Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair or group of sentences in the following questions.

Some people wanted travel scholarships. The end of the week was the deadline. By then everyone had applied

  

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence below.

Since I _______ to the town, I _______ home.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

It can_____________reduce the clutter in your home office and make it easier to keep track of your records.

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase. 
The Philippines, officially known (1) _____ the Republic of the Philippines, is (2) _____ in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. The Philippine (3) ____ 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean, sharing borders with Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam. The Philippines is the world's 12th most populous country with a population approaching 90 million people. Its national (4) _____ is the 37th largest in the world with a 2006 gross domestic product (GDP) of over 117.562 billion USD. There are (5) _____ 11 million overseas Filipinos worldwide. The Philippines became a Spanish colony in the 16th century and an American territory at the (6) _____ of the 20th century. The Philippines won independence from Spain in 1896. The Philippines (7) _____ its independence from the United States on July 4, 1946 after World War II. Spanish was (8) _____ official language of the Philippines until 1973. Since then, the two official languages are Filipino and English. The Philippines had cultural ties with Malaysia, Indonesia, and India in the ancient time, and trade (9) _____ with China and Japan as early as the 9th century. The late 1960s and early 1970s its economic development was second in Asia, (10) _____ to Japan. The Philippines is a founding and active member of the United Nations and is a founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)/ The Philippines is also a member of the East Asia Summit (EAS) and an active member in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
(8)........................

Choose the best answer:

I have no ....... to his coming here.

 He fell down when he ......................towards the church. 

Is there any more……..about the accident?

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

I think Mike is very_____________at his job.

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:

Dozens of applicants showed up for the vacant position, but only a handful of them were shortlisted for the interview.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

Employees are reminded to print only________is needed so as to avoid wasting paper.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

Zarina Bekler’s new autumn collection features skirts in a ______ variety of  colors and fabrics.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

The children felt _________ when their mother was coming back home.

When the first child was born, they .............for three years

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentences: 

He retired when he ___________ the enterprise’s project.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

Our team of specialists works with clients to develop____________marketing strategies.

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: 

Organized research may discourage novel approaches and inhibit creativity, so seminal discoveries are still likely to be made by inventors in the classic individualistic tradition.

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:

Did anyone acknowledge responsibility for the outbreak of the fire ?

Choose the best option among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  …..Paul brings the money for our lunch, we’ll go right down to the cafeteria.

Henry....................... into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner. 

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.

His new yacht is certainly an ostentatious display of his wealth.

Burning 250 or 500 calories per day can make a big _____ .