Economists have tried to discourage the use of the phrase “underdeveloped nation” and encouraging the more accurate phrase “developing nation” in order to suggest an ongoing process.

Choose the correct past forms and past participle forms of the following verbs:  fall - _______ - _______ 

Since the 1930's chemical insecticides such as D.D.T _________ very effective in destroying disease-carrying insects.

The threat of being dismissed do not worry me any more because I have started my own business.

While his friends went ________ into the next class, John was kept ________.

Phillip can’t type well. ........................

To remove stains from permanent press clothing, carefully soaking in hot water before washing with a regular detergent.

Someone who has ever tried to pick up spilled Mercury will agree that this element is easy to handle.

If you ________ a book, you have a brief look at it without reading or studying it seriously.

Identify the error in each sentence: 

The food that my mom is cooking in the kitchen smells deliciously.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions

A. Finish     B. Forget     C. Farmer     D. Finger

Choose the best answer:

The child used ......... about nature when they were in kindergarten.

From the four words or phrases (A,B,C or D), choose the one that best completes the sentence.

 We thought she was over the worst of her illness, but yesterday she had a ……..

He warned me to make an eye on my luggage as that place was full of thieves.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.

 A. Workbook     B. Tomato     C. Mountain     D. Lion

My dream house is the one that would surround by trees and would have agorgeous lake.

Allen’s not having finished his thesis did not discourage him from applying for other degree program.

Disease is not as widespread than before because of better preventation medicine and vastly improved nutrition.

If I come to a boring bit in a book, I just ________ a few pages till the real story starts again.

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

I think it's important to listen to both sides of the argument.

The number of student attending English courses at our university are increasing.