In study hall I............................Paul Smith, who is captain of the swim team and one of the best swimmers in the state.

A.

sit besides

B.

sat beside

C.

have set beside

D.

sit beside

E.

have sit beside

This classic........................with enjoyment for nearly two hundred years.

A.

has been read

B.

will have been read

C.

shall have been read

D.

is being read

E.

was read

Many nineteenth-century biographers.............................., not on real facts.

A.

rely on their imagination,

B.

relied on their imagination,

C.

have relied on their imagination

D.

could have relied on their imagination,

E.

could rely on their imaginations:

The private lives of politicians, generals, and other notables..............................public.

A.

fascinates the reading

B.

have fascinated the reading

C.

will fascinate the reading

D.

fascinate the reading

E.

has fascinate the reading

That small man chose a seat near the door and carefully..............down.

A.

sat

B.

will sit

C.

could of sat

D.

have sit down

E.

set down

Last summer I worked in the chemical laboratory at the Brass Company; most the work came into the lab for testing marked with the.............................. .

A.

words top priority.

B.

words - top priority.

C.

words: Top priority.

D.

words, “Top Priority.”

E.

Words “top priority.”

If the books..............................last week, why haven't they been placed on the shelf?

A.

have been cataloged

B.

would have been cataloged

C.

was cataloged

D.

were cataloged

E.

had been cataloged

Jessica Mitford wrote The American Way of Death, a best-selling book, .................................. to an official investigation of the funeral industry.

A.

that led eventually

B.

that had led eventually

C.

that eventually led

D.

which led eventually

E.

who eventually led

Sabotage came from the French saboter, ..................... clatter with wooden shoes (sabots).”

A.

which means “ to

B.

which means, “ to

C.

that means “to

D.

that means- “to

E.

that means, “to

In studying an assignment it is wise to read it over quickly at................. see the major points, and finally outline the material.

A.

first, than

B.

first: then

C.

first-then

D.

first, then

E.

first-than

To judge the Tidy City contest, we ................................... .

A.

picked an uninterested party.

B.

picked an interested party!

C.

picked a disinterested party.

D.

are in the process of picking an uninterested party.

E.

picked an disinterested party.

Linda decides they ........................ before the killers find them.

A.

had better scram

B.

had better leave

C.

should hurry and scram

D.

could hurry and leave

E.

had better get out

I really ............. the character of Brutus.

A.

dug

B.

thought about

C.

thought of

D.

admired

E.

gazed at

Once upon a point a time, a small person named Little Red Riding Hood initated plans for the preparation, ........................................................................................... .

A.

and transportation of foodstuffs to her Grandmother.

B.

and transportation of food stuffs to her Grandmother.

C.

and transportation of food supplies to her Grandmother.

D.

and transportation of foodstuffs to her grandmother.

E.

and, transportation of food supplies to her grand mother.

The setting of a story .............................. .

A.

effects the story's plot

B.

effects the stories plot

C.

affect the story's plot

D.

affects the story's plot

E.

affects the story's plots