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:

There are many TV commercials which distracting viewers from watching their favorite films.

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Being able to understand and communicate in _________ language is clearly a useful skill.

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The football match between our school and their school ended in a________with no goal.

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Many librarians and teachers are now accepting graphic novels as proper literature for children as they _______ young people and motivate them to read

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If a book is thought to be "hard-to-put-down", that book is a_________one.

What you wear is always important as it creates the first impression. So ________ neatly, but comfortably.

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

I ________ telephone her if I knew her number.

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An old farmer said that their lives had changed a lot thanks to the _________ our children brought home

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For the first few minutes she was leading the race, then she began to fall ______

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Tom went to the dentist to have his decayed tooth _________ as he couldn't stand the toothache

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It was a complete surprise to discover that teenagers themselves saw heated arguments ____.

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He said that everything will be all right.

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It was a ________of luck that we found somewhere to park quickly last night.

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I think mobile phones are __________ for people of all ages\

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We can‟t even walk in the storm. Let‟s wait in the hallway where we‟ll be ______ the strong winds until things quiet down

We have to come to the conclusion. We are ____ out of time.

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:

She is an efficient (A) worker because she does twice as more (B) work as other (C) people do (D).

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Volunteer activities bring together people who might not ____ have contact with one another

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions: Some medicines should be (dissolved) before they are taken

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On no account ________________________

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In order to_____ their goals in college, students need to invest the maximum amount of time, money, and energy in their studies