1 I (did not look / have not looked) at the paper this
morning.
2 I (read / have read) A Tale of Two Cities (at the age of
ten).
3 I (was / have been) very busy (last month / for the last
month)
4 Since 1 (was / have been) at this firm, there have been
four strikes.
5 He (has gone / has been) to Paris
6 I (live / am living) in Guangzhou.
7 The child (is / is being) clever.
8 So you doubt my word, / You are always doubting my
word.
9 When she is in London, she (is) always (reads / reading)
the Financial Times.
10 We can compare the tactics of the two teams while we
(watch / are watching) the game
11 If you (make / are making) a trunk call, your family
will get the news in time.
12 We (had better dress / had better be dressing) for the
reception.
13 1 (smell / am smelling the) perfume.
14 If you (don't play / are not going to play) table tennis
we may as well go home.
15 Will you (come / be coming) again tomorrow?
16 (Will you be talking / Are you going to talk) to the stu-
dents tomorrow?
17 The teachers (will be coming / are coming).
18 1 (have read / have been reading) the Selected Works of
Lu Xun.
19 The nurse (has taken / has been taking) samples of the
donors' blood.
20 I heard the news at my uncle's where 1 (have dined /
have been dining) (frequently).
21 I (am living / have been living) here for three months.
22 Where (does / has) he come from?
23 Rogers said his brother (was / had been) there.
24 We (hoped / had hoped) he would recover.
25 It looks as if it (is / were) gotng to rain.
26 (To cheat / Cheating) in examination is wrong.
27 The soil is (fit to plant cotton / fit for cotton planting)
28 He (forgot to close / forgot closing) the window
29 The fruit is (good to eat / good eating)
30 The window was (heard to bang / heard banging) up-
stairs.
31 He (would like to have watched / liked watching) the
game, but he didn't have tinte.
32 I don't like (to punish / punishing) new students.
33 I regret (to say / saying) that (you'll / you'd) have to
answer for it.
34 I remembered (to tell / telling) her that the shop closed
at eleven.
35 I saw him (cross / crossing) the road.
36 He started to play the piano when he got home from
work. / He started playing the piano after he retired
from work.
37 At the sight of Dr Bao the child stopped (to groan /
groaning).
38 They tried (to speak / speaking) English.
39 He is sure (to return / returning).
40 A spanner is used (to turn / for turning) bolts.
41 The fighters (used to sleep / were used to sleeping) in
the open.
42 I was afraid (to remind / of reminding) him of what he
had done.
48 War (can / may) break out at any moment.
44 (Can / May) 1 see the principal, please?
45 He (can / may) have changed his clothes and slipped
out.
46 We (might / could) ask him to play a part in the play.
47 The jewels (may / might) have been lost.
48 We (must / have to) finish it by the end of this week
49 You (should not / ought not to) drink so much.
50 They (didn't need to copy / needn't have copied) the
questions.
51 He asked the directoi if he (should / would) see to it
himself.
52 They will not (approve / approve of) this plan.
53 Dr Smith (attended / attended to) this patient.
54 Please (arrange / arrange for) another table
55 I (believe / believe in) him.
56 Please (call / call on) him at six.
57 I am going to (consult / consult with) Dr. Johnson.
58 He (escaped / escaped from) (imprisonment / prison)
59 Have you (finished / finished with) the paper.
60 Can you (get / get at the) apples there?
61 They were (playing / playing at) football.
62 They are (searching / searching for) the criminal.
63 He was (shot / shot at) on his way home
64 Show him (to) the room.
65 I don't like this job, but 1 suppose 1 shall have to (stick /
stick to) it.
66 No, 1 won't (tell / tell on) him.
67 Shall we (sit / sit down) (here) for a moment.
68 We had better act on their (advice / advices).
69 He gave me a box of (chocolate / chocolates).
70 He laid (a cloth / a piece of cloth) on the table.
71 We were touched by Mary's (confidence / confidences).
72 We asked him to speak (from experience / about his ex-
periences.
73 She has (an eye / eyes only) for antique furniture.
74 Near (the foot of the hill / the foothills) stood several
villages.
