Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

GCSE are not compulsory, but they are the most common qualifications taken by students.

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: 

Although my brother is sometimes mischievous, he is well-behaved on the whole.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Unemployment is a massive problem for the government at the moment.

A surprising number of popular spectator sports, for example football or baseball, ______ in Europe or the USA in the nineteenth century. 

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Nothing ………his opinion.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

The annual report indicates significant growth_____________the past several years.

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The .............. of days in a week is seven.

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  The film star wore dark glasses _____ that no one would recognize him.

 “Are you ready, Ann?” “Yes,I.......................... ” 

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

Its…………into Brazil has given Darrow Textiles Ltd. an advantage over much of its competition.

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The National Roadway Service advises drivers to be………during wet road conditions

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I’ll wait here until you ...........

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Jurassite Series 3 bicycles are designed….... for long-distance travel.

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For a brochure explaining the city’s.......................... to encourage recycling, please contact Christine Lee.

Use the word at the end of each gap to form a new word with which to fill the gap: 
‘It is simply this. That Space, as our __(1)___ (MATH) have it, is spoken of as having three dimensions, which one may call __(2)___ (LONG), Breadth, and __(3)___ (THICK), and is always definable by __(4)___ (REFER) to three planes, each at right angles to the others. But some philosophical people have been asking why THREE dimensions ___(5)__ (PARTICULAR) - why not another direction at right angles to the other three?-and have even tried to construct a Four-Dimension geometry. Professor Simon Newcomb was expounding this to the New York Mathematical Society only a month or so ago. You know how on a flat surface, which has only two dimensions, we can represent a figure of a three _(6)____ (DIMENSION) solid, and _(7)____ (SIMILAR) they think that by models of three dimensions they could represent one of four-if they could master the perspective of the thing. See?’
(3)..................

_________ in large quantities in the Middle East, oil became known as black gold because of the large profit it brought.

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He came home late, so I asked him where ...... been.

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ASEAN is an organization on the Southeast Asian region that aims to _______ economic growth, social progress, and cultural development.

When he ............... that his nomination would mean competing with his closest friend he ............ to withdraw. 

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Neither Lan or (A) her friends care (B) about the (C) coming exam (D).

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I didn’t know ............... that machine.