EXERCISE 2
PART 1
1. ‘ Tell me why you’re interested in learning this subject ?’
‘ Economics…..to explain the phenomena in Business World.’
a) try
b) tries
c) are trying
d) have tried
e) trying
Answer : b) tries ( pluralization )
2) ‘ What’s on the news today?’
‘ The policeman…..caught the criminal.’
a) have
b) has
c) had
d) having
e) is having
Answer : b) has ( perfect )
3. ‘ After traveling across the country, I think Toronto…..the busiest city in Canada.’
a) was
b) were
c) is
d) are
e) be
Answer : c) is ( to be )
4. ‘ You should sleep early tonight because we start our journey tomorrow and five hundred miles…..a long distance to drive in one day.’
a) to be
b) are being
c) it is
d) are
e) is
Answer : d) are ( to be )
5. ‘ After the incident at the border yesterday, the army has reinforced…..strength this morning.’
a) its
b) it’s
c) theirs
d) their
e) our
Answer : d) their ( possessive adjective )
6. ‘ Children, tell me the functions of these tools!’
‘ Scissors…..to cut thin materials.’
a) used
b) is used
c) are used
d) use
e) uses
Answer : c) are used ( to be + Verb 2 )
7. ‘ According to the recipe, I need seven…..to make this chiken pie.’
a) potato
b) potatos
c) potatoes
d) potatii
e) patatees
Answer : c) potatoes ( pluralization )
8. ‘ There are a lot of disasters in Indonesia these days.
‘ Yes. And now, the earthquake and tsunami phenomena always…..a lot of people.
a) fascinate
b) fascinates
c) fascinated
d) fascinating
e) is fascinated
Answer : a) fascinate ( Verb 1 )
9. Which of theses sentences is correct ?
a) Car made loud noise.
b) Car made a loud noise.
c) A car made the kloud noise.
d) The car made a loud noise.
e) The car made the loud noise.
Answer : d) The car made a loud noise. ( sentences )
10. Jim : Can I use that car ?
Mark : No. It’s…..car.
a) my mother - in – law
b) my mother’s - in – law
c) my mother - in – law’s
d) my mothers - in – law
e) my mother - in – laws
Answer : c) my mother - in – law’s ( demonstratives pronoun )
11. ‘ The old man’s house is old.’
‘ Yes. One of…..windows is broken.’
a) them
b) their
c) it’s
d) its
e) it
Answer : d) its ( possessive adjective )
12. ‘Where we will sleep tonight ?’
‘ Ann is going to share her room with…..isn’t she ?’
a) you and me
b) you and I
c) I and you
d) me and you
e) we
Answer : a) you and me ( personal pronoun-object )
13. ‘ What’s said in the memo ?’
‘ You and…..are expected to be present at the student representative meeting.’
a) I
b) me
c) my
d) mine
e) myself
Answer : a) I ( personal pronoun-subject)
14. ‘ The students must be made to understand how each lesson can be value to…’
‘ I absolutely agree with you.’
a) him
b) they
c) them
d) it
e) he
Answer : c) them ( personal pronoun-object )
15. ‘ How does Jarohi play guitar ?’
‘ As well as…..do.’
a) I
b) me
c) my
d) mine
e) myself
Answer : a) I ( personal pronoun-subject)
16. ‘ Anything happens to you; don’t forget that…..mother and father love you.’
a) you
b) your
c) yours
d) yourself
e) your’s
Answer : b) your ( possessive adjective )
17. “ Vito and I have a lot in common.”
“ Yes, your ideas,…..somewhat unsual to me.”
a) like he, are
b) like him, is
c) like his, is
d) like himself, are
e) like his, are
Answer : b) like him, is ( personal pronoun-object and to be )
18. ‘ Is this your book ?’
‘ This doesn’t look like…..book; it must be…..’
a) my / yours
b) mine / your
c) your / mine
d) yours / my
e) mine / yours
Answer : a) my / yours ( possessive adjective and possessive pronoun )
19. “ What’s the decision ?”
“ I don’t know yet. The committee are still arguing among…..”
a) they
b) them
c) their
d) theirs
e) themselves
Answer : e) themselves ( reflexive )
20. Mother : What are you doing ?
Children : Chatting.
Mother : What ! You waste your time. You get…..from that.
a) something
b) anything
c) none
d) nothing
e) no one
Answer: d) nothing ( indefinite pronoun-negatif )
21. ‘ Does…..know where my glasses ?’
‘ You’re wearing them. Why you’re always so forgetful ?’
a) somebody
b) someone
c) everybody
d) everyone
e) anybody
Answer: e) anybody ( indefinite pronoun-interogatif )
22. ‘…..of the bread has been taken from its box.’
‘ No one likes it.’
a) some
b) something
c) nothing
d) any
e) none
Answer: a) some ( indefinite pronoun-positif )
23. ‘ Who wants to go with me to the orchestra ?’
‘…..of us want to go to the orchestra.’
a) Every
b) Each
c) One
d) All
e) No
Answer : d) All ( pluralization )
24. A : Look at the picture on the wall !
B : …..is a beautiful picture.
a) One
b) Any
c) These
d) That
e) Those
Answer : d) That ( demonstratives pronoun )
25. ‘ Who is the man talking to you last night ?’
