Câu hỏi

8. Câu hỏi

Tiếng Anh có nhiều loại câu hỏi có những chức năng và mục đích khác nhau. Trong câu hỏi, trợ động từ hoặc động từ be bao giờ cũng đứng trước chủ ngữ. Nếu không có trợ động từ hoặc động từ be, ta phải dùng dạng thức do, does, did như một trợ động từ để thay thế. Sau các động từ hoặc trợ động từ đó, phải dùng động chính từ ở dạng nguyên thể không có to. Thời và thể của câu hỏi chỉ được chia bởi trợ động từ, chứ không phải động từ chính.

8.1 Câu hỏi Yes/ No

Sở dĩ ta gọi là như vậy vì khi trả lời, dùng Yes/No. Nhớ rằng khi trả lời:
- Yes + Positive verb
- No + Negative verb.
(không được trả lời theo kiểu câu tiếng Việt)

Isn't Mary going to school today?
Was Mark sick yesterday?
Have you seen this movie before?
Will the committe decide on the proposal today?
Don't you still want to use the telephone?
Did you go to class yesterday?
Doesn't Ted like this picture?

8.2 Câu hỏi lấy thông tin (information question)

Đối với loại câu hỏi này, câu trả lời không thể đơn giản là yes hay no mà phải có thêm thông tin. Chúng thường dùng các từ nghi vấn, chia làm 3 loại sau:

8.2.1 Who hoặc What: câu hỏi chủ ngữ

Đây là câu hỏi khi muốn biết chủ ngữ hay chủ thể của hành động.

Something happened lastnight => What happened last night?
Someone opened the door. => Who opened the door?

Chú ý các câu sau đây là sai ngữ pháp:
Who did open the door? (SAI)
What did happen lastnight? (SAI)

8.2.2 Whom hoặc What: câu hỏi tân ngữ

Đây là các câu hỏi dùng khi muốn biết tân ngữ hay đối tượng tác động của hành động

Nhớ rằng trong tiếng Anh viết chính tắc bắt buộc phải dùng whom mặc dù trong tiếng Anh nói có thể dùng who thay cho whom trong mẫu câu trên.
George bought something at the store. => What did George buy at the store?
Ana knows someone from UK. => Whom does Ana know from UK?

8.2.3 When, Where, How và Why: Câu hỏi bổ ngữ

Dùng khi muốn biết nơi chốn, thời gian, lý do, cách thức của hành động.

How did Maria get to school today?
When did he move to London?
Why did she leave so early?
Where has Ted gone?
When will she come back?
Chú ý tránh nhầm lẫn với các câu sai như ví dụ ở phần 8.2.1

8.3 Câu hỏi phức (embedded question)

Là câu hoặc câu hỏi chứa trong nó một câu hỏi khác. Câu có hai thành phần nối với nhau bằng một từ nghi vấn (question word). Động từ ở mệnh đề thứ hai (mệnh đề nghi vấn) phải đi sau và chia theo chủ ngữ, không được đảo vị trí như ở câu hỏi độc lập.

S + V (phrase) + question word + S + V

The authorities can't figure out why the plane landed at the wrong airport.
We haven’t assertained where the meeting will take place.

• Trong trường hợp câu hỏi phức là một câu hỏi, áp dụng mẫu câu sau:

auxiliary + S + V + question word + S + V

Do you know where he went?
Could you tell me what time it is?

• Question word có thể là một từ, cũng có thể là một cụm từ như: whose + noun, how many, how much, how long, how often, what time, what kind.

I have no idea how long the interview will take.
Do you know how often the bus run at night?
Can you tell me how far the museum is from the store?
I’ll tell you what kind of ice-cream tastes best.
The teacher asked us whose book was on his desk.

8.4 Câu hỏi đuôi (tag questions)

Trong câu hỏi đuôi, người đặt câu hỏi đưa ra một mệnh đề (mệnh đề chính) nhưng không hoàn toàn chắc chắn về tính đúng / sai của mệnh đề đó, do vậy họ dùng câu hỏi dạng này để kiểm chứng về mệnh đề đưa ra.

