Don’t make noise. My mother _______ with her friends.
A.talked
B.was talking
C.is talking
D.talk

I'm afraid I ________ able to come tomorrow.
A.
B.am not
C.am not going to be
D.won’t have been

My parents are going to London, so I ______ with my grandma for the next 2 weeks.
A.will stay
B.am going to stay
C.will be staying
D.will have stayed

At present I ______ on a new project.
A.have studied
B.study
C.was studying
D.am studying

Sylvia Earle, an underwater explorer (A) and marine biologist (B), who (C) was born in the US in 1935 (D).
A.who (C)
B.in 1935 (D).
C.marine biologist (B),
D.an underwater explorer (A)

The (A) first half of the game was pretty boring (B) because (C) the players didn’t take (D) enough effort.
A.The (A)
B.take (D)
C.because (C)
D.boring (B)

Thomas refused (A) to join (B) the school football team, this (C) wasn’t good news (D).
A.to join (B)
B.this (C)
C.refused (A)
D.good news (D).

Almost (A) doctors have had (B) some training (C) in psychology and (D) psychiatry.
A.Almost (A)
B.have had (B)
C.some training (C)
D.and (D)

Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meaning.Harry continued to smoke even though we had advised him to quit.
A.Despite being told not to smoke, Harry continued to do
B.Harry took our advice so he stopped smoking.
C.Harry did not quit smoking because of our advice
D.If we had advised Harry, he would have quit smoking.

I did not understand what the lecturer was saying because I had not read his book.
A.I found it very difficult to understand what the lecturer said in his book
B.
What the lecturer wrote and said was too difficult for me to understand.
C.
I would have understood what the lecturer was saying if I had read his book.
D.The lecturer's book which I had not read was difficult to understand.