‘ The man…..I talked to last night was my brother.’
a) whom
b) which
c) whwn
d) to when
e) where
Answer : a) whom ( relative pronoun )
PART 2
1) “……his own assignments, Sony offered to help his friends.”
a) When finished
b) He finishes
c) Having finished
d) Finished
e) After finished
Answer : c) Having finished ( perfect )
2) “…..the money, Tarwan left for his home town.”
a) Having received
b) Had received
c) After he receives
d) Being received
e) He had received
Answer : a) Having received ( perfect )
3) “ We always avoid…..to the mall on Sunday because it’s too crowded.”
a) go
b) to go
c) be gone
d) going
e) to going
Answer : d) going ( gerund )
4) “ What was he interested in ?”
“…..paleontology.”
a) Learn
b) Learning
c) To Learn
d) Learned
e) Learns
Answer : b) Learning ( gerund )
5) “ These floors always look dirty in spite of…..every day.”
a) sweeping
b) being sweeping
c) swept
d) being swept
e) to sweep
Answer : d) being swept ( passive present continous )
6) Bob : “ I’m going out tonight.”
John : “ Would you mind…..the key to the house ?”
a) to leave
b) leave
c) to leaving
d) leaves
e) leving
Answer : e) leaving ( gerund )
7) “ Doel Fajri completely denied…..the money.”
a) steals
b) stealing
c) to steal
d) stole
e) stolen
Answer : b) stealing ( gerund )
8) “ What’s your hobby ?”
“….stamps.”
a) Collect
b) To collect
c) Collecting
d) Collected
e) Collects
Answer : c) Collecting ( gerund )
9) “ Can Rosa accept her parent’s divorce ?”
“ No. She isn’t mature enough…..”
a) understand
b) to understand
c) understanding
d) to understanding
e) understands
Answer : b) to understand ( to + infinitive )
10) “ I wonder where Dadang is.”
“ Don’t you know the committee forced him…..?”
a) resigning
b) resign
c) to resign
d) resigned
e) to resigning
Answer : c) to resign ( to + infinitive )
11) “ The poor woman can’t afford…..a dress.”
a) buy
b) buys
c) buying
d) to buy
e) bought
Answer : d) to buy ( to + infinitive )
12) “ I smell something…..in the kitchen.”
a) burnt
b) burns
c) has burnt
d) burning
e) to burn
Answer : d) burning ( gerund )
13) “ I had to ask the soldier…..”
a) stop firing
b) to stop firing
c) to stop to fire
d) stopping to fire
e) stop to fire
Answer : b) to stop firing ( to + infinitive )
14) “ What did the teacher tell us ?”
“ He told us…..noisy.”
a) Don’t be
b) Not being
c) Didn’t be
d) Not to be
e) Don’t being
Answer : d) Not to be ( indirect )
15) “ Do you object to…..on the table.”
“ Yes. You sit on the cake”
a) I sit
b) my sitting
c) me sit
d) I sitting
e) my sit
Answer : b) my sitting ( gerund )
16) Ruddy : “ What are you looking forward ?”
Toni : “…..my old friends.”
a) To seeing
b) see
c) seeing
d) to see
e) seen
Answer : a) to seeing ( to + infinitive )
17) “ When you go camping, don’t forget to bring…..bags.”
a) sleep
b) sleeping
c) to sleep
d) slept
e) sleepy
Answer : b) sleeping ( gerund )
18) “ The smiling boy clapped his hands.”
It means :
a) They boy is smiling and clapping his hands.
b) The boy clapped his hands and smiled.
c) Clapping his hands, the boy is smiling.
d) The boy with a smile on his face clapped his hands.
e) The clapping boy is smiling.
Answer : d) The boy with a smile on his face clapped his hands.
( passive form )
19) “ I am bored the show is very…..”
a) bore
b) to bore
c) bored
d) to be bored
e) boring
Answer : e) boring ( gerund )
20) “ We thought of…..across France. We’re rather tired of…..by train.”
a) driving / go
b) to drive / to go
c) to drive / going
d) driving / going
e) driving / to go
Answer : d) driving / going ( gerund )
21) “ When at last I succeeded in…..him that I wanted…..home quickly, he put his foot on the accelerator and I felt the car…..forward.”
a) convincing / to get / to leap
b) to convince / to get / leaping
c) to convince / getting / to leap
d) convincing / getting / leaping
e) convincing / to get / leaping
Answer : e) convincing / to get / leaping ( gerund and to + V 1 )
22) X : “ Bob smoked when he was in College. Does he now ?”
Y : “ Yes.”
From the dialog we know that…..
a) Bob smoked but now he quits smoking.
b) Bob used to smoking.
c) Bob used to smoke.
d) Bob’s used to smoking.
e) Bob doesn’t smoke anymore.
Answer : b) Bob used to smoking ( gerund )
23) “ I always…..the sun…..every morning.”
a) watch / to be rising
b) watch / to rise
c) watching / rises
d) watch / rising
e) watching / rising
Answer : c) watching / rises ( gerund and pluralization )
24) “ I don’t know where…..in this holiday.”
a) go
b) to go
c) going
d) went
e) gone
Answer : b) to go ( to + infinitive )
25) “ The car is always hard to start.”
“ I think it needs…..”
a) repair
b) to repair
c) repaired
d) repairing
e) to be repaired
Answer : e) to be repaired ( passive infinitive )