
ESOL High Adv - Week 4 Quiz - 3/12/22
Quiz by Matthew Kolbusz
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A person can usually tell how popular a new restaurant is by the length of the _____ outside and a long wait time.
Even before the new president takes office, he will _______ the men and women who will serve on his cabinet.
Because the movie has a lot of violent and sexual themes, the theater will ________ admission to only who are 18 years and older.
The video game is designed to give the __________ that you are in control of an airplane.
Nothing will ____________ my boss more than an employee who is late for work and then offers a foolish excuse for not arriving on time.
Our hike was not very long, but the ________ was so rocky and hilly that we were exhausted by the time we reached our goal.
He was uncertain at first about what _________ to choose, and vacillated between business, the journalism, medicine, and law.
I came to regard my grandmother as a(n) ______ whose wisdom helped solve many family problems.
The pollution problem, far from being limited to the United States, is truly ________ in scope.
As she was sworn in, she made a(n) ___________ that she would never use the powers of her office for selfish or unworthy purposes.
The police now believe that the mugger did in fact _______ the victim as she entered the elevator of her apartment house.
If you are the winner of a contest, you should not _________ and make your competitors feel inferior.
The desire to be the world's top tennis player did _________ the young woman to spend hours every day improving her game.
Is it possible to be a(n) ___________ in a world where so many people are using force and violence to take unfair advantage of others.
The deadly ________ of shells from our guns pinned down the enemy troops on the narrow beach where they had landed.
The animals in the drought area traveled for many miles to reach a body of water where they could ___________ their thirst.
The rich __________ of plant and animal life in a tropical rain forest never ceases to amaze me.
How sad it is to see such beautiful flowers _________ and die!
I don't understand what he is aiming at or why he behaves as he does; in fact; his whole personality is a(n) __________ to me.
Like a typical __________ he believes that any customs different from his own are “wrong” and “uncivilized”.
Use the most appropriate form of the perfects.
We __________ (buy) a new lamp.
Use the most appropriate form of the perfects.
Where ____________ (be / you)?
Which form do we use when we are looking back into history from today and emphasizing the result of the action.
Which form do we use with the signal words such as already, ever, just, never or not yet.
Which form tells us that the action has taken place at least a few times and/or has repeated?
Use the most appropriate form of the perfects.
**Do not use the contracted form**
He ________ (eat / not) yet today.
Use the most appropriate form of the perfects.
**Do not use the contracted form**
No, he ___________(have / not) the time yet.
Which form tells us about how long something has been happening.
Use the most appropriate form of the perfects.
I ______________ (wait) for you since two o'clock.
Use the most appropriate form of the perfects.
How long ______________ (work / she) in the garden?
Use the most appropriate form of the perfects.
**Do not use the contracted form**
The film ___________ (run / not) for ten minutes yet, but there's a commercial break already.
Which is an example of actions that have just stopped but have present results?
Which form do we use with the signal words such as lately, recently, since and for are used to refer to a period of time?
The children have been reading books _______________ the last twenty minutes.
What have you been doing _______________ the last couple of weeks?
The past perfect is built with _______ and the past participle of the main verb.
The past simple and the past perfect work well together because the past perfect tells us the ______________.
The pupils talked about the film they ___________ (watch).
We lived in the house that my father __________(build).
They watered the trees that they ____________(plant).
Use the most appropriate form of the perfects.
______________ (Carly / wash) the dishes when her mum came home?
Use the most appropriate form of the perfects.
__________________ (how often / you / ring) the bell before he answered the door?
Which is true about these two sentences?
#1) The fight started when the police arrived.
#2) The fight had started when the police arrived.
You can use _________ to also discuss wishes, hopes, or plans from the past that did not happen.
Use the most appropriate form of the perfects.
She ____________(plan) to get her nails done, but the salon had no appointments left.
*Do not use the contracted form**
I had hoped my flowers would survive during my long vacation, but they ______(do) not.
*Do not use the contracted form**
All day long, Phil was angry with me just because I __________ (greet / not) him first.