Exercise 9. Circle the best answers.
1. Don’t put the computer away! I _________ it.
A. used        B. am using         C. was used        D. was use
2.I will_________ vegetables in our garden.    
A. grow        B. grew        C. grows        D. grown
3.My parents _________ in Florida and never moved anywhere else.
A. was born        B. are born        C. were born        D. is born
4.During her trip last summer, she_________ a car to go around the city.
A. hires        B. was hired        C. hired        D. hiring
5.Peter_________ a mistake in the exam so he didn’t get an
A. A. made        B. makes        C. is making        D. to make
6.She_________ to go for a run at the moment.
A. is wantingB. wants    C. wanted    D. wants
7. The water _________. Can you turn it off for me, please?
A. is boiling        B. boils        C. boiled        D. to boil
8. I was very tired so I _________ the party early.
A. left            B. leaved        C. leave        D. leaving
9. We _________ afford to keep our motorcycle so we sold it.
A. can’t        B. can            C. couldn’t        D. Coulds
10.The bed _________ very uncomfortable. I could not sleep well in it.
A. is            B. was            C. wasn’t         D. are
11._________ the weather nice when you on holiday last summer?
A. Was/was        B. Is/were        C. Was/were        D. Is/was
12.I always _________ to work by car but now I go on foot.
A. go            B.went        C.goes        D. going
13.I _________ to work as a volunteer three years ago.
A. started        B.was started    C. starting        D. starts
14.She became a member of the Peace Corps _________.
A. for two years                B. since two years C. two years now                D. two years ago
15.The last time he donated blood _________ ten years ago.
A. am            B. is            C. were        D. was
16.He started _________ for this non-profit organization five years ago.
A. to work        B. to working        C. work        D. working
17.Last year, I _________ to visit a children’s village in Yen Bai with my teachersand friends.
A. go            B. to go        C. goes        D. went
18.Last year, our school _________ hundreds of books to children in a rural village.
A. has donated    B. donated        C. donates        D. to donate 19.My friends and I ___