Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
Question 1. Sara didn’t hear the phone. She_______.
Question 2. Newton __________ scientific books when he was a boy.
Question 3. Did you forget your purse _____ purpose so you wouldn’t have to pay?
Question 4. I wish I _______ people with the same interests.
Question 5. I wish I _______ find the time to do more reading.
Question 6. Formerly babies _______ of whooping cough.
Question 7. These city girls are used _________in the field.
Question 8. He _______ a bachelor’s degree in computer information systems in 1951.
Question 9. The _______between generations seems to be bigger and bigger than ever.
Question 10. I am sorry I am not _______ fast.
Question 11. I found the letter in my bag. – I _______ to post it.
Question 12. He wondered_______to tell the news to his parents.
Question 13. The Marconi family _______ to the United States thirty years ago.
Question 14. Would you like_______ and visit me next summer?
Question 15. Youngsters love to eat from street_______for the cheap price.
Question 16. Tuberculosis ________ incurable before.
Question 17. “In the past, marriages used to be arranged by parents.”- “_______”
Question 18. People ________ that the earth is round before.
Question 19. I _______ in Jakarta. I’ve lived here all my life.
Question 20. Ben _______ a lot in his job but now, since his promotion, he doesn’t.
Question 21. I rarely eat ice cream now but I_______ it when I was a child.
Question 22. “Mom, I’ve got the first rank in class this semester!” “_______”
Question 23. I wish I_______ you some money for your rent, but I’m broke myself.
Question 24. Astronauts _________ in their spaceship, but they frequently work outside now.
Question 25. My parents always criticize me for not getting good grades at school. I wish they put themselves in my_______.
Question 26. Does he tell you how he is getting _______ his new colleagues?
Question 27. I’ve been feeling better since_______.
Question 28. The country now known as Myanmar _______ Burma.
Question 29. “Monica is such a nice person.” “Yes. I wish I _______ her more often.”
Question 30. I’ve just found 20 dollars in my pocket!_______!
Question 31. The manager told me to pass _______ the message I had just read.
Question 32. Unfortunately the new system didn’t _______our expectations.
Question 33. When I see the kids playing football, I almost wish I _______their age again.
Question 34. The doctors say it’ll take him a long time to get _______ the shock.
Question 35. Jane _________ for the telephone company, but now she has a job at the post office.
Question 36. In recent years, there has been thousands of victims of sexual and physical_______.
Question 37. He was sentenced to ten years in prison on charges of drug _______.
Question 38. “My life’s got stuck these days. I am so depressed and unable to think of anything.”- “_______”
Question 39. Last night I came home, cooked dinner, and_______ TV.
Question 40. Where_______before you moved here?
Question 41. Our teacher’s _______ is that we set up a project on preservation of our traditional games.
Question 42. The children were acting _______the story of the birth of Jesus.
Question 43. Harrison’s greatest attribute is his ability to work_______pressure.
Question 44. “You must come to my party,” she told me.
Question 45. Frank used to work in a small shop. He ________.
Question 46. Rick left class early because he _______ a headache.
Question 47. I wish you _______ stop interrupting me whenever I speak.
Question 48. The policeman is happy _______ the kids safe and sound now.
Question 49. My mother says she used to_______ a diary when she was young.
Question 50. Stern insisted that she come downtown so that he could explain this to her _______.