Being a nurse involves being cheerful, working unsocial hours, and come home with me smelling of disinfectant.

The police officer lectured the children for ten minutes about the dangers to throw stones, but then let them off with a warning.

Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the sentence.

People are often unwilling to tell a stranger how much they__________.

The second thing she did when she got to the hotel was to put her rings and other values in the safe provided.

So far most a million different species of insects have been identified and named.

Tucked away in the mountains of Bolivia and Peru, Lake Titicaca are the highest navigable lake in the world.

I enjoy listening to pop music.

In the sixteenth century, Francois Vieta, a French mathematician, used the vowels “a”, “b”, “c”, “d”, “u” to represent a unknown number.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

The amount spent on defense is in sharp contrast to that spent on housing and health.

Identify the error in each sentence: 

Had Peter driven more carefully, he would not had had the accident yesterday

Mumps are a very common disease which usually affects young children

Choose the best answer:

He suggested ........... a meeting and ........... the workers ........... the matter themselves.

Identify the error in each sentence: Rhonda is not very keen about foreign food and fast food as well.

Choose the best answer:

I am afraid of .............. by the strong wind.

Life expectancy has increased a great deal in spite of modern medicine and technology.

It spent a long time to travel to the skiing resort but in the end, we got there.

I've tried to talk my parents into buying me a new smartphone but they just seem to ......... and ignore me.

Choose the best answer:

I hurt ..................when I fell.

A good artist, like a good engineer, learns as much from their mistakes as from successes.

Choose the best answer:

Did you remember............. the car?

Among the world’s 44 richest countries, there has been not war since 1945.