Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 6: By the time their babies arrive, the Johnsons hope _______ painting the nursery.
Question 7: This is a picture of a _______ bus.
Question 8: Young people have become increasingly committed ______ social activities.
Question 9: He ______ to the doctor after the accident, but he continued to play instead.
Question 10: While everybody else in our class prefers working in groups, Mina likes working ______.
Question 11: Marie Curie, ______, was awarded a Nobel Prize for her work.
Question 12: ______ about gene-related diseases has increased is welcome news.
Question 13: ______ he arrived at the bus stop when the bus came.
Question 14: _______, the young mother appeared visibly very happy after the birth of her child.
Question 15: John was in Hanoi and wanted to send a parcel to his parents. He asked a local passer-by the way to the post-office. Choose the most suitable response to fill in the blank in the following exchange. - John: “Can you show me the way to the nearest post office, please?”
- Passer-by: “_______”
Question 16: I knew they were talking about me ______ they stopped when I entered the room.
Question 17: Lora has just bought a new skirt that she likes very much. Choose the most suitable response to fill in the blank in the following exchange. - Jane: “You look great in that red skirt, Lora!”
- Lora: “_______”
Question 18: This is ______ the most difficult job I have ever tackled.
Question 19: He ______ till the early hours of the next morning listening to pop music.
Question 20: His answer was so confusing that it hardly made ______.
Question 21: My father sometimes ______ the washing up after dinner.
Question 22: Waste paper can be used again after being ______.
Question 23: Since ______has been so poor, the class has been closed.
Question 24: He was too sure of himself to pay ______ to the warnings against the danger.