MINI – TEST 11. Buying clothes ____

MINI – TEST 1

1. Buying clothes ____ often a very time – consuming practice because those clothes that a person likes are rarely the ones that fit him or her
A. are B. be
C. will D. is

2. Because they had spent too _____ time considering the new contract, the students lost the opportunity to lease the apartment.
A. many B. much
C. some D. enough

3. These televisions are all too expensive for _______ to buy at this time, but perhaps we will return later.
A. he B. they
C. us D. she

4. After she had bought _______ a new automobile, she sold her bicycle
A. themselves B. herself
C. myselves D. himself

5. The next important question we have to decide is ____ submit the proposal
A. when we have to B. when do we have to
C. when we has to D. when we have do to

6. George has not completed the assignment yet, and Maria ____
A. hasn’t neither B. haven’t neither
C. hasn’t either D. has either

7. John decided to buy _____, but in the afternoon he changed his mind
A. a new car in the morning B. in the morning a new car
C. a new car morning D. a new car the morning

8. Some of the plants in this store require very little care, but this one needs much more sunlight than _____
A. the others B. other
C. another D. the another

9. After George had returned, he ______ a book.
A. reads B. readed
C. reades D. read


10. Many theories on conserving the purity of water ____proposed, but not one has been as widely accepted as this one.
A. is B. been
C. have been D. has been

11. The food that Mark is cooking in the kitchen ____ delicious.
A. smells B. is smelling
C. are smelling D. smelles

12. After John ____ dinner, he wrote several letters and went to bed
A. eaten B. is eating
C. eats D. had eaten

13. The manager ____ working on the report last night, and now she will begin to write the other proposal.
A. finished B. has finished
C. finishes D. is finishing

14. Because Sam and Michelle had done all of the work ___, they were unwilling to give the results to Joan.
A. themselves B. theirselves
C. myself D. himself

15. Daniel said that if he had to do ___ homework tonight, he would not be able to attend the concert.
A. another B. some
C. no D. a

16. After ____ the medication, the patient became drowsy and more manageable.
A. to take B. taking
C. take D. took

17. We insist on ____ leaving the meeting before any further outbursts take place.
A. us B. them
C. your D. him

18. It has been a long time since we have talked to John, ______?
A. isn’t it B. doesn’t it
C. haven’t it D. hasn’t it

19. Henry objects to our buying this house without the approval of our attorney, and ______.
A. John does so B. So does John
C. Too John does D. Does John too

20. Rita enjoyed _____able to meet several members of Congress during her vacation
A. to be B. being
C. is D. to being

21. After being indicted for his part in a bank robbery, the reputed mobster decided _____ another attorney
A. finding B. find
C. found D. to find

22. Harry’s advisor persuaded ______ several courses which did not involve much knowledge of mathematics.
A. him to take B. his taking
C. he to take D. him

23. The only teachers who were required to attend the meeting were George, Betty, Jill and _____.
A. I B. your
C. my D. mine

24. The work performed by these officers ____ not worth our paying them any longer.
A. are B. be
C. will D. is

25. The president went fishing after he _____with the conferences.
A. have finished B. had finished
C. has finished D. finished

26. Peter and Tom ____ tennis every afternoon with Mary and me.
A. plays B. play
C. played D. playing

27. There____ a time that I used to swim five laps everyday, but now I do not have enough time.
A. are B. were
C. was D. is

28. He _______ a cup of coffee when the telephone rang.
A. drank B. was drink
C. drinks D. was drinking

29. We called _____ to tell them about the reunion that we are planning.
A. yesterday our friends in Boston B. our friends in Boston yesterday
C. in Boston our friends yesterday D. yesterday our friends in Boston

30. The children were playing _____ when it began to rain very hard.
A. last night outdoors B. night last outdoors
C. outdoors last night D. outdoors night

31. ____ homework that your teacher assigned is due on Tuesday unless you have made prior arrangements to turn it in late.
A. That B. Those
C. These D. It

32. Please give me _____ coffee and some donuts if you have any left.
A. a few B. many
C. a little D. any

33. There are ten _____ playing in the yard near her house, but your child is not among them.
A. child B. childs
C. children D. a child

34. People respected George Washington because he was _____, and he turned out to be one of our greatest military leaders.
A. a honest man B. an honest man
C. honest man D. man honest

35. He isn’t driving to the convention in March, and ________.
A. neither they is B. neither they are
C. neither are they D. they are either

36. Catherine is studying law at the university, and ____.
A. so does John. B. so John is.
C. so is John. D. John does too.

37. The company has so little money that it ____ operates anymore.
A. can’t hardly B. hardly
C. don’t hardly D. is hardly

38. My cousin attends _____ in the Midwest which specializes in astronomy.
A. an university B. a university
C. of university D. in university

39. The students were interested _____ a field trip to The National History Museum, but they were not able to raise enough money
A. in take B. taking
C. take D. in taking


40. Because they have moved away, they _____ go to the beach anymore.
A. hardly never B. hardly ever
C. ever hardly D. never hardly
41. ______ students would rather not attend night classes in the summer, but we often have to.
A. Me B. We
C. Us D. Them

42. The policeman ordered the suspect _____ his hands from the hood of the car.
A. not remove B. not removing
C. not removed D. not to remove

43. It was _____ who came running into the classroom with the news.
A. him B. he
C. they D. us

44. My brother doesn’t care how much _____because he is going to buy it anyway.
A. the car costs B. the car does
C. does the car cost D. does the car costs

45. Mary and her sister studied biology last year, and ______Jean.
A. so do B. so did
C. so does D. so didn’t

46. Pete had already ____ that musical before he read the reviews about it.
A. seen B. see
C. saw D. seeing

47. There’s a new Oriental restaurant in town, _____?
A. is it B. isn’t it
C. is there D. isn’t there

48. The government has decided _____ on the resolution now rather than next month.
A. votes B. voting
C. to vote D. vote

49. The professor is thinking ___________ to the conference on aerodynamics next month.
A. go B. to going
C. went D. of going

50. His father does not approve of _____ to the banquet without dressing formally.
A. his going B. him going
C. he going D. he goes