Excercise Chapter 1-3

1.  The increase in the sales of new cars ……. Expected to make traffic jams worse.

• Is

• Are

• Be

• Being

• Were

2. 2. Little children are usually afraid of……... by their mother.

• A. Left

• B. To leave

• C. Leaving

• D. Been left

• E. Be leaving

3. In the word "unhappiness," "un-" is a:

• A. Prefix

• B. Suffix

• C. Root

• D. Compound

• E. Infix

14. 4. Which word consists of two morphemes?

• A. Undo

• B. Did

• C. Undoing

• D. Does

• E. Doing

5. 5. The _______ in the forest are tall and majestic.

• A. Flowers

• B. Animals

• C. Trees

• D. Rivers

• E. Mountains

16. 6. She placed the vase on the _______.

• A. Bed

• B. Table

• C. Chair

• D. Shelf

• E. Floor

7. 7. She waited _______ the bus stop for over an hour.

• A. In

• B. At

• C. On

• D. By

• E. Between

8. 8. The cat sat _______ the windowsill, watching the birds outside.

• A. Above

• B. Beside

• C. Between

• D. On

• E. Below

9. 9. Which group of words forms an independent clause in the following sentence?

"I finished my homework, and then I went to bed."

• A. I finished my homework

• B. And then I went to bed

• C. I finished

• D. My homework

• E. And then

10. 10. After _______ the movie, they went out for dinner.

• A. Watching

• B. Watches

• C. Watched

• D. Watch

• E. To watch