Passage 1
Each question in the text refers to a numbered blank. For each question, choose the best answer from the options A, B and C or A, B, C and D to fit the numbered blank.
My mother is good at gardening and it is her hobby. We ___________(1) in a house where there ___________(2) a big compound. Mum ___________(3) to plant fruit trees, vegetables and flowers. The papaya, mango and banana trees ___________(4) scattered around the compound.
The vegetable plot ___________(5) at the back of the house and it
___________(6) leafy vegetables as well as long beans, brinjals and lady’s fingers. Roses, orchids and sunflowers ___________(7) in the front garden. We always have fresh fruit and vegetables to eat. Mum’s hobby ___________(8) us a lot of money indeed.
1. A live
B is living
C lives
D were living
2. A has B is
C are
3. A love
B loves
C is loving
D was loving
4. A was
B have
C do
D are
5. A lie
B was lying
C lies
D is lying
6. A is
B has
C have
D are
7. A grow
B grows
C is growing
D was growing
8. A saves
B are saving
C have saved
B is living
C lives
D were living
2. A has B is
C are
3. A love
B loves
C is loving
D was loving
4. A was
B have
C do
D are
5. A lie
B was lying
C lies
D is lying
6. A is
B has
C have
D are
7. A grow
B grows
C is growing
D was growing
8. A saves
B are saving
C have saved