He should stay in bed, shouldn't he? (Anh ấy nên ở yên trên giường, có phải không?)
She has been studying English for two years, hasn't she?
There are only twenty-eight days in February, aren’t there?
It’s raining now, isn’t it? (Trời vẫn còn mưa, phải không?)
You and I talked with the professor yesterday, didn’t we?
You won’t be leaving for now, will you?
Jill and Joe haven’t been to VN, have they?

Câu hỏi đuôi chia làm hai thành phần tách biệt nhau bởi dấu phẩy theo quy tắc sau:

• Sử dụng trợ động từ giống như ở mệnh đề chính để làm phần đuôi câu hỏi. Nếu không có trợ động từ thì dùng do, does, did để thay thế.

• Nếu mệnh đề chính ở thể khẳng định thì phần đuôi ở thể phủ định và ngược lại.

• Thời của động từ ở đuôi phải theo thời của động từ ở mệnh đề chính.

• Chủ ngữ của mệnh đề chính và của phần đôi là giống nhau. Đại từ ở phần đuôi luôn phải để ở dạng chủ ngữ (in subject form)

• Phần đuôi nếu ở dạng phủ định thì thường được rút gọn (n’t). Nếu không rút gọn thì phải theo thứ tự: auxiliary + subject + not? (He saw it yesterday, did he not?)

• Động từ have có thể là động từ chính, cũng có thể là trợ động từ. Khi nó là động từ chính của mệnh đề trong tiếng Anh Mỹ thì phần đuôi phải dùng trợ động từ do, does hoặc did. Tuy nhiên, trong tiếng Anh Anh thì bạn có thể dùng chính have như một trợ động từ trong trường hợp này. Khi bạn thi TOEFL là kỳ thi kiểm tra tiếng Anh Mỹ, bạn phải chú ý để khỏi bị mất điểm.
  You have two children, haven’t you? (British English: OK, TOEFL: NOT)
  You have two children, don't you? (Correct in American English)

• There is, there are và it is là các chủ ngữ giả nên phần đuôi được phép dùng lại there hoặc it giống như trường hợp đại từ làm chủ ngữ.

The sounds in "ought" and "hot"

We make the sound in "hot" (/a/) with our mouth open the widest. Pretend you are going to the doctor and saying "ahhhhhhhh".

See how open your
mouth is and how
far back your tongue is.

The sound in "ought" is made with your mouth open not as wide and the sound more in the middle of your mouth. Try to say a very quick, light /ou/ sound. That is the sound in "ought".
Don't worry if you are having problems with this sound! Many native English speakers do, too! New Yorkers pronounce the word "ought" much differently, and many people in the mid-west pronounce the words "caught" and "cot" exactly the same.

Now let's listen to some sounds!

"ought" sounds: caught ought sought

"hot" sounds: cot hot sod

To practice more with the /a/ sound, go to this page:

The sounds in "hoed" and "hoot"

The vowel sound in hoed is called a diphthong. This means it is actually two vowel sounds that slur together. As you say the sound, your mouth will get more closed and your lips will get more round. At the end of this sound, you will be making the same vowel sounds as in /u/, and your lips should not be as round as they as when you say "hoot".

Now let's listen to some sounds!

"hoed" sounds: moat hoed local soap

"hoot" sounds: mute who'd Luke soup

To practice more /u/ sounds, go to these pages:

The sounds in hoot and hood

The sounds in hoot and hut

The sounds in "hoot" and "hut"

We make the sound in "hoot" (/u/) with our really rounded. Sing "ooh, baby, baby" or pretend you are going to kiss someone.

Here is a picture of
someone making this sound.
See how round her lips are.

However, when we say "hut" we open our mouths wider and relax our lips. The sound in "hut" is in the center of your mouth. Try to put your tongue in the center of your mouth.

Now let's listen to some sounds!

