In the given series, you will be looking at both the letter pattern and the number pattern. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate answer.

1. Look at this series: 2, 1, 1212, 1414,... What number should come next?

2. Look at this series: 36, 34, 30, 28, 24,... What number should come next?

3. Look at this series: 53, 53, 40, 40, 27, 27,... What number should come next?

4. Look at this series: 14, 28, 20, 40, 32, 64,... What number should come next?

5. Fill in the blank in the middle of the series. SCD, TEF, UGH, ____, WKL.

6. Fill in the blank in the middle of the series. ELFA, GLHA, ILJA, _____, MLNA.

7. Fill in the blank at the end of the series. BCB, DED, FGF, HIH, _____.

8. Fill in the blank in the middle of the series. P₅QR, P₄QS, P₃QT, ______, P₁QV.

Fill the blank with the correct form of the word at the end of each sentence.    

      Write your answer in the space given. (10 pts)

1.       We liked our teacher for his lively ______________________. person

2.       Two ______________________ hijacked an airplane and made the pilot fly to Baghdad. terrOR

3.       We always have a spare bedroom in case visitors arrive ______________________.  expect                

4.       She sat in terrible ______________________ on the hard chair for over an hour. comfort

5.       Morning exercise is very ______________________ to our health. BENEFIT

6.       I fell ____________________ because I hadn’t had any sleep the night before. SLEEP

7.       You need to read the ____________________ before using this machine. Instruct

8.       Her ____________________ was so great that she could not sleep all night.  Anxious

9.       Tom took part in the activities with great ____________________.  ENTHUSIASTIC

10.    I was annoyed at his ____________________ to co-operate.  REFUSE

Fill the blank with the correct form of the word at the end of each sentence.    

      Write your answer in the space given. (10 pts)

1.       We liked our teacher for his lively ______________________. person

2.       Two ______________________ hijacked an airplane and made the pilot fly to Baghdad. terror

3.       We always have a spare bedroom in case visitors arrive ______________________.  expect                

4.       She sat in terrible ______________________ on the hard chair for over an hour. comfort

5.       Morning exercise is very ______________________ to our health. BENEFIT

6.       I fell ____________________ because I hadn’t had any sleep the night before. SLEEP

7.       You need to read the ____________________ before using this machine. Instruct

8.       Her ____________________ was so great that she could not sleep all night.  Anxious

9.       Tom took part in the activities with great ____________________.  ENTHUSIASTIC

10.    I was annoyed at his ____________________ to co-operate.  REFUSE

Fill the blank in each sentence below with the correct form of the word at the end of each sentence.    Write your answer in the space given. (5 pts)

1.      I’m tired of listening to all your ____________________. COMPLAIN

2.      She got very angry, but later apologized for her ____________________. PATIENT

3.      The ____________________ is that the plan will fail. CONCLUDE

4.      The situation has never been so ____________________ before. CHAOS

5.      He could find no words to describe the ____________________. TRAGIC

6.      He has always dreamt of becoming a ____________________.  MILLION

7.      He was too ____________________ to tell his teacher about his stupid mistake. SHAME

8.      It was very ____________________ of him to steal the money. HONEST

9.      Are you going to Malaysia on business or for ____________________? PLEASE

10.  His grandfather is very ____________________ about Chinese history. KNOW

Fill in the blank with the correct number

Question 1:
Complete the number pattern: 
 0,3,8,15,24,,48.

Question 2:
Find the area of the shaded region if A and B are squares of sides 5cm and 8cm respectively. 

Answer: The area of the shaded region is  .
(write your answer by decimal in simplest form)

Question 3:
If , compute =.

Question 4:

The side of each square grid is 2cm. Find the area of the shaded region.
Answer: The area of the shaded region is  .

Question 5:
If , find the value of m in .
Answer: m=.

Question 6:
How many whole numbers between 1 and 100 are not divisible by 3 or 11?
Answer:  numbers.

Question 7:
Evaluate:
=.
(round to four decimal places)

Question 8:
Evaluate:
=.
(write your answer by decimal in simplest form)

Question 9:
Find the whole number A knowing that A is 9 units greater than the average of A, 38, 45 and 67.
Answer: A=.

Question 10:
Find the whole number C knowing that C is 14 units smaller than the average of C, 68, 72, 99.
Answer: C=.

IX  Read the passage and fill in the blank with a given word.

starred        awards   made     acted      different    money       dramas

          Ewan McGregor was born in Scotland in 1971. At the age of 21, he (1) ……………. his first film. So far in his career, he has appeared in many (2) ………….. types of films, including comedies, musicals, ……………. (3) and the Star Wars movies. His uncle, Denis Lawson, was in the original Star War in 1977 and McGregor (4) ……………. in his first Star Wars movies 22 years later. It is said that his film has won lots of (5) …………….