Future Tenses
By 6 a.m., he __________ for eight hours.
a) will be sleeping
b) will have slept
c) will have been sleeping
c) will have been sleeping
To give the idea of "write again", which is the correct prefix:
a) cowrite
b) rewrite
c) outwrite
d) miswrite
b) rewrite
Which prefix is the one that describes the way things happen?
a) happiness
b) happiless
c) happily
c) happily
I ______ in the city, but now I live in the country.
a) used to live
b) am used to living
c) get used to live
a) used to live
Tina's been _______ since yesterday. I think I'll make her a soup and make her rest a little.
a) as clear as mud
b) under the weather
c) as cold as stone
b) under the weather
The bus _________ in the city at the end of the evening.
a) will be arriving
b) will have arrived
c) will have been arriving
Add a prefix to these words so they have the meaning of "too much":
work / sleep / heat
overwork / oversleep / overheat
Add a suffix to these words so they have the meaning of "without", "not having the quality of":
hope / care / help
hopeless / careless / helpless
The new employee _________ the way our boss talks yet.
a) didn't use to
b) aren't used to
c) didn't get used to
c) didn't get used to
Mark is so dramatic! He's always ____________.
a) stealing somebody's thunder
b) saving it for a rainy day
c) making a tempest in a teapot
I _______ French for two years by next week.
a) will be studying
b) will have studied
c) will have been studying
c) will have been studying
add a prefix to each of these words so they have the contrary meaning:
possible / able / agree
impossible / unable / disagree
Add a suffix to these words so they describe a person who does the action of the verb:
paint / act / lie
painter / actor / liar
My sister doesn't like living in Chicago, because it's cold, but I __________.
a) used to it
b) am used to it
c) got used to it
b) am used to it
I think my parents are still mad at me. I'll _______ before I ask them to let me go to the party.
a) let the dust settle
b) pull their legs
c) let my hair down
a) let the dust settle
I ________ out of my parents house by the end of the month. (move)
will have moved
Complete using the correct prefix:
She left the work ________. (finished)
unfinished.
Complete using the correct prefix
All the clues were _________ to solve the mystery. (use)
useless
I ________ the bus to work, but now I walk. (take)
used to take
I've studied so hard for the test that I __________
a) am as cold as stone
b) know everything by heart
c) have a nose for it
d) make my blood boil
b) know everything by heart
We _______ tests the whole afternoon next week. (have)
will be having
Rewrite using a prefix and making the necessary changes:
The teacher always writes my name incorrectly! (spell)
The teacher always misspells my name!
We were ________ lost. (complete)
completely
I'm a mail carrier, so I _______ long distances. (walk)
am used to walking
Timmy is a real ________. He never leaves me alone!
a) mountain to climb
b) lay of the land
c) pain in the neck
d) tempest in a teapot
c) pain in the neck