"hoot" sounds: mute Luke who'd

"hut" sounds: mutt luck hut shut

Trinh do B - Bai 23

Trình độ B - Bài 23

1. Can you see the woman ________ the right?
(A) of
(B) off
(C) on
(D) over
2. I still have ________ time to spare.
(A) much
(B) a bit
(C) some
(D) any
3. The country has a system of ________, most of which date from the nineteenth century.
(A) watercourses
(B) canals
(C) rivers
(D) streams
4. I had quite ________ on my way to work this morning.
(A) an experiment
(B) an adventure
(C) a happening
(D) an affair
5. I think he should ________ a room in one of the hotels.
(A) book
(B) to book
(C) booked
(D) booking
6. Would you mind ________ the window?
(A) open
(B) to open
(C) opening
(D) not to open
7. Jack ________ me anything about his holiday plans so far.
(A) hasn't told
(B) didn't tell
(C) doesn't tell
(D) don't tell
8. I'm very tired - I ________ all morning.
(A) work
(B) was worked
(C) am working
(D) have been working
9. I'd like to know what you do for ________.
(A) a job
(B) work
(C) a profession
(D) a living
10. Alex didn't come to see the film last night because he ________ it before.
(A) saw
(B) had seen
(C) has seen
(D) was seen
11. I ________ bacon and eggs every morning.
(A) am used to eat
(B) used to eating
(C) am used to eating
(D) use to eat
12. If Bob ________ with us, he would have had a good time.
(A) would come
(B) would have come
(C) had come
(D) came
13. I always put my best ________ in a safe-deposit box.
(A) jewelries
(B) jewelry's pieces
(C) pieces of jewelry
(D) piece of jewelries
14. The only way to get ________ in this company is to work hard and make no mistakes.
(A) on
(B) up
(C) with
(D) into
15. "There are ________ leftovers for you in the fridge", she cried out.
(A) few
(B) a few
(C) little
(D) a little
16. He is a good student. He always ________ his hand.
(A) rises
(B) raises
(C) arises
(D) risen
17. - What will we do today? - Let's go for a walk, ________?
(A) do you
(B) shall we
(C) do we
(D) don't you
18. Human beings, as distinct from ________ animals, can think for themselves.
(A) another
(B) other
(C) others
(D) the others
19. The temple is only ________ drive from the station.
(A) few minute
(B) few minutes
(C) a few minute
(D) a few minutes
20. Elementary school children, who have not yet been repeatedly disappointed by other people, are much more ________ than older and more cynical high school students.
(A) inquisitive
(B) relaxed
(C) enjoyable
(D) trusting

Trinh do B - Bai 22

Trình độ B - Bài 22

1. He doesn't work now. He's ________ 65.
(A) at
(B) in
(C) over
(D) for
2. Please hurry or you will be late ________ school.
(A) to
(B) for
(C) in
(D) at
3. The cow had lost its own calf, but the farmer persuaded it to ________ one whose mother had died.
(A) choose
(B) adopt
(C) undertake
(D) collect
4. What's wrong with John? He ________ used to be so sad.
(A) never
(B) didn't
(C) wasn't
(D) isn't
5. I'm afraid I've got ________ my bank as soon as possible.
(A) go
(B) to go
(C) to go to
(D) going
6. Tomorrow he will come ________ home late.
(A) -
(B) to
(C) at
(D) to the
7. Ouch! I ________ my thumb!
(A) have cut
(B) am to cut
(C) had cut
(D) had been cut
8. By then I ________ my driving test, I hope.
(A) pass
(B) will have passed
(C) will be passed
(D) have passed
9. I hadn't expected James to apologize but I had hoped ________.
(A) him calling me
(B) that he would call me
(C) him to call me
(D) that he call me
10. Our host family always invites my roommate and ________ to their house on Sundays.
(A) me
(B) my
(C) I
(D) mine
11. He was dealt such a severe blow ________ stunned for several minutes.
(A) which caused him to be
(B) that he was
(C) because of which he was
(D) so as to make him
12. You will become ill ________ you stop working so hard.
(A) until
(B) when
(C) unless
(D) if
13. I don't think that red dress ________ her.
(A) suits
(B) matches
(C) cheers
(D) agrees
14. Take this road and you will ________ at the hotel in five minutes.
(A) arrive
(B) come
(C) find
(D) reach
15. Could you please tell me if you have any electric typewriters ________?
(A) in store
(B) in order
(C) in supply
(D) in stock
16. I wouldn't believe what she says. She sounds very convincing but she's just a fast ________.
(A) talker
(B) eyes
(C) one
(D) ride
17. Mr Johnson, candidate for governor, was eulogized for his ________.
(A) honesty and courage
(B) being honest and his loyalty
(C) strength and also what he did
(D) wealth and excitement
18. Don't touch that wire or you may get an electric ________.
(A) shock
(B) current
(C) attack
(D) feeling
19. A person who says things that are not true is a ________.
(A) liar
(B) drunkard
(C) tailor
(D) patient
20. No matter how hard I tried, he kept on ________.
(A) complaining
(B) complain
(C) to complain
(D) complained

