Exercise 1: Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences.
1. All the food in the refrigerator _______ eaten, and it is empty now.
A. are B. is C. have been D. has been
2. The Vietnamese people ____________ a heroic people.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
3. That the committee members cannot agree with each other about solving that crisis ___________ caused a serious problem.
A. is B. was C. has D. have
4. "Who has been planning tee dance?” “Everyone in the class ____________”
A. is B. has C. are D. have
5. The elderly in my country ___________by their children and grandchildren.
A. is cared for B. care for C. cares for D. are cared for
6. The actor and the circus performer ___________ to the party tonight.
A. is going B. are going c. goes D. go
7. The grey and blue blanket __________ yesterday.
A. was washed B. was washing c. were washed D. were washing
8. Two hours’ study _________ enough for him to prepare a quiz.
A. is B. are c. has D. have
9. I no less than he ________ blissful to see her.
A. are B. is c. am D. be
10. It ___________ these questions that ___________ difficult.
A. are - are B. is-are c. are - is D. is – is 1
1. Mumps __________ usually caught by children.
A. are B. was c. is D. were
12. Seven twelfths of the men __________ another language.
A. speak B. speaks C. is spoken D. are spoken
13. Two kilos _________ pretty small for a newborn baby.
A. makes B. make c. are D. is
14. A basket of apples, oranges, and bananas _________ sent to my husband by his grandparents last Christmas.
A. has been B. have been c. was D. were
15. The Dean and Lexicology lecturer _______ in the lecture theatre then.

A. were B. was c. have been D. has been

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1. D                2. B

3. C                4.D

5. D               6. B

7. A                8. A

9. C              10. B

11. C              12. A

13. C              14. A

15. A