Choose the right word or phrase best completes the sentence:
1. Three weeks _______not enough holiday.
A. are B. were C. was D. been
2. Each of you ____ a share in the work.
A. having B. has C. to have D. have
3. A number of students ____ volunteered to the job.
A. have B. has C. to have D. having
4. Linguistics ____ out the ways in which languages work.
A. find B. finding C. to find D. finds
5. The Philippines ____ of more than 7,000 islands.
A. consist B. consisting C. consisted D. consists
6. The United Nations ____ its head quarters in New York city.
A. have B. having C. has D. to have
7. One of my neighbours ____ curious about other people’s private life.
A. being B. were C. is D. been
8. Tom doesn’t agree but the rest of us ____.
A. does B. done C. do D. doing
9. There ____ a few flowers in this garden last summer.
A. being B. were C. are D. is
10. A large number of reporters ____ at the meeting yesterday.
A. being B. were C. are D. is
11. Much progress ____ been made in recent years.
A. have B. has C. having D. to have
12. Collecting old coins and paper notes ____ one of my hobbies.
A. being B. were C. are D. is
13. The number of pupils getting poor marks since the beginning of the semester ____ appalling.
A. to be B. have been C. are D. is
14. Five thousand pounds ____ stolen in the robbery last night.
A. being B. were C. are D. was
15. Mr. Thomson with his wife and his three children ____ abroad.
A. to be B. have been C. are D. is
16. One of the girls who ____ working in this department ____ my niece.
A. is/being B. are/is C. is/are D. was/were
17. The English ____ to drink tea.
A. likes B. to like C. like D. has liked
18. Everybody ____ trying to do their best at present.
A. to be B. have been C. are D. is
19. Jim as well as I ____ always busy doing English homework.
A. am B. has been C. are D. is
20. Neither Daisy nor I ____ glad to do that.
A. am B. has been C. are D. is
21. That you take a computer course ____ very necessary.
A. am B. have been C. are D. is
22. The police ____ come to the site of the accident.
A. have B. has C. having D. to have
23. The pilot along with his passengers ____ rescued last night.
A. am B. have been C. was D. is
24. What we need most ____ books.
A. is B. were C. are D. to be
25. My brother together with his friends often ____ in the park.
A. jogs B. jogging C. jog D. to jog
26. Neither he nor they ____ here yesterday.
A. are B. were C. is D. be
27. Either John or his children ____ breakfast each morning.
A. make B. makes C. making D. to make
28. I don’t like the hot weather. Thirty degrees ____ too warm for me.
A. was B. are C. being D. is
29. Not only a dog but also two cats ____ at home in his garage.
A. was B. are C. been D. is
30. Both a poem and a short story ____ been written by the young author.
A. has B. to have C. have D. having
