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WorksheetsF.5 Grammar Ex.1
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
1. However hard I tried, I could not make Ellie _____ what I meant.
A. understand
B. to understand
C. understanding
D. understood
2. Beatrice and her mother look _____ . You can easily tell that they are related.
A. likened to
B. similar to
C. alike
D. matched
3. Nathan and his brother _____ for a swim regularly every morning.
A. are going
B. were going
C. go
D. will be going
4. Thousands of spectators saw the first Hong Kong-made plane _____ in the field.
A. to land
B. land
C. lands
D. landed
5. Everyone _____ that the Earth _____ around the Sun.
A. will know / was moving
B. will be knowing / moved
C. is knowing / moved
D. knows / moves
6. Katie reminded me _____ our meeting the following day.
A. do not forget
B. not forgetting
C. not to forget
D. not forget
7. Rosie helped me without hesitation, _____ was very nice of her.
A. that
B. which
C. and
D. so
8. Who could have imagined such a sweet-tempered girl as Rosalind _____ such a thing!
A. doing
B. to do
C. will do
D. does
9. It's time for you to send in the application. Don't postpone _____ it any more.
A. send
B. sending
C. to send
D. sends
10. Losing weight _____ is unhealthy.
A. too quick
B. much too quick
C. too much quickly
D. too quickly
11. Everyone thinks highly of Teresa, _____ ?
A. do they?
B. don't they?
C. isn't she?
D. doesn't she?
12. I can't help _____ whenever I see Mrs. Lam's children. They are all very nice and lovely.
A. smiles
B. to smile
C. smiling
D. smiled
13. I helped _____ the Christmas party last week.
A. organizes
B. to organizing
C. organizing
D. organize
14. Camilla _____ her mind to be a flight attendant.
A. has made out
B. has made up
C. has made in
D. has made by
15. That luxury resort is a paradise, _____ ?
A. is that?
B. isn't that?
C. is it?
D. isn't it?
16. I prefer eating out _____ .
A. to stay in
B. than staying in
C. to staying in
D. more than staying in
17. _____, all the students would hear her clearly.
A. If the teacher had spoken louder
B. If the teacher will speak louder
C. Had the teacher spoken louder
D. If the teacher spoke louder
18. It was difficult for me to _____ the rules of this board game.
A. gasp
B. grasp
C. grab
D. grip
19. During the US president's visit to Hong Kong, only a few dignitaries were granted the privilege _____ with him.
A. shake hands
B. shaking hands
C. of shaking hands
D. to shaking hands
20. We all agree that this magic show is very _____ .
A. engage
B. engaged
C. engaging
D. engagingly
21. Upon his return from a business trip, John was surprised _____ his wife ill in bed.
A. when finding
B. finding
C. on finding
D. to find
22. _____ to have a friend like you.
A. Lucky me
B. How lucky I am
C. How lucky am I
D. How luckily
23. It's going to rain. You'd better _____ an umbrella with you.
A. take
B. taking
C. took
D. taken
24. My sister devotes her leisure time _____ .
A. to read crime novels
B. reading crime novels
C. to reading crime novels
D. in reading crime novels
25. The project is intended to _____ the foundation for future research.
A. lie
B. lay
C. laid
D. lain
