Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
There was a time when I couldn't get to the top of the class, ____________ hard I worked. 
A. though             
B. whatever                 
C. however                    
D. no matter

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
I'll have to do overnight tonight, ______________ is very tiresome. 
A. that 
B. which 
C. when 
D. where

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Michael can’t stand _____________ fun of.
A. be made 
B. to be made 
C. is made 
D. being made

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Our teacher ___________________ to take the exam.
 
A. gave another chance each of us                      
B. was given each of us by another chance
C. gave each of us another chance                   
D. was given each of us another chance

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
The business day was in high gear: the mail _________, documents were being typed, letters _________, talks ____________. 
A. was being looked through - have been answered - had been held
B. was being looked through - were being answered - were being held
C. has been looked through - were being answered - were being held
D. had looked through - had been answered - were being held

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Was the desert named ______________ Simpson in 1929?
A. for
B. after
C. with
D. on

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Read the book ____________ and you can find the information you need. 
A. care                  
B. careful                     
C. carefulness                      
D. carefully

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
___________________ in your class have tickets for the lecture series? 
A. Do any of the student                  
B. Does any of the student 
C. Do any of the students                  
D. Does any of the students

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
The man died because medical help was not summoned. A doctor should _______________ immediately. 
A. have called                 
B. be called                
C. called                
D. have been called

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
______________ while Joan was doing the housework.
A. The phone rang suddenly
B. The phone was ringing suddenly
C. The phone had rung suddenly
D. The phone has been ringing suddenly