Since they had spent too many time considering the contract, the students lost the opportunity to lease the apartment.
A.spent
B.many
C.the
D.lease

III. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
The current constitutional problem is ______ by the top legal minds in the country.
A.studying
B.being studied
C.being studying
D.been studied

III. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
If it keeps on raining, the basketball game ought ______.
A.to postpone
B.to be postponed
C.postpone
D.be postponed

III. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
The first question must ______ before you attempt the others.
A.be answered
B.have answered
C.answer
D.to answer

III. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
The floor in the room was so dirty as if it ______ for days.
A.hadn't swept
B.wouldn't have swept
C.haven't been swept
D.hadn't been swept

I (read)_______ the book you lent me, so you can have it back now.
A.have read
B.read
C.am reading
D.will read

My room (not clean)______ yet.
A.is not cleaned
B.has not been cleaned
C.had not been cleaned
D.was not cleaned

Many books (write)______ about the Second World War.
A.were written
B.had been written
C.was written
D.would be written

The name of the new town (choose) _______by the committee tomorrow.
A.is choosen
B.will be choosen
C.was choosen
D.has been choosen

You (not go)______ there because he did not expect you.
A.didn't go
B.hadn't gone
C.should not have gone
D.haven't gone