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Choose the correct sentence: ‘A pair of shoes ___ left outside the door.’
Ahave
Bwere
Cwas
Dare
Which sentence correctly uses ‘the’ before a nationality adjective to refer to the people of that nation as a group?
AThe French are known for their cuisine.
BA French are known for their cuisine.
CFrenches are known for their cuisine.
DFrench are known for their cuisine.
Which sentence correctly uses no article before an uncountable material noun in a general sense?
AA gold is a precious metal.
BGold is a precious metal.
CThe gold is a precious metal.
DAn gold is a precious metal.
Which sentence correctly uses ‘the’ before a country name that has a plural or descriptive structure?
AShe moved to United States last year.
BShe moved to a United States last year.
CShe moved to United States's last year.
DShe moved to the United States last year.
Choose the correct sentence: ‘The police ___ investigating the case.’
Ais
Bwas
Care
Dhas
Choose the correct sentence, noting that the pronoun ‘you’ always takes a plural verb form regardless of number: ‘___ my best friend.’
AYou is
BYou are
CYou has
DYou was
Choose the correct sentence: ‘What worries me ___ his health.’
Ahave
Bare
Cis
Dwere
Choose the correct indirect (reported) speech for: He said, “I wanted to come, but I was busy.”
AHe said that he had wanted to come but he had been busy.
BHe said that he wants to come but he is busy.
CHe said that he wanted to come, but he was busy.
DHe said that he had wanted to come but he was busy.
Which sentence correctly demonstrates a mixed conditional, combining a past condition with a present result?
AIf I had taken that job, I would have been rich now.
BIf I had taken that job, I would be rich now.
CIf I take that job, I would be rich now.
DIf I took that job, I would be rich now.
What does the idiom ‘back to the drawing board’ mean?
ATo draw a detailed plan
BTo finish a project successfully
CTo start over after a plan has failed
DTo ask someone else for help