Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
He insisted __________ taking us to dinner. 
A. on 
B.  in  
C. over 
D. of

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
He hasn’t been cheerful ____________ the death of his close friend. 
A. for       
B. during    
C. since  
D. from

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
“You ____________ spend your free time on playing football”, my mother used to say when I was a schoolboy. 
A. needn’t           
B. couldn’t               
C. mustn’t               
D. can’t

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
 In some places in the world, many people ____________ basic human rights.
 
A. have denied
B. are denying
C. are being denied
D. deny

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
_______________ to rain before you woke up this morning? 
A. Did it begin          
B. Has it begun  
C. Had it begun            
D. Would it begin

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
I _________ with you on that subject. 
A. am agree               
B. am agreed                
C. agreeing              
D. agree

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Before the end of the term, I ________________ all the required reading.
 
A. was finished by                     
B. had been finished by
C. had finished                    
D. had been finished

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
come                 comfort                   some                comb
A. come                 
B. comfort                   
C. some                
D. comb

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
world                   sports                          morning                       corporation
A. world 
B. sports 
C. morning  
D. corporation

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
wave                   pave                     engage                  average
A. wave                   
B. pave                     
C. engage
D. average