I a student
4 Not only John but his brothers also in debt
5 Local news on TV every night at 5:30
6 A number of sheep died from a strange illness
7 The boy and the girl _ bad at Math
8 The subject you will be studying in this course listed in the syllabus
9 Massachusetts and Connecticut located in New England
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11 Making pies and cakes Mrs Lan’s specialty
12 Each of children a toy
13 The writer and poet coming tonight
14 Everything bright and clean
15 The seven-o’clock news _ informative
16 Physics _ my favorite subject
17 Economics _ taught in university
18 Mathematics _ a difficult subject at school
19 Physics _ more difficult than chemistry
20 Much homework given to students every day
Exercise 5
1 Measles _ a dangerous disease
2 The furniture _ more expensive than we think
3 Four weeks _ a longer time to wait him
4 Each student an apple
A has been given B to give C are given D were given
5 Three thousand dollars _ a big sum of money
6 Water and oil mix
A does not B have not C do not D is not
7 The rich _ always happy
8 The injured _ taken to the hospital recently
9 A few books I have read _ famous
10 The number of students in this class _ small
11 A number of children _ cakes
12 No student _ in the hall
13 No students on the schoolyard
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14 There _ a fire in this room now
15 Not only my brother but also my sisters here
16 One of the boxes open
17 The book, including all the chapters in section, interesting
A are not B is not C weren’t D haven’t been
18 The team captain, as well as his players, _ boringly
A are playing B is playing C to play D play
19 The woman with all the dogs down my street
20 The people who listen to that music few
Exercise 6
1 The secretary and the manager _ present there last night
2 The singer and doctor _ coming soon
3 Nobody the party, although everything _ ready
A come / are B comes / are C comes / is D came / are
4 The study of languages _ time
A requires B require C to require D requiring
5 The president, together with his advisors, _
A come B to come C has already come D have already come
6 They, no less than Tom, _ eager to start
7 The manager, as well as his assistant, _
A has arrived B have arrived C arrive D to arrive
8 The number of students _ 40
9 Either you or I _ wrong
10 Neither he nor his friends _ able to come
11 Twenty dollars _ too much to pay for this book
12 Half of the money _ stolen
13 Half of the students _ English None of the money mine
A are / is B is / are C is / is D are / are
14 None of the students the exam yet
A has finished B have finished C finished D finish
15 No news good news
16 Mathematics an important subject
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18 "Gulliver's Travels" _ an amusing book
19 The pants in the drawer
20 The English _ used to driving on the left
Exercise 7
1 His family rich His family having dinner
A is / is B is / are C are / is D are / are
2 Nobody _ playing soccer more than I do
A enjoy B have enjoyed C were enjoying D enjoys
3 Everybody who plays soccer the game
A enjoys B were enjoyed C have enjoyed D enjoy
4 The majority of the students _ English
5 These scissors dull and so those ones
A is / is B am / am C are / are D was / was
6 Bob and Dick _ here
7 Bob, along with Dick and Harry, _ going on vacation
8 Neither Bob nor the others ready for the test
9 You or he _ right
10 The football team well
A are playing B is playing C to playing D were playing
11 The football team having lunch
12 The police making enquiries about the murder
13 Neither of my friends yet
14 Everybody eager
15 The number of students in class small
16 A number of students waiting for the shuttle bus
17 There many maps on the wall
18 The picture of the soldiers back many memories
A bring B to bring C bringing D brings
19 Sixty minutes enough time to finish the test
A aren’t B isn’t C hasn’t been D haven’t been
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A knows B to know C is knowing D know
Exercise 8
1 Jane _ a new dress and a pair of shoes
2 John along with twenty friends _ celebrating a party
3 The photo of the children _back many memories to us
4 The quality of these recordings _ not very good
5 If the duties of these officers _ reduced, there will not be enough time to finish the project
6 The effects of cigarette smoking _been proven to be extremely harmful
7 The use of credit cards in place of cash _ increased rapidly in recent years
8 Advertisements on TV _ becoming more competitive than ever before
9 Living expenses in this country, as well as in many others _ at an all-time high
10 Mr John, accompanied by several members of the committee, _ proposed some changes in the rules
11 The levels of intoxication _ from subject to subject
12 Neither Bill nor Mary and Jane _ going to the party tonight
13 Anything _ better than going to the movies tonight
14 Skating _ becoming more and more popular
15 A number of reporters _ at the conference yesterday
16 Everybody who _ a fever must go home immediately
17 Your glasses _ on the bureau last night
18 The committee _ already reached a decision
19 A pair of jeans _ in the washing machine this morning
20 Each student _ just answered the first question
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1 Either John or Mary breakfast every morning
