Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
He put the ladder ___________ the wall.  
A. on 
B. upon 
C. against 
D. over

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
He made the soup by mixing ____________________ meat with some rice. 
A. little                 
B. few                  
C. a little                 
D. a few

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
"Why the landlord upset?”
“Because so many people are complaining ___________ the rent increase.” 
A. by 
B. for  
C. to  
D. about

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
This work ________________ today so that we _______________ a holiday tomorrow. 
A. will finish / are having                        
B. needn’t be finished / will be having
C. should finish / can be had                      
D. must be finished / can have

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
The boy, with his two companions, ___________________ the cherry tree now. 
A. has split                
B. have split 
C. is splitting               
D. are splitting

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
You _____________________ me why you're called Peter when your name is John. 
A. never tell            
B. are never telling 
C. never told               
D. have never told

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
My mother is a caring woman and always _____________ of others. 
A. think                   
B. thought                     
C. thoughtless                    
D. thoughtful

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
I ______ him for five years. I wonder where he is.
A. didn't see 
B. wasn't seeing
C. haven't seen
D. don't see

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
He ________________ so suspicious to me at the moment. I wonder why.
A.  be            
B. will be               
C. was            
D. is being

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
 Sheila Hammond, who was only twenty-three when she was elected as a Member of Parliament, said she owed her success all to the way she had been ______________ by her mother, Mary.
 
A. brought on
B. brought up
C. brought down
D. brought in