I ______ get on the bus when I heard someone calling me from behind.
A. was to B. was going to
C. would D. was about to
We ______ carefully but _______ nothing.
A. listened; heard B. heard; listened
C. listened; listened D. heard; heard
She sliced her finger _______ when cutting vegetables.
A. in accident B. incident
C. by accident D. accident
We don’t permit _______ here.
A. people smokes B. people smoke
C. to smoke D. smoking
The secretary worked late into the night, ______ a long speech for the president.
A. to prepare B. preparing
C. prepared D. was preparing
If you want to _______, you mustn’t eat too much.
A. lose weight B. gain a weight
C. lose a weight D. lose a weight