Exercise 4: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. 1 .I don’t want any conclusion _______ before we have all the evidence. A. be made B. to be made C. being made D. to have been made 2 .More than five thousand people _______ in the earthquake in Indonesia last year. A. was said to be died B. were said to be died C. was said to die D. were said to die 3 .Gunpowder was said _______ by the Chinese several centuries ago. A. to have invented B. to be invented C. to have been inventing D. to be inventing 4 .I heard him _______ to himself after coming back from the party last night. A. singing B. sung C. to be singing D. to be sung 5 .He was seen_______ a stone and _______ it at the police. A. pick up - throw B. picking up - throw C. picked up - thrown D. to pick up - throw 6 .“Those eggs of different colors are very artistic.” “Yes, they _______ in Russia.” A. were painted B. were paint C. were painting D. painted 7 .“David is in prison for smoking drugs.” “He ______ that it was against the law.” A. is telling B. was told C. told D. tells 8 .“The maintenance people didn’t remove the chairs from the ballroom.” “Don’t worry. They _______ them before the dance begins.” A. will have been moved B. will have moved C. were moved D. moved 9 .Gold _____ in California in the 19th century. A. was discovered B. has been discovered C. was discover D. they discovered 10 .______ that military spending is extremely high. A. We are felt B. It feels C. It is felt D. We feel that it is