Grab-and-Go: Multiple Choice Grammar Test

The Christmas shopping season (1) __________ in full swing makes many of us (2) __________ several hours trailing round the shops or surfing the Web, struggling to find the perfect gifts for the special people in our lives. But those called grab-and-goers (3) __________ Christmas shopping is positively the worst way to spend their precious free time find it a trial (4) __________ and wish (5) __________ as quickly as possible. Whatever a grab-and-goer shops for, whatever the time of year, wherever they (6) __________, disliking shopping, they buy things quickly without any deliberation or forward planning: they see, grab and go to pay. Simply not having enough time to linger (7) __________ the decision they need to get that purchase (8) __________ so that they (9) __________ on with the rest of their day. In the domains of retail and marketing products packaging and methods of display (10) __________ crucial in attracting the attention of quick and impulsive buyers.
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A | B |
C |
D |
1 | is | being | to be | has been |
2 | to be spending | be spending | spends | spending |
3 | to who | for who | for whom | whom |
4 | to endure | to be enduring | to be endured | endured |
5 | being dealt with | dealt with | to deal with | to be dealt with |
6 | would be | were | will be | are |
7 | over | upon | above | through |
8 | made | to make | making | being made |
9 | pull | turn | put | carry |
10 | now become | are now becoming | has now become | has been now become |
1.B; 2.B; 3.C; 4.C; 5.D; 6.D; 7.A; 8.A; 9.D; 10.B