2 After she had pursued the materials, the secretary decided that everything in order
3 The crowd at the basketball station very crazy of excitement last night
4 The army eliminated this section of the training test
5 The number of students who have withdrawn from class this quarter appalling
6 There been too many interruptions in this class
7 Peter or his friends to take a bath in this river
8 Each boy and each girl a book
9 The policemen arrested the thief
10 Physics less difficult than chemistry
11 Every Elementary School teacher to take a training course
12 Neither Jill nor her parents seen this film before
13 What time the news on TV?
14 The police arrested the thieves
15 Either Jack or I enthusiastic to do that
16 Ten tons of rice a great deal of money
17 Three years of waiting for him a long time to her
18 Five billion dollars that guy to wealth and debauchery
19 There many people in this village
20 Here the clown that you best
A come / like B comes / like C come / likes D coming / likes
Exercise 10
1 The methods for studying the earth been being researched
2 To love and to be loved the greatest happiness on earth
3 The boy and the girl their parents dearly
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5 What the purpose of learning foreign languages?
6 She with we very happy today
7 Tom and I cousins
8 The whole family going to the cinema now
9 The production of dyes, perfumes, and explosive made a lot of progress
10 The United Nations of over 160 nations
A consist B consists C consisting D were consisting
11 Bread and butter good food
12 Three of these students used to riding their motorbike carelessly
13 We with Peter extremely surprised to meet Peggy again
14 None of them there to help him
15 All men brothers
16 Most of us eager to play football for that team
17 Someone her to do such a foolish thing
18 Anything mostly all right to her
19 That she his name his feeling
A forget / hurt B forget / hurts C forgets / hurt D forgets / hurts
20 Avoiding him a good way
Exercise 11
1 To do such a hard work so many people
2 Each of us a bush of bamboo trees, ?
A plant/ shall we B plants/ won’t we C plant/ don’t we D plants/ are we
3 You each a bed of flowers
4 Everything in the garden brighter and brighter
5 Lovers often out together
6 Mumps me uncomfortable
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A is not inspired B was not inspiredC doesn’t inspire D don’t inspire
8 Linguistics us to further understanding of cultures, societies and civilizations
9 To make poems constantly my spiritual life
A enrich B enriches C enriching D to enrich
10 Money a mare go
11 Knowledge of the facts necessary to reach a vise decision
12 This book, that book, and this pen to him
A belonging B to belong C belongs D belong
13 Neither Mildred nor her friends to help on the clean-up
14 The first two parts of the experiment him too much time
15 These people early for the lectures
A arriving B arrives C arrive D to arrive
16 The number of books in the library really remarkable
17 There something to be said for both sides
18 Economics Mr John’s major field of study
19 The speakers exactly
A pronounce B pronounces C pronouncing D to pronounce
20 The Philippines to Asian Countries
A belonging B to belong C belongs D belong
Exercise 12
1 Most of the people here each other
2 Some of my friends abroad
3 All of us that he is wrong
4 Some people difficulty with the lecture, but most it clearly
A has /understand B have / understand
C have/ understands D has / understands
5 Children ice-cream
6 Marie a red car
7 The children been playing in the snow
8 Mr and Mrs Brown reading their mail sent from their son
9 Fax machines written messages
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10 Experience talent
A develop B develops C to develop D developing
11 A sonnet, a kind of love poem containing 14 sentences, of fourteen lines
A consists B consist C to consist D consisting
12 Angle Christie, the famous British author detective stories
13 Having time to paint often having a good time
14 Trusting people faith
A require B requires C requiring D to require
15 That he has angered the boss the workers
A please B pleases C to please D pleasing
16 I don’t think either of them at home
17 Both these oranges bad
18 My parents both in education
19 Both of the children gone to bed
20 None of us French
Exercise 13
1 Every of the children crying
2 None of the cheese good
3 Not one of my shirts clean
4 Everything I like not available in the shops
5 I find that everywhere booked up
6 John, along with twenty friends planning a party
7 The quality of these recordings not very good
8 If the duties of these officers reduced, there will not be enough time to finish the project
9 Advertisements on television becoming more competitive than ever before
10 Darts, sticks used in fighting, often played in public
11 Physics to interest Janet
12 Neither Bill nor Mary going to the play tonight