Question

I. Complete the sentences using the correct alternatives: 1. He stood beside a bush of pale roses watching the last bees (to crawl / crawl / crawling) into the hive. He did not seem (to pay / to be paying / paid / to have paid) attention to Ann’s cry. 2. You look rather tired. You are unlikely (to have finished / to finish / to be finishing) the work in time. You had better (going / go / to go / be going) home now. It is not worth working for another several hours. 3. Remember to phone them tomorrow. They are said (to have been returning / to have returned / to return) from their voyage. I’d rather (meet / to meet / meeting) them in a couple of days. 4. He made her (promise / to promise) several times that she would never breathe a word about it, and finally, with many pauses and many groans, he let her (to know / know) the whole story. 5. She had been sitting there so long that she (raised / rose) quite (stiff / stiffly) and so hungry that she could not help (to go / going) into the kitchen.

Answer 1

1. He stood beside a bush of pale roses watching the last bees crawling into the hive. He did not seem to have paid attention to Ann’s cry.

2. You look rather tired. You are unlikely to finish the work in time. You had better go home now. It is not worth working for another several hours.

3. Remember to phone them tomorrow. They are said to have returned from their voyage. I’d rather meet them in a couple of days.

4. He made her promise several times that she would never breathe a word about it, and finally, with many pauses and many groans, he let her know the whole story.

5. She had been sitting there so long that she rose quite stiff and so hungry that she could not help going into the kitchen.

Answer 2

1. He stood beside a bush of pale roses watching the last bees crawl into the hive. He did not seem to pay attention to Ann’s cry. 2. You look rather tired. You are unlikely to finish the work in time. You had better go home now. It is not worth working for another several hours. 3. Remember to phone them tomorrow. They are said to have returned from their voyage. I’d rather meet them in a couple of days. 4. He made her promise several times that she would never breathe a word about it, and finally, with many pauses and many groans, he let her know the whole story. 5. She had been sitting there so long that she rose quite stiffly and so hungry that she could not help going into the kitchen.