Bài tập ngữ pháp 02

-Grammar. No2-
1) I`m terribly sorry but I ......... what you said just now and I wonder if you could repeat it.
a) wasn`t listen to
b) wasn`t hearing
c) didn`t hear
d) didn`t hearing2) I`ve written practically the whole book except for the last part and I just don`t know how to ......... the story.
a) end
b) ending
c) finish
d) finishing
3) Can you ......... me all right over there because you are rather a long way away?
a) listening
b) hearing
c) listen
d) hear
4) I ......... to the concert every Monday on the radio and I imagine I am there listening to it in person.
a) listen
b) am listening
c) hear
d) am hearing
5) You could tell the time by him because he always ......... work at exactly the same time every day.
a) ends
b) ended
c) finish
d) finished
6) Now will you please ......... me and pay attention to what I`m saying because it`s very important.
a) hear
b) listen to
c) hearing
d) listening to
7) I read the ......... of that book but I couldn`t possibly read the whole story.
a) starting
b) start
c) beginning
d) begin
8) You`ve been making so much noise with your music that people at the far end of the road can ......... you.
a) listen to
b) listening to
c) hear
d) hearing
9) My car very rarely ......... first time when the weather is really cold.
a) begins
b) beginning
c) starting
d) starts
10) He sometimes pretends he can`t ......... a single word you are saying but all the time he`s taking it all in.
a) listen to
b) listening to
c) hear
d) hearing
11) I ......... my car to make sure it worked about ten mintues before I drove to work.
a) began
b) started
c) begin
d) start
12) The brothers will ......... school both together at the end of this year.
a) end
b) ending
c) finish
d) finishes
13) After the children had ......... doing their homework, the whole family watched television.
a) ends
b) ended
c) fnishes
d) finished
14) I have been ......... strange stories about you recently but I do hope that there is no substance in them.
a) listened to
b) listening to
c) heard
d) hearing
15) As far as I was concerned when the accident happened, it was the ......... of the end.
a) start
b) begin
c) starting
d) beginning
16) You can`t miss it, it`s that tall building right at the ......... of the road.
a) end
b) ends
c) finish
d) finishes
17) Sadly their marriage of 25 years ......... in divorce.
a) ends
b) ended
c) finishes
d) finish4) Do you know where the President of America .........?
a) leaves
b) lives
c) live
d) inhabits
7) This summer we went ......... holiday to Greece.
a) on
b) off
c) in
d) by
8) If you can`t reach me at home, send me a ..........
a) postscript
b) email
c) letter
d) brief