Exercise 26. Choose the right variant

1. The new house ______ next year in this street.

a) will built c) is built

b) will be built d) will be build

2. The music at the party was very loud and ______ from far

away.

a) can be heard c) could be heard

b) can hear d) is heard

3. My car disappeared. It ______.

a) must has been stolen c) must have been stole

b) must have been stolen d) should have been stolen

4. How many accident s______ by dangerous driving nowa-days?

a) is caused c) are cause

b) have been caused d) are caused

5. Last night a tree ______ down.

a) was blown c) blown

b) is blown d) blow

6. The ca r______ at the moment.

a) being cleaned c) is being cleaned

b) was cleaned d) was being cleaned

7. The shirt s______ when I came home.

a) are being washed c) were washed

b) were being washed d) are washed

8. He is not going to the party. He ______.

a) haven't been invited c) isn't being invited

b) wasn't been invited d) hasn't been invited

9. Jane didn't know which way to go. She ______.

a) hadn't been told c) isn't told

b) hasn't been told d) wasn't been told

10.1______three days to write a composition.

a) was give c) has given

b) was given d) gave

11. Exobiology is the study of life ______ other planets.

a) in c) on

b) at d) for

12.______ aspects of his talk have global applications.

a) one of the c) any of the

b) some d) none

13. The department ordered ______ new furniture for the office.

a) many c) some

b) much of d) any

14. My cousin lives ______ a farm.

a) at c) within

b) in d) on

15. She wished she ______ a princess when she was a young

girl.

a) were c) is

b) was d) be

16. Travellers' checks are useful when one is travelling be­cause ______ people refuse to accept them.

a) quite a few c) few

b) a few d) many

17. He was angry ______ his friend.

a) with c) on

b) at d) about

18. While John was watching television, Maria ______ a book.

a) read c) was reading

b) has read d) have been reading

19. There are thirty people in the room. Twenty are from Latin America and ______ are from ______ countries.

a) the others, another c) another, others

b) the others, other d) the other, the others

20.______ lake Erie is one o f______ five Great Lakes in ______ North America.

a) -, the, the c) -, the, -

b) the, -, - d) the, the, -

21. We have spent ______ time on this homework.

a) too much c) such many

b) too many d) so a much

22. If ______ of you takes a vacation now, we will not be able to finish that work.

a) either c) anybody

b) each c) somebody

23. It's too hot and my hair needs______.

a) to be cutting c) cutting

b) be cut d) to be cut

24.1 wished that I ______ up yesterday.

a) had washed c) washed

b) have washed d) didn't washed

22. We hope that they ______ yesterday.

a) came c) have came

b) come d) had come

23. Don't worry. Some day you will get used to ______ English.

a) speak c) have spoken

b) speaking d) have to speak

24. The girls speak ______ English.

a) fluently c) quite fluently

b) fluent d) enough fluent

25. A mink coat costs ______ a sable coat.

a) twice more than c) twice too much as

b) twice much as d) twice as much as

26. Before payday, I have ______ money as my brother.

a) as little c) such little

b) as few d) so little

27. You'll stick ______ with the pins if you are not careful.

a) you c) yourself

b) your d) yours

28. The accident was my fault, so I had to pay for the damage ______ the other car.

a) of c) for

b) to d) at

29. The bus service is very good. There is a bus ______ ten minutes.

a) every c) all

b) each d) almost

30. He used _______ much harder last year.

a) to work c) worked

b) working d) to working

Who did they arrest?

WRITING

Read the article about how to write a geed instruction and then make up your own “How to” considering the advice given in the text.