When I was a child, I loved to splash through the ______ after rain.

Steve Kootenay-Jobin, Aboriginal housing coordinator at Mount Royal University, notes that many Indigenous students who move to the city for education, encounter culture shock.

If you put your money in a bank now, you may get 12%___________annually.

The mechanic examined the car engine ______ but could find nothing wrong with it.

Paper clips, drawing pins and safety-pins were ____ all over the floor.

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.

Not until all their demands had been turned down did the workers decide to go on strike for more welfare.

Carlos was ………. the first prize in the essay competition.

The thief was _____ to prison for two years.

The profit has now ________ towards the point where it nearly doubled.

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 the following questions.

Your experience with oil well fires will be invaluable to the company in case of trouble.

When he passes the entrance exam, his parents will be walking on the air.

These projects have proved to be very effective in dealing with global climate change, which was considered an insoluble problem in the first 30 years of this century.

Only three out of twenty ______ were chosen for the job after the interview.

He president has failed to_______ the two most important social issues of our time.

Do not _____ the butter too thickly on the bread. 

He may be shy now, but he will soon come out of his__________ when he meets the right girl.

Many young people in rural areas don't want to spend their lives on the farm like ______ parents.

The society was set up to______ endangered species from extinction.

Whenever problems come up, we discuss them frankly and find solutions quickly.

Nylon is a man-made fibre, the use of which has helped more people to have cheaper and more colourful clothes to wear.

The promise of jobs and prosperity pulls people to cities.