Choose the word or phrase A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
Illiteracy rates .... in recent years.
A.fell
B.have fallen
C.was falling
D.had fallen

Choose the word or phrase A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
Nobody yet knew what ............ to cause the dam to burst.
A.happens
B.to happen
C.had happened
D.did it happen

Choose the word or phrase A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
The weather report says that ................ ten inches of snow tomorrow.
A.may be there are
B.there might be
C.there may be
D.we maybe have

Choose the word or phrase A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
............in 1636, Harvard is one of the most famous universities in the United States.
A.Founding
B.Founded
C.Being founded
D.It was founded

Identify the one underlined word or phrase - A, B, C or D - that must be changed for the sentence to be correct.
The museum (A) guard asked (B) the visitors to not touch (C) the exhibits.(D)
A.The museum
B.asked
C.to not touch
D.exhibits.

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
A.minority
B.literacy
C.primary
D.library

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
A.straggle
B.maturity
C.student
D.education

Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others.
A.combat
B.ethnic
C.province
D.campaign

Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others.
A.education
B.universal
C.eradication
D.population

Choose the word or phrase A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
The price of petrol has gone ............. by over 50 percent in less than a year.
A.out
B.up
C.over
D.off