basic gramar

The mausoleum is ................. by Thien Thu mountain, two towering columns and a vast expanse of water.

• fed

• feeding

• feeds

• feds

Put plants ............... a window so that they will get enough light.

• near to

• next to

• near of

• near by

Employers often require that candidates have not only a degree .............

• but two years experience

• but also two-year experience

• also two years experience

• but more two years experience

Richard Nixon had been a lawyer and ............... before he entered politics.

• served in the Navy as an officer

• the Navy had him as an officer

• did service in the Navy as an officer

• had an officer in the Navy

If one of the participants in a conversation wonders ............... no real communication has taken place.

• what said the other person

• what did the other person say

• what the other person said

• what was the other person saying

The salary of a bus driver is much higher ................

• in comparison with the salary of a teacher

• than that of a teacher

• than a teacher

• to compare as a teacher

Professional people expect ............... when it is necessary to cancel an appointment.

• you to call them

• that you would call them

• your calling them

• that you are calling them

Sedimentary rocks are formed below the surface of the earth ............... very high temperatures and pressures.

• where there are

• where are there

• there are where

• there were where

Clipper ships were the swiftest sailing ships that …………………. to sea and the most beautiful.

• ever were put

• were ever putted

• were ever put

• ever were putted

Earl was one of the first American artists …………………. landscapes.

• painted

• painting

• paints

• to paint