General Grammar Test # 1

He can't explain why he ____this mistake again.

My friend intended _______help him.

He postponed ______a decision till it was too late to do anything.

I've taken this watch ____pieces and now I can't put it together.

The new park will have _____a marina and an aquarium.

_____the coyote, which hunts in packs, the fox prefers to hunt alone.

If he had talked to them about it yesterday, he ______so many problems today.

Jennifer was amazed when Tom told her that she_________a lottery.

Peter has changed a lot. I didn't recognize him _____

He suggests that prominent people ______to contribute.

______had he entered the room than the telephone rang.

Can you take the documents to the lawyer's office to _____?

Not only swallows build their nests inside farm buildings but ______as well.

Noise pollution generally receives less attention than _____air pollution.

Lack of exercise and high-fat diets have ______to be factors in heart attacks.

In the Sahara desert, the daytime temperatures_____to 50 degrees Celsius.

How ____money is there on the table?

_____making a person ill enough, this poison does not kill.

He asked whose money ______on the table.

Put the salt in the water and let it _____before adding the vegetables.

The students were ____eager to use the computers that they skipped their lunch.

They have been busy______they finished writing the essay.

During the American Revolution, people took part in subversive actions, ______the Boston Tea Party.

______intensive research can a vaccine for the virus be found.

Nick didn't want _______.

_______the finish line first, the runner gave up.

By the time they got home it ______.

Wool, as well as certain _____ fabrics, can cause skin irritation.

He has been said that they _____to come in time.

_____not until the invention of the camera that artists correctly painted horses.