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:

Once in a while I visit my grandparents on the farm and stay there for some days.

You need to study really hardly is you don’t want to fail your exams.

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:

Mr. Smith’s new neighbors appear to be very friendly.

The police at first knew where the bandit was hiding, but later lose track of him.

Six decibel, which is a unit of relative loud, is the smallest amount of change detected by the human ear.

Choose the correct answer:

He finds it difficult ____________ Tolstoy’s novel named “War and Peace”.

The boy ________ off his jacket and ________ it away.

Salmon lay their eggs and die in fresh water, although they live in salt water when most of their children lives.

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He prefers reading comics _________ playing football.

Most sand dunes are always in motion as wind pushes sand upward one side of each dune, over the top, and down the other  side

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.

Names of people in the book were changed to preserve anonymity.

This book is not really ________. It is a waste of money buying it.

That lecturer, his name I have been forgotten, is very well-known.

Composer John Cage, used many unusual objects as instrument in his music, including cowbells, flower pots, tin cans, and saw blades.

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If you want the milkman ...... you milk in the morning, remember ....a milk bottle outside your house.

Identify the one underlined word A, B, C or D that must be changed for the sentence to be correct: 

A prolific writer, even when he was teaching a number of classes, Harry Crews never achieving popularity among the masses.

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 yearly growth of the gross national product is often used as an indicator of a nation's economy.

Choose the best answer:

He ............... playing with his dog.

Identify the error in each sentence: Foreign students who are doing a decision about which school to attend may notknow exactly where the choices are located

Vaslov Nijinsky achieved world recognition as both a dancer as well as a choreographer.

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. Familiar     B. Uncertain     C. Global     D. Impatient