Exercise 2: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentences. 1. Chopin and Mozart __________ famous composers. A. were B. was C. are D. is 2. __________ your mother born in India? A. is B. be C. was D. were 3. Joan of Arc __________English. She was French. A. doesn’t B. weren’t C. was D. wasn’t 4. He __________ yesterday because he __________ ill. A. worked .... was B. didn’t work ... was C. worked ... wasn’t D. didn’t work ... wasn’t 5. We __________ out very often. A. do eat B. don’t eat C. didn’t ate D. eats 6. Mike __________ fit by playing tennis regularly. A. keeps B. keeping C. don’t keep D. keep 7. My father __________ to smoke when he __________ young. A. used ... did B uses ... was C. used ... were D. used ... was 8. He __________ me some flowers for my birthday. A. bought B. buys C. didn’t bought D. is bought 9. When __________ mobile phones first __________? A. do ... appear B. did ... appear C. did ... appeared D. do ... appeared 10. I __________ swimming two years ago. A. didn’t liked B. like C. not like D. didn’t like 11. The concert features dancers and __________ of all nationalities. A. musicians B. actors C. scientists D. painters 12. He went __________ a walk around the block to get some air. A. out B. for C. up D. off 13. I __________ food poisoning at that cheap little seafood restaurant. A. took B. went C. got D. did 14. He’s the highest-paid __________ in Hollywood films. A. explorer B. writer C. actor D. sailor 15. Why didn’t you wait __________ the bus? A. to B. at C. in D. for