Question

Exercise 2: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentences.
1. Chopin and Mozart __________ famous composers.
A. were B. was C. are D. is
2. __________ your mother born in India?
A. is B. be C. was D. were
3. Joan of Arc __________English. She was French.
A. doesn’t B. weren’t C. was D. wasn’t
4. He __________ yesterday because he __________ ill.
A. worked .... was B. didn’t work ... was
C. worked ... wasn’t D. didn’t work ... wasn’t
5. We __________ out very often.
A. do eat B. don’t eat C. didn’t ate D. eats
6. Mike __________ fit by playing tennis regularly.
A. keeps B. keeping C. don’t keep D. keep
7. My father __________ to smoke when he __________ young.
A. used ... did B uses ... was C. used ... were D. used ... was
8. He __________ me some flowers for my birthday.
A. bought B. buys C. didn’t bought D. is bought
9. When __________ mobile phones first __________?
A. do ... appear B. did ... appear C. did ... appeared D. do ... appeared
10. I __________ swimming two years ago.
A. didn’t liked B. like C. not like D. didn’t like
11. The concert features dancers and __________ of all nationalities.
A. musicians B. actors C. scientists D. painters
12. He went __________ a walk around the block to get some air.
A. out B. for C. up D. off
13. I __________ food poisoning at that cheap little seafood restaurant.
A. took B. went C. got D. did
14. He’s the highest-paid __________ in Hollywood films.
A. explorer B. writer C. actor D. sailor
15. Why didn’t you wait __________ the bus?
A. to B. at C. in D. for

Answer 1

1. A

2. C

3. D

4. B

5. B

6. A

7. D

8. A

9. B

10. D

11. A

12. B

13. C

14. C

15. D

Answer 2

1. Chopin and Mozart __________ famous composers.
A. were B. was C. are D. is
2. __________ your mother born in India?
A. is B. be C. was D. were
3. Joan of Arc __________English. She was French.
A. doesn’t B. weren’t C. was D. wasn’t
4. He __________ yesterday because he __________ ill.
A. worked .... was B. didn’t work ... was
C. worked ... wasn’t D. didn’t work ... wasn’t
5. We __________ out very often.
A. do eat B. don’t eat C. didn’t ate D. eats

6. Mike __________ fit by playing tennis regularly.
A. keeps B. keeping C. don’t keep D. keep
7. My father __________ to smoke when he __________ young.
A. used ... did B uses ... was C. used ... were D. used ... was
8. He __________ me some flowers for my birthday.
A. bought B. buys C. didn’t bought D. is bought
9. When __________ mobile phones first __________?
A. do ... appear B. did ... appear C. did ... appeared D. do ... appeared
10. I __________ swimming two years ago.
A. didn’t liked B. like C. not like D. didn’t like
11. The concert features dancers and __________ of all nationalities.
A. musicians B. actors C. scientists D. painters
12. He went __________ a walk around the block to get some air.
A. out B. for C. up D. off
13. I __________ food poisoning at that cheap little seafood restaurant.
A. took B. went C. got D. did
14. He’s the highest-paid __________ in Hollywood films.
A. explorer B. writer C. actor D. sailor
15. Why didn’t you wait __________ the bus?
A. to B. at C. in D. for