Trinh do B - Bai 21

Trình độ B - Bài 21

1. I'm sorry I ________ your party: I was away at the time.
(A) lost
(B) failed
(C) passed
(D) missed
2. The workmen made so much ________ that Mrs Walker had to spend three days cleaning up afterwards.
(A) trouble
(B) damage
(C) mess
(D) nuisance
3. After the game, the referee was interviewed ________ television.
(A) at
(B) on
(C) in
(D) to
4. He thanked me for what I ________ the previous week.
(A) have done
(B) had done
(C) did
(D) was doing
5. ________ going to the party.
(A) Everybody are
(B) Every people is
(C) Every people are
(D) Everyone is
6. Something extremely strange ________ yesterday while we were out jogging.
(A) was happened
(B) happened
(C) has been happening
(D) has happened
7. His English teacher recommends that he ________ a regular degree program.
(A) begin
(B) begins
(C) will begin
(D) is beginning
8. How much snow ________ now?
(A) it is
(B) is it
(C) there is
(D) is there
9. When she was crossing the room the night-nurse happened to notice the old lady ________ to get out of bed.
(A) has tried
(B) to try
(C) trying
(D) tried
10. This morning the postman was ________ down the street by my dog.
(A) hunted
(B) chased
(C) run
(D) sped
11. The way he never listens to me really gets ________ my nerves.
(A) up
(B) in
(C) on
(D) with
12. His speech was not appropriate ________ the occasion.
(A) of
(B) to
(C) with
(D) for
13. Her parents were very ________ because she was out so late that night.
(A) responsible
(B) sorry
(C) worried
(D) overcome
14. If it ________, the match will be postponed.
(A) rains
(B) will rain
(C) has rained
(D) is raining
15. - You look very tired. - I ________ papers all day.
(A) have been marking
(B) had been marking
(C) am marking
(D) had marked
16. When the boy ________ the car he was badly injured.
(A) is hit by
(B) was hit by
(C) hit
(D) was hitting
17. Monkeys belong to the group of animals ________ as primates.
(A) know
(B) knowing
(C) known
(D) to know
18. When you do a favour for someone, don't expect anything ________.
(A) in return
(B) instead
(C) in place
(D) in recompense
19. Since your roommate is visiting her family this weekend, ________ you like to have dinner with us tonight?
(A) will
(B) won't
(C) do
(D) wouldn't
20. How long ________ French?
(A) do you study
(B) have you studied
(C) did you studied
(D) you have studied

