There's a rumor that the National Bank is going to take ________ the company I work for.

Choose the correct response to each of the following exchanges.

A: “____?"

B:  "It's ten minutes' walk from here.”

We worked…..how much of our salaries we would have to save each year.

Paul, do you think you could ________ me ________ for the night? t’s a bit too late to go home now.

Tom should not _____ me your secret, but he meant no harm.

“How was the first night of the play?” “Oh, pretty good – there were a _______________ number of people there.”

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence. "_____ carrying out projects to develop a city, urban planners look at the needs of local people and the environment."

Everyone in the class was so clever that couldn’t ________ up with them.

Choose the best option:

I received that parcel ____ my sister this morning, but I have not opened it yet.

I’ll be back in a minute, Jane. just want to try out my new tape recorder.

Your room is in a mess! Do a bit of ___________ up, will you?

Those new students hope _______in the school’s sports activities.

Who will ________ your child while you go out to work?

My younger sister read the whole book without the ________ difficulty.

Although the team was both mentally and physically exhausted, they ________ on walking.

Remember to ________ you shoes when you are in a Japanese house.

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the following word(s). "cosmopolitan"

 I didn't hear the phone. I _____ asleep. 

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence. "I believe people ______ have a better life in the future"

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence. "A commission was _______ to investigate the possible locations of this new city"

Jack _____ yet, otherwise he would have telephoned me