1. Rice and curry _____ my favorite food. [ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻŋā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§ ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ% āĻâā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ ]
a) are
b) is
c) have
d) were
Answer: is
2. Slow and steady _____ the race. [ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻŋā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§ ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ% āĻâā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ ]
a) win
b) winning
c) make win
d) wins
Answer: wins
3. chairman and the secretary _____ present yesterday. [ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻŋā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§ ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ% āĻâā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ ]
a) were
b) is
c) has
d) was
Answer: were
4. One of my friends _____ a lawyer. [ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻŋā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§ ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ% āĻâā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ ]
a) is
b) are
c) have
d) were
Answer: is
5. Five miles _____ a long distance to walk. [ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻŋā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§ ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ% āĻâā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ ]
a) have been
b) is
c) were
d) are
Answer: is
6. The news _____ good. [ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻŋā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§ ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ% āĻâā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ ]
a) was
b) are
c) is
d) were
Answer: is
7. Cattle _____ grazing in the field. [ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻŋā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§ ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ% āĻâā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ ]
a) are
b) was
c) is
d) has
Answer: are
8. Neither of the two boys _____ present. [ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻŋā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§ ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ% āĻâā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ ]
a) are
b) was
c) have
d) were
Answer: was
9. The Arabian Nights _____ still a popular book. [ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻŋā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§ ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ% āĻâā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ ]
a) is
b) are
c) were
d) have
Answer: is
10. Many a man _____ tried to do this. [ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻŋā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§ ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ% āĻâā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ ]
a) have
b) ate
c) were
d) has
Answer: has
