PRACTICE 4
1. I have vivid _________ of that evening.
A. memoirs B. accounts C. reminiscences D. memories
2. A church service was held in _________ of the victims.
A. remembrance B. memory C. celebration D. recollection
3. Your hair and eyes ________ me of your mother.
A. strike B. remind C. reminisce D. recalling
4. That tune really __________ back memories.
A. carries B. reminds C. recalls D. brings
5. I completely forgot _________ Gemma's party.
A. about B. of C. off D. for
6. “The earthquake surprised everyone.” “Yes, I was reading the paper when it __________.”
A. had hit B. hit C. has hit D. had been hit
7. Fatemah looked down to discover a snake at her feet. When she saw it, she ________.
A. was screaming B. had screamed C. screamed D. screams
8. A small stone struck the windshield while we _________ down the gravel road.
A. drive B. were driving C. had driven D. had been driving
9. We were having dinner while it _________.
A. rains B. is going to rain C. raining D. was raining
10. While the reporter __________ the policeman, the robber escape.
A. interviewing B. was interviewing C. had been interviewing D. has been interviewing
11. While her husband was in the army, Joyce ________ to him twice a week.
A. was writing B. wrote C. have written D. had written
12. He ________ fast when a dog crossed the street.
A. is driving B. drove C. was driven D. was driving
13. Martha dances badly, but Sonja dances _________ than Martha.
A. badly B. more badly C. worse D. worst
14. My father drives fast, but I drive ________ than my father.
A. more fast B. faster C. fast D. more fastly
15. You work late yesterday, but I worked _________ than you.
A. more late B. later C. late D. more lately
KEY
1.
D
6.
B
11.
B
2.
A
7.
C
12.
D
3.
B
8.
B
13.
C
4.
D
9.
D
14.
B
5.
A
10.
B
15.
B
1. I have vivid _________ of that evening.
A. memoirs B. accounts C. reminiscences D. memories
2. A church service was held in _________ of the victims.
A. remembrance B. memory C. celebration D. recollection
3. Your hair and eyes ________ me of your mother.
A. strike B. remind C. reminisce D. recalling
4. That tune really __________ back memories.
A. carries B. reminds C. recalls D. brings
5. I completely forgot _________ Gemma's party.
A. about B. of C. off D. for
6. “The earthquake surprised everyone.” “Yes, I was reading the paper when it __________.”
A. had hit B. hit C. has hit D. had been hit
7. Fatemah looked down to discover a snake at her feet. When she saw it, she ________.
A. was screaming B. had screamed C. screamed D. screams
8. A small stone struck the windshield while we _________ down the gravel road.
A. drive B. were driving C. had driven D. had been driving
9. We were having dinner while it _________.
A. rains B. is going to rain C. raining D. was raining
10. While the reporter __________ the policeman, the robber escape.
A. interviewing B. was interviewing C. had been interviewing D. has been interviewing
11. While her husband was in the army, Joyce ________ to him twice a week.
A. was writing B. wrote C. have written D. had written
12. He ________ fast when a dog crossed the street.
A. is driving B. drove C. was driven D. was driving
13. Martha dances badly, but Sonja dances _________ than Martha.
A. badly B. more badly C. worse D. worst
14. My father drives fast, but I drive ________ than my father.
A. more fast B. faster C. fast D. more fastly
15. You work late yesterday, but I worked _________ than you.
A. more late B. later C. late D. more lately
KEY
1.
D
6.
B
11.
B
2.
A
7.
C
12.
D
3.
B
8.
B
13.
C
4.
D
9.
D
14.
B
5.
A
10.
B
15.
B