75 It is his (manner / manners) that anaoys me.
76 He is behind (time / the times).
77 He got up late on (Sunday / Sundays).
78 He is involved in (a good business deal / a good deal of
business)
79 (A furniture van / A van of furniture) was burnt.
80 Let's park our car some distance from this (rubbish heap
/ heap of rubbish).
81 We can finish this (in the daytime / in a day's time).
82 When she felt depressed, she would have (words / a few
words) with her neighbours.
83 1 cannot bear (his / him) company.
84 (My friend / A friend of mine) told me so.
85 1 showed the professor (some of my papers / some pa-
pers of mine).
86 (You three / Three of you) should look after the bag-
gage,
87 (Some students / Any student) can tell you the school
history.
88 Is there (anything / something) upstairs?
89 (Both / Two) basketball teams have been formed.
90 He called on me (the other day / every other day).
91 This doesn't work. 1 need another. / This alone won't
work. I need another one.
92 What is the new teacher like? / How is the new teacher?
93 (What's / How's) the time?
94 (Which / What) colour do you prefer?
95 (Four / The four) of us climbed up the peak.
96 She had to (keep house / keep the house).
97 You should pay more attention to matters of (moment /
the moment).
98 It is out of (question / the question).
99 I vaguely remember the plot of (a few of the / the few)
books I've read.
100 She bought (a red and green / a red and a green) dress.
101 He was very careful with the spending of his wages
which were (hard-earned / hardly earned)
102 I don't mind (harder / more hard) work.
103 His (high-rated / highly rated) property is the talk of
the town.
104 His boss (just / justly) pointed out his mistakes.
105 He came five minutes (late / later).
106 (Among / Between) (these / these two) books 1 like
this one best.
107 He sat (in / on) a chair.
108 (Shanghai / Japan) is (in / to) the east of China.
109 Don't make such a fuss (about / of) them
110 Cloth is made (from / of) cotton.
111 He pointed (at / to) something over there.
112 He (points / points out) a gun (at / to) me
113 There is no question (about / of) her coming to see us.
114 I read (about / of) the plane crash in the newspaper
115 We camped there (for / in) the summer.
116 I got there (in / on) time (for the train).
117 After the death of her husband she practically lived
(for / on) her children.
118 The strike was covered at once (in / on) the news.
119 He put the books (on / to) one side.
120 I (also) have decided (also) to visit Paris
121 (Anyhow) she works (anyhow).
122 You may (as well) take this (as well).
123 (At length) the trial was reported (at length) in the
newspapers.
124 (Clearly) he did not take in the situation (clearly)
125 I (entirely) failed to understand him (entirely).
126 (Even) his coach didn't expect him to break the record
(even) in his first attempt.
127 (Foolishly) he told a lie (foolishly).
128 (Naturally) he evaded the question (naturally).
129 This town is new to me. / I'm new to this town.
130 (Obviously) he is not (obviously) tired after the jour-
ney.
131 He (once) came to sce me (once).
132 There were only a few tourists in that place in October
/ Only in October were there a few tourists in that
place.
133 (Personally) 1 thought it was necessary to discuss this
(personally) with your lawyer.
134 The correspondent wrote this because he (had a news
story to write / had to write a news story).
135 Mr. King (repaints the door / has the door repainted)
every year
136 They (saw him through / saw through him).
137 They (saw it through / saw through it).
138 (Standing up) 1 saw John (standing up).
139 The artist thinks (too much) of himself (too much)
140 (To tell you the truth) 1 like him (to tell the truth)
141 (It is / There is) time to go.
142 These journals will attract the librarian's attention
They are (bound / bound to).
143 I was not (a little / a bit) frightened.
144 He arranged everything (on the quiet / quietly).
145 He said he had been waiting a long time (and / and he)
felt slighted.
146 He said he was invited (but / but that) he was not able
to go.
147 I doubt (whether / that) he will come.
148 He didn't tell me when he (would be back / went out).
149 The tourists( ,) who had invalid passports(,) were de-
tained.
150 Is John (at home / home yet)?
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