A
My friend was not very honest with me, he (lay, lied) to me yesterday.
lied
I don’t like the (first, former) president and I hate this one.
former
I really feel bad, so please don’t ask me about my (passed, past).
past
I really appreciate your (advice, advise).
advice
Divide the cake (among, between) the children.
among
Does anyone know ________ having the debate?
A. where are the students
B. the students are
C. where the students are
D. that the students
C. where the students are
________ the writing project, he would have passed the class.
A. Has he completed
B. If he completed
C. If completed
D. Had he completed
D. Had he completed
________, she will contact the scholarship office to see if she can receive any financial aid for the upcoming semester.
A. Had she had time
B. Has she time
C. If she has time
D. She has time
C. If she has time
Do the other people in your marketing department understand ________ offer a better contract?
A. why the competitor cannot
B. why didn’t the competitor
C. why cannot the competitor
D. the competitor didn’t
A. why the competitor cannot
Not for all the money in the world ________ take a chemistry class from Professor Lee.
A. I would ever
B. would I ever
C. which I would ever
D. I ever
B. would I ever
Instead of buying a new bicycle, why don't you have your old one ________?
A to fix
B fixing
C fixed
D fixes
C fixed
This is the first time I’ve ever got him ________ after himself. Fantastic!
A to clean up
B clean up
C cleaned up
D cleaning up
A to clean up
Our biology teacher is so mean – she makes us ________ a test at the beginning of every class we have with her.
A write
B writing
C have written
D to write
A write
When will you have ________?
A fixing the leak in the bathtub
B fixed the leak in the bathtub
C the leak in the bathtub fixed
D the leak in the bathtub fix
C the leak in the bathtub fixed
Did you finally get them ________ to bed by 9? They should sleep at least 10 hours every night.
A go
B going
C to go
D have gone
C to go
Although ________ named until 1782, aluminum was used as early as 5300 B.C.
(A) it was not
(B) is
(C) was not
(D) which was
(A) it was not
Scientists are studying laetrile to find out if ________ cancer.
(A) can it cure
(B) can cure
(C) it can cure
(D) curing
(C) it can cure
The state of Ohio ________ name from an Iroquoian word meaning “great river”.
(A) and its
(B) along with is
(C) it got its
(D) got its
(D) got its
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, ________ remembered for her love poems, published her first work at the age of twelve.
(A) is
(B) who is
(C) who
(D) being
(B) who is
The Adriatic sea, which lies between the coasts of Italy and Yugoslavia ________ the Mediterranean Sea.
(A) part of
(B) belonging to
(C) an arm is
(D) is an arm of
(D) is an arm of
________ James Buchanan was a bachelor, his niece served as hostess of the White House during his presidency.
(A) It was
(B) During
(C) Because of
(D) Since
(D) Since
Because ________ has depleted many wildlife species, game preserves are being established.
(A) excessive hunting
(B) hunting was excessive
(C) of hunting excessively
(D) they hunting excessively
(A) excessive hunting
The lowlands of Albania are quite fertile ________ are alluvial.
(A) because they
(B) which is because
(C) because of which
(D) and because
(A) because they
American Indian languages, which differ widely, ________ to group many units of meaning into multisyllabic words.
(A) and tend
(B) tending
(C) to tend
(D) all tend
(D) all tend
________ are well qualified for the position.
(A) The candidate
(B) The number of candidates
(C) Much of the candidates
(D) A number of candidates
D) A number of candidates