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Isobel, ____________ brother he was, had heard the joke before.

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Your fare, accommodation and meals are all __________ in the price of this holiday

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My teacher has had _____ of asking you to show the students the process of fixing computers.

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The woman used to_________a lot of golden rings at parties when she was young

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When she __________ her mistake, she apologized.

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The company allows some customers to buy goods on _________ and pay for them later. 

In the ________of a recent report by the Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills, “A strong back, the willingness to work, and a high school diploma were once all that was necessary to make a start in America.”

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________ the salesman promised to exchange the defective CD player for a new one, they insisted on getting a refund

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I applied for that position but was______

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

Those children who stay longer hours at school than at home tend to spend their formative years in the company of others with similar aims and interests.

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He’s never on time to fulfill the tasks, __________________?

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Your parents don’t allow you to go out with me, ______________?

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the undelined part that needs correction in each of the following questions:

Living in New York, apartments cost more to rent than they do in other smaller cities.

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Supermarkets do this too, but on a much larger scale when buying fruit and vegetables fromfarmers. And what _________ of the ones with marks on them

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It was a very hot summer, sales of bottles of water went ________ the roof

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My dad’s beginning to __________ grey, and he’s only 35

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It seemed that you had failed the examination, _______?

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions:

Your trip (A) to Ho Chi Minh City (B) sounds absolutely (C) fascinated. I’d love to go (D) there.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

His career in the illicit drug trade ended with the police raid this morning.

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Filmmakers are maybe thinking about making money ________ of bad effects on children.

One of the four underlined parts marked A, B, C, D in each sentence is not correct in standard English. Identify them:

If I had spoken more confident at the interview, they would have offered me the job.