Complete the sentences:

#1. As usual, he stared at me vacantly for a few seconds, (……)

1. as if his mind had trying to unravel some complicated problem.

2. as if his mind would be trying to unravel some complicated problem.

3. as if his mind were trying to unravel some complicated problem.

#2. Then he looked away at the television set, (……)

1. which wasn't even on.

2. which wasn't even out.

3. which wasn't even at.

#3. I started (……)

1. telling him about the Christmas card.

2. talking him about the Christmas card.

3. saying him about the Christmas card.

#4. I told him how the card had arrived in my mailbox and (……)

1. how I have no idea who Jennifer and Paul were.

2. how I had no idea who Jennifer and Paul were.

3. how I would not have no idea who Jennifer and Paul were.

#5. At one point, he turned toward me, opening his sagging mouth, (……)

1. as if he were about to offer some suggestion.

2. as if he had been about to offer some suggestion.

3. as if he would have been about to offer some suggestion.

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Complete the sentences:

#1. I did not want them to think (…)

1. I was interested in this question to be settled at once.

2. I was interesting in the settling of this question at once.

3. I have been interested in the settling this question at once.

#2. I wish you (…)

1 had objected to this program to have alter.

2 objected to this program altering.

3 objected to this program to have altered.

#3. You will not get any radio reception while (…)

1 you will be driving through the tunnel.

2 you are driving through the tunnel.

3 you drive through the tunnel.

#4. We were very angry (…)

1. at nobody having informed about his participation in the concert.

2. at the fact that nobody had been informed about his/her participation in the concert

3. at the fact that nobody has been informed about his participation in the concert.

#5. It is a pity the teacher did not insist on (…)

1. this exercise being done.

2. this exercise having done.

3. this exercise doing.

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Complete the sentences:

#1. I wish the teacher had insisted on (…)

1. this rule to learn.

2. this rule learning.

3. this rule being learned.

#2. The bus to the science museum (…)

1. leave at 8 pm tomorrow morning.

2. leaves at 8 pm tomorrow morning.

3. will be leave at 8 pm tomorrow morning.

#3. The rocket will not be launched until they (…)

1. have done a final check.

2. has done a final check.

3. having been done a final check

#4. Our teacher made the whole class (…)

1. staying after the lesson because we had been so noisy.

2. stay after the lesson because we had been so noisy.

3. for staying after the lesson because we had been so noisy.

#5. I know how to pronounce a ‘controversy’, but what (…)

1. does it mean?

2. it means?

3. is it mean?

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