Trinh do B - Bai 20

Trình độ B - Bài 20

1. When you are riding a bicycle you should ________ the handlebars firmly.
(A) handle
(B) hold
(C) hand
(D) have
2. If we are thinking of having a day in the country, I should like to listen to the weather ________.
(A) statement
(B) spell
(C) forecast
(D) recording
3. I bought a single ticket only on the bus, but my friend bought a ________ one.
(A) double
(B) new
(C) second
(D) return
4. How much would you ________ for repairing my watch?
(A) charge
(B) cost
(C) pay
(D) spend
5. They ________ their examinations at the end of the next month.
(A) take
(B) took
(C) takes
(D) are going to take
6. It took years of research, but ________ they found the answer.
(A) at the end
(B) in the end
(C) last
(D) lastly
7. July 10th is my wedding anniversary. Next month, my husband and I will ________ for twenty years.
(A) merry
(B) have married
(C) be married
(D) have been married
8. Tommy had his big brother ________ his shoes for him.
(A) to tie
(B) tie
(C) tied
(D) tying
9. Bill came to work at the University thirty years ________ today.
(A) since
(B) before
(C) from
(D) ago
10. We can become frustrated by a legal system when judges ________.
(A) fall asleep
(B) are impartial
(C) appear uninterested
(D) become very interested.
11. Don't worry about trying to catch the last train home, as we can easily ________ you up for the night.
(A) take
(B) put
(C) set
(D) keep
12. The whole story is made up. It's nothing but a ________ of lies.
(A) tissue
(B) good
(C) business
(D) teeth
13. Helen is expert ________ drafting the minutes of a meeting.
(A) with
(B) in
(C) at
(D) for
14. Football is a subject I know very ________ of.
(A) few
(B) a few
(C) little
(D) a little
15. Her landlord gave her two month's ________ to quit.
(A) warn
(B) note
(C) notice
(D) allowance
16. The weather was ________ that we didn't go out.
(A) very bad
(B) such bad
(C) so bad
(D) too bad
17. Our plane will arrive ________ Don Muang at noon.
(A) in
(B) at
(C) to
(D) -
18. His office is only ________ away.
(A) stone throw
(B) a stone throw
(C) stone's throw
(D) a stone's throw
19. ________ in ill-fitting clothes, he smiled a warm welcome.
(A) Dress
(B) Dressing
(C) Dressed
(D) Being dressed
20. The crictic must have detested the play, for the review was not merely ________, it was ________.
(A) laudatory ... enthusiatic
(B) sincere ... long
(C) appreciative ... stinging
(D) critical ... scathing

Trinh do B - Bai 19

Trình độ B - Bài 19

1. She thanked ________ so kind.
(A) us to be
(B) us for being
(C) that we were
(D) our being
2. I forgot to ________ him to buy some bread.
(A) remember
(B) repeat
(C) remind
(D) let
3. I read an interesting ________ in a newspaper about farming today.
(A) article
(B) advertisement
(C) description
(D) composition
4. We all ________ him good luck when he decided to emigrate.
(A) told
(B) wished
(C) said
(D) gave
5. Janet and Joe seem to get ________ very well together.
(A) on
(B) in
(C) by
(D) off
6. Several prisoners ________ from their guards and escaped.
(A) broke away
(B) broke out
(C) broke through
(D) broke up
7. The students ________ their classes about eight o'clock.
(A) started
(B) have started
(C) had started
(D) startes
8. A cold wind ________ for the last three days.
(A) has been blowing
(B) blows
(C) is blowing
(D) blew
9. I ________ this letter around for days and haven't even looked at it.
(A) carry
(B) have been carrying
(C) am carrying
(D) was carrying
10. The opera premiere was attended by ________.
(A) large amounts of persons
(B) a vast horde of opera devotees.
(C) millions of opera buffs
(D) hundreds of music lovers.
11. He ________ being given a receipt for the bill he had paid.
(A) asked to
(B) demanded
(C) insisted on
(D) required
12. When I telephoned the headmaster, his secretary told me to ________ on as he was talking to someone else.
(A) wait
(B) hold
(C) go
(D) carry
13. Then, all of a ________ there was an explosion and the lights went out.
(A) sudden
(B) once
(C) moment
(D) time
14. Good parents should ________ for their children.
(A) supply
(B) provide
(C) foresee
(D) support
15. When the house is not occupied, it is ________.
(A) rented
(B) timid
(C) valueless
(D) vacant
16. I ________ swim in this river when I was young.
(A) used to
(B) am use to
(C) use to
(D) am used to
17. My mother got home ________ ago.
(A) a half an hour
(B) an hour's half
(C) half an hour
(D) a half hour
18. Give me the message to ________ is at the desk!
(A) that
(B) what
(C) whomever
(D) whoever
19. In a week's time you ________ in Boston for a year.
(A) are living
(B) have lived
(C) had lived
(D) will have been living
20. - Are you leaving? - Yes, but I wish I ________ to go.
(A) didn't have
(B) will not have
(C) don't have
(D) may not have

