Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 17. The man ______________ in the hall expected to make a phone call.
A. waiting
B. was waiting
C. had been waiting
D. waited
Question 18. Lan is ____________ student in her class.
A. the most small
B. the smallest
C. the more small
D. the small
Question 19. I will call and tell you something interesting _______.
A. when I come home after work
B. after I had come home after work
C. before I came home after work
D. while I was coming home after work
Question 20. Such approaches should be supported and mainstreamed in health interventions in order to________ positive behavior change.
A. put off
B. set off
C. bring about
D. hold up
Question 21. Her parents rarely let her stay out late, ________?
A. do they
B. don’t they
C. does she
D. doesn’t she
Question 22. It is ________ funniest book that I have ever read.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. Ø (no article)
Question 23. The discovery was a major _________ for research workers.
A. breakthrough
B. breakdown
C. break-in
D. breakout
Question 24: I think there’s a picture of the hotel ________ the first page.
A. on
B. at
C. in
D. to
Question 25. It’s no good _____________ to him, he never answers letters.
A. write
B. written
C. writing
D. to write
Question 26. I tried to talk to her, but she was ___________
A. as high as a kite
B. as high as a house
C. as high as a sky
D. as high as a wall
Question 27. I ________ along the street when I suddenly heard footsteps behind me.
A. was walking
B. walk
C. am walking
D. walked
Question 28. The young girl ______ completely on hearing of her father’s death.
A. broke down
B. fell down
C. turned down
D. went down
Question 29. This old wooden chest ________ by my grandfather over 40 years ago.
A. built
B. had built
C. was built
D. was building
Question 30. Delegates will meet with ______ from industry and the government.
A. represented
B. representative
C. representatives
D. representers
Question 31. We usually do go by train, even though the car ________ is a lot quicker.
A. travel
B. journey
C. trip
D. voyage