Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
He called to tell me that he was studying. However, I didn’t believe him because there were a party-like sound.
A.Though he was studying when he called, I thought he was lying because he phoned, I didn’t believe his claim that he was studying.
B.Because of the sounds of a party I heard in the background when he phoned, I didn’t believe his claim that he was studying.
C.Although he rang me to tell me that he was studying , I couldn’t hear what he was saying properly because of my unbelievably noisy party.
D.I didn’t believe that he could study properly with the noise of a party in the background and and I told him that when he telephoned.

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.
Hazardous waste is waste that has substantial or potential threats to public health or the environment.
A.vivid           
B.risky     
C.dangerous  
D.secure

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
The product that you bought at the lower price is the more inferior to the one that we sell at a slightly higher price.
A.the more inferior 
B.that you bought 
C.the one  
D.at a slightly

The gas from the chemical factories is extremely (harm)..........
A.harmful
B.harmless
C.harmfully
D.harmlessness

Exercise 2. Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from the others.

A.courteous         
B.subscribe 
C.service
D.customer

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the questions.
The airline requested a confirmation call to ensure a seat on my flight back home.
A.The airline made sure I got a seat on my flight home.
B.I secured a seat on my flight home.
C.The airline confirmed a seat on my flight home.
D.It was necessary to confirm seat on my flight back home.

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
I was late for work because my alarm clock did not ____ off.
A.turn                         
B.put                          
C.send
D.go

According to the passage, the pizza maker made the pizza colourful to______
A.make it look delicious
B.give it an interesting look
C.catch the king and queen’s attention
D.show he loved his country

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Many of the beautiful buildings in our cities ______ by exhaust gases from cars and factories. We must do something to stop this.
A.were destroyed      
B.are destroyed
C.are being destroyed        
D.have been destroyed

Animals like frogs (A) have waterproof skin (B) that prevents (C) it from drying out quickly in air, sun or (D) wind.
A.have 
B.that 
C.it
D.wind