Trinh do B - Bai 18

Trình độ B - Bài 18

1. Peter works from nine ________ five.
(A) from
(B) to
(C) in
(D) out
2. Tell him ________ some envelopes, please.
(A) buy
(B) to buy
(C) buy to
(D) to buy to
3. We are a little late - the play ________ begun.
(A) has just
(B) just
(C) is just
(D) had just
4. I couldn't understand what she was ________.
(A) telling
(B) speaking
(C) saying
(D) talking
5. I don't like iced tea, and ________.
(A) she doesn't too
(B) either doesn't she
(C) neither does she
(D) she doesn't neither
6. Please ________ photocopies of documents.
(A) not to submit
(B) do not submit
(C) no submit
(D) not submit
7. If I ________ the flu I would have gone with you.
(A) hadn't
(B) hadn't had
(C) didn't have
(D) wouldn't have had
8. Your mother and I are looking forward ________ you.
(A) of seeing
(B) for seeing
(C) to see
(D) to seeing
9. It is imperative that you ________ there in person.
(A) be
(B) will be
(C) will
(D) are
10. Something must be done quickly if endangered species ________ saved.
(A) are to be
(B) be
(C) can be
(D) will be
11. I would like to offer a small ________ to any one who finds my missing dog.
(A) receipt
(B) repayment
(C) expense
(D) reward
12. It was a big disappointment but I got ________ it.
(A) in
(B) to
(C) away
(D) over
13. I've got a lot of work to get ________ before I can go on holiday.
(A) through
(B) in
(C) with
(D) to
14. Big Bill said, "Knock it off. ________ for no help from no one.".
(A) I'm not requesting aid
(B) I ain't askin'
(C) I didn't beg
(D) I asked
15. Unfortunately, very few books published each year ________ toward improving men's relationship with each other.
(A) have a bad effect
(B) do a great deal of damage
(C) make a significant contribution
(D) are neither good nor bad when it comes
16. I was moved to tears ________ sorrow.
(A) to
(B) of
(C) with
(D) by
17. I was told that ________ care could have prevented the accident. Is that true?
(A) few
(B) a few
(C) little
(D) a little
18. I wanted some coffee but there was ________ in the pot.
(A) any
(B) no
(C) none
(D) nothing
19. He will take us to the town ________ we can see old temples.
(A) which
(B) where
(C) that
(D) at it
20. My dog as well as my cats ________ twice a day.
(A) eat
(B) has eaten
(C) eats
(D) have eaten

