Section 1. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 1. By the time I got into the town, the shop _____. A. closes B. was closing C. had closed D. closed 2. He was really _____ when I had trouble. A. sympathetically B. sympathetic C. sympathy D. sympathize 3. Do you think her parents will let her _____ for a picnic. A. gone B. going C. go D. to go 4. He _____ a champion before he _____ 16. A. has become/ was B. became/ was C. had become/ was D. became/ had been 5. I heard him _____ the house early this morning. A. to leave B. leaving C. leave D. left 6. We stopped _____ coffee because we felt sleepy. A. to have B. having C. had D. to having 7. An understanding of other people's feelings is _____. A. enthusiasm B. sympathy C. loyalty D. suspicion 8. He _____ on the phone when we arrived. A. had phoned B. was phoning C. phoned D. is phoning 9. I didn't watch the film because I _____ it before. A. saw B. see C. has seen D. had seen 10. He _____ out when he _____ his work. A. went / finished B. went / had finished C. had gone / finished D. was going / finished 11. They allowed him _____ at his home. A. stayed B. to stay C. staying D. stay 12. He has avoided_____ to me so far. A. being talked B. talk C. talking D. to talk 13. I_____ when the lights went out A. read B. am reading C. have read D. was reading 14. I expected _____ to her party, but I wasn’t. A. to invite B. inviting C. to be invited D. being invited 15. He advised me not _____ anything further about the accident . A. to say B. saying C. say D. to be said 16. She was worried about _____ by thieves. A. being robbed B. robbing C. to rob D. to be robbed 17. She is a very _____ girl in the class. Nobody likes her . A. popular B. honest C. unfriendly D. studious 18. The thief admitted _____ the money. A. to steal B. stealing C. have stolen D. stole 19. This room needs _____ every day. A. clean B. to clean C. cleaned D. cleaning 20. The teacher told Ann _____ so loud. A. not talk B. not talking C. not to talk D. talk