1. Three weeks _______not enough holiday.

​A. are​​B. were​​C. was​​​D. been

2. Each of you ____ a share in the work.

​A. having  ​B. has ​​​C. to have​​ D. have

3. A number of students ____ volunteered to the job.

​A. have ​​B. has ​​​C. to have ​​D. having

4. Linguistics ____ out the ways in which languages work.

​A. find ​​B. finding ​​C. to find ​​D. finds

5. The Philippines ____ of more than 7,000 islands.

​A. consist ​B. consisting ​​C. consisted ​​D. consists

6. The United Nations ____ its head quarters in NewYork city.

​A. have ​​B. having ​​C. has​​ ​D. to have

7. One of my neighbours ____ curious about other people’s private life.

​A. being ​​B. were ​​C. is ​​​D. been

8. Tom doesn’t agree but the rest of us ____.

​A. does ​​B. done ​​C. do ​​​D. doing

9. There ____ a few flowers in this garden last summer.

​A. being ​​B. were ​​C. are ​​​D. is

10. A large number of reporters ____ at the meeting yesterday.

​A. being ​​B. were ​​C. are ​​​D. is

11. Much progress ____ been made in recent years.

​A. have ​​B. has ​​​C. having ​​D. to have

12. Collecting old coins and paper notes ____ one of my hobbies.

​A. being ​​B. were ​​C. are ​​​D. is

13. The number of pupils getting poor marks since the beginning of the semester ____ appalling.

​A. to be ​​B. have been ​​C. are​​ ​D. is

14. Five thousand pounds ____ stolen in the robbery last night.

​A. being ​​B. were ​​C. are ​​​D. was

15. Mr. Thomson with his wife and his three children ____ abroad.

​A. to be ​​B. have been ​​C. are ​​​D. is

16. One of the girls who ____ working in this department ____ my niece.

​A. is/being ​B. are/is ​​C. is/are ​​D. was/were

17. The English ____ to drink tea.

​A. likes ​​B. to like ​​C. like ​​D. has liked

18. Everybody ____ trying to do their best at present.

​A. to be ​​B. have been ​​C. are ​​​D. is

19. Jim as well as I ____ always busy doing English homework.

​A. am ​​B. has been ​​C. are​​ ​D. is

20. Neither Daisy nor I ____ glad to do that.

​A. am ​​B. has been ​​C. are ​​​D. is

21. That you take a computer course ____ very necessary.

​A. am ​​B. have been ​​C. are ​​​D. is

22. The police ____ come to the site of the accident.

​A. have ​​B. has ​​​C. having ​​D. to have

23. The pilot along with his passengers ____ rescued last night.

​A. am ​​B. have been​ ​C. was ​​D. is

24. What we need most ____ books.

​A. is ​​B. were ​​C. are ​​​D. to be

25. My brother together with his friends often ____ in the park.

​A. jogs ​​B. jogging ​​C. jog ​​​D. to jog

26. Neither he nor they ____ here yesterday.

​A. are ​​B. were ​​C. is ​​​D. be

27. Either John or his children ____ breakfast each morning.

​A. make ​​B. makes ​​C. making ​​D. to make

28. I don’t like the hot weather. Thirty degrees ____ too warm for me.

​A. was ​​B. are ​​​C. being ​​D. is

29. Not only a dog but also two cats ____ at home in his garage.

​A. was ​​B. are ​​​C. been ​​D. is

30. Both a poem and a short story ____ been written by the young author.

​A. has ​​B. to have ​​C. have ​​D. having