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1. When the soldiers were on the march, there was one man who was always out of ________ with the rest.
(A) step
(B) beat
(C) times
(D) union
2. It is not ________ for you to eat too much.
(A) kind
(B) good
(C) well
(D) useful
3. Can this be the little girl ________ hair I used to stroke?
(A) which
(B) whose
(C) of whom
(D) who's
4. The reason I left is ________ I was bored.
(A) why
(B) that
(C) while
(D) for
5. You're ________ who noticed that.
(A) the single
(B) the only
(C) only one
(D) the only one
6. We heard her ________ to her little brother.
(A) to talk
(B) talk
(C) talks
(D) talked
7. The team really looks good tonight because the coach had them ________ every night this week.
(A) practise
(B) to practise
(C) practised
(D) the practise
8. Almost everyone fails ________ the driver's test on the first try.
(A) passing
(B) to have passed
(C) to pass
(D) in passing
9. Jane always asks my sister and ________ for advice.
(A) her
(B) she
(C) hers
(D) herself
10. I made a big mistake but nobody noticed and I got ________ it.
(A) away with
(B) towards
(C) with
(D) in
11. I'd be careful in my dealings with her. I'm sure she's up to no ________.
(A) pretences
(B) good
(C) eel
(D) egg
12. Alan Clarke was an interesting man but sometimes he was a bit economical with the ________.
(A) cock
(B) truth
(C) business
(D) teeth
13. Try not be too impatient ________ him.
(A) with
(B) at
(C) for
(D) to
14. "I will succeed, with ________ help from my friends", he said.
(A) few
(B) a few
(C) little
(D) a little
15. "The ________ response I got from her really drove me crazy", he sighed.
(A) few
(B) a few
(C) little
(D) a little
16. Some authors are too ________ to critisism.
(A) sensible
(B) sensitive
(C) sensational
(D) senseless
17. After a lot of difficulties, he ________ to open the door.
(A) managed
(B) succeeded
(C) obtained
(D) realized
18. - Do you want to wait? - Two weeks ________ too long for me to wait.
(A) is
(B) are
(C) were
(D) was
19. She did six hours' ________ studying a day for the exam.
(A) solid
(B) heavy
(C) strong
(D) big
20. ________ terrible weather!
(A) What
(B) What a
(C) How
(D) How a

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Trình độ B - Bài 16

1. I couldn't do question 6, so I ________ it out.
(A) left
(B) let
(C) dropped
(D) put
2. I don't want to wait until tomorrow; I ________ go at once.
(A) prefer
(B) would rather
(C) want
(D) like
3. The old man was very fond ________ telling stories.
(A) to
(B) -
(C) of
(D) for
4. I am tired ________ grammar exercises.
(A) to do
(B) for doing
(C) of doing
(D) by do
5. I am ________ this essay right now.
(A) finish
(B) to finish
(C) finish to
(D) finished
6. Don't let him ________ it.
(A) doing
(B) to do
(C) do
(D) does
7. How long ________ French?
(A) do you study
(B) have you studied
(C) did you studied
(D) you have studied
8. Al's doctor insists ________ for a few days.
(A) that he is resting
(B) his resting
(C) him to rest
(D) that he rest
9. You ________ your seats today if you want to go to the game.
(A) had better to reserve
(B) had to better reserve
(C) had better reserve
(D) had to reserve better
10. After he had researched and ________ his paper, he found some additional material that he should have included.
(A) wrote
(B) written
(C) writing
(D) have written
11. The new champion, ________, took over the dining room.
(A) led by an equestrian,
(B) with his sobriquet,
(C) accompanied by his reveries,
(D) accompanied by his entourage,
12. The three friends all ________ for the same job.
(A) requested
(B) applied
(C) intended
(D) referred
13. I knew him ________ I was child.
(A) until
(B) when
(C) as
(D) during
14. The sergeant's orders were perfectly ________.
(A) executed
(B) developed
(C) exercised
(D) applied
15. The Director has just gone on his ________ leave. He gets four weeks' holiday a year and he is taking it all at the same time. So if you wish to see him, come back in a month's time.
(A) annual
(B) temporary
(C) regular
(D) permanent
16. Before the invention of refrigeration, the ________ of fish and meat was a problem.
(A) keeping
(B) preservation
(C) treatment
(D) maintenance
17. My brother did not go to school yesterday. Neither ________.
(A) went I
(B) I did
(C) did I
(D) had I gone
18. He ________ for a job for some weeks but he has not found one.
(A) is looking
(B) looks
(C) has looked
(D) has been looking
19. The firm went bankrupt and their shares became ________.
(A) priceless
(B) unworthy
(C) invaluable
(D) worthless
20. The ascent of the mountain is ________, but anyone who makes it to the top is rewarded by a spectacular view.
(A) helpful
(B) easy
(C) unique
(D) unpleasant