Basic Grammar

Before this course __________, Dr. Mason ___________ to give us a special lecture.

• ends /will be invited

• is ending/ is being invited

• will end/ is invited

• will end /will be invited

• ends/ has invited

Twenty-seven dollars _______ not too expensive for ________ trousers.

• are /these pairs of

• is / these

• are / this pair of

• is /this

• are / these

The children looked _______ after playing in the garden the whole afternoon.

• completely exhausted

• exhausting completely

• completely exhausting

• complete exhausting

• complete exhausted

According to the news reporter, the firefighters_______ the forest fire by this afternoon.

• extinguished

• are extinguishing

• have extinguished

• will have extinguished

• would be extinguishing

Jack Knight was an airplane pioneer. He was (1) one of first man who had the courage to carry mail

• one of a first man

• one of the first men

• first one of the men

• the first man was the one

• the first one man

the end in the country to the other

• the one end of

• the end of

• an end in

• one end of

• one of the ends in

It took (3) lots of courageous in those days when airplanes had only one motor.

• a lot of courage

• lots of courages

• many courages

• much of courage

• many of courages

At this time next Monday, Mr. Walters ____________ with his wife to Brazil.

• flies

• would be flying

• will have been flying

• would have flown

• will be flying

Choose the best grammar tense:

She ____________ in a restaurant twice a week.

• works

• work

• working

• workd

My mother _____ a nurse

• are

• am

• is

• 're