Use of English 21b (revision)

Little Jim didn't feel lonely at the camp because there were ________ children he knew.

1. a few
2. a little
3. few
4. less

I couldn't concentrate on my work because I ________ about the things she had told me.

1. think
2. thought
3. used to think
4. was thinking

I found the solution to the problem all ________ myself. No one helped me.

1. by
2. from
3. just
4. on

It's ten years now since I ________ school.

1. 've left
2. leave
3. leaving
4. left

Marty wasn't at home when I phoned so I ________ a message on his answering machine.

1. did
2. left
3. made
4. took

I hope you won't regret ________ that decision later on.

1. made
2. make
3. making
4. to make

You'd rather go to the cinema with someone else, ________?

1. couldn't you
2. didn't you
3. hadn't you
4. wouldn't you

Soldiers have to ________ their orders without questions.

1. carry on
2. carry out
3. take on
4. take out

The college was ________ in 1912 by a group of teachers.

1. find
2. fined
3. found
4. founded

His only goal was to achieve ________.

1. in popularity
2. popular
3. popularity
4. to be popular