File 7: Progress Check

Choose the correct answer.

1. Of all the candidates for state senator, she really ... kept stood looked out for her thoughtful, intelligent responses to all the debate questions as well as her natural charisma and sense of humor.
2. I’m sorry, but I don’t take my orders from you, Mr. Mills. I ... answer to call for come across my manager, Ms. Soto.
3. Wow, I didn’t think anyone could organize a bigger and more entertaining party than Claudia. You’ve really ... overdone outdone prodone her!
4. We didn’t have to do a thing when we arrived in Singapore. Our entire trip had been ... pro-arranged re-arranged pre-arranged .
5. The volcano suddenly erupted after having been ... inactive deactive underactive for hundreds of years.
6. Kerry ... overtook mistook retook the driving test because she failed the first test.
7. I’m sorry to say this, but I don’t understand why you still hang around with Randal—he doesn’t appreciate you at all. I really think you ... overvalue undervalue devalue his friendship.
8. The meeting this afternoon is optional. You ... must not don’t have to aren’t supposed to come.
9. We had so many leftovers from our holiday party, we ... shouldn’t have gone didn’t need to go weren’t supposed to go to the supermarket for a week!
10. You really ... ought better should send them the money you owe them, or you could have a serious problem.
11. Carlos just went to the emergency room. He really ... should have seen must have seen had to see a doctor much sooner about those stomachaches.
12. James, it’s time to put your phone away. Remember, we ... don’t have to aren’t allowed to had better not use any electronic devices during the test.
13. I really ... had better not eaten was shouldn’t have eaten that whole piece of chocolate cake. It was much too heavy, and now I feel a little bit ill.
14. Sharp objects such as pocket knives, nail clippers, and razors are not ... supposed needed permitted on board the plane.
15. Please remember, dogs ... don’t have to must not are not permitted to eat chocolate, or they can become very ill!
16. Seo-yun was startled in the middle of the night by a sudden noise ... out out of outside her bedroom window.
17. The cat jumped up ... lives onto into the counter and began to eat the leftover meatloaf.
18. Jason is ... at in inside the art museum now, but he said he’d be back home before dinnertime.
19. As soon as Lisa noticed me waving at her, she interrupted her conversation and started walking ... toward at to me.
20. My grandmother’s beautiful painting of a sunset on the lake is hanging ... on top of above at the sofa.
21. Before I knew what was happening, the dog slipped out of his collar and ran ... off along away from me.
22. Can you please read me what you wrote in this note? I don’t understand your ... scribbling sprawling sketching .
23. The blister on his left toe had gotten so bad, that Mikhail ... glanced winced shrugged with every alternate step he took.
24. It ... seems feels smells fantastic in here. What are you baking?
25. I’ve talked to the artist a couple of times. He ... looks sounds seems like a really interesting guy.
26. You look as ... like though of you could use some rest.
27. ... Do you see Are you seeing Do you look at the woman crossing the street in the background of the painting?
28. I can ... see hear feel someone walking in the apartment above us.
29. Graham ... is looking seems like is seeming more tired than usual. Do you think he’s OK?
30. With her rigid seriousness and quiet pride, Isabella ... looked felt seemed a lot more like her father than her mother.