Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

Peter didn’t mean to be disrepsectful to his teacher. He just couldn’t control his temper.

A. showing lack of attention 

B. showing impolite behaviour

C. showing lack of trust 

D. showing nervousness

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.

I’m so glad that he spoke i n   m y   b e h a l f because I f e l t   a w f u l that I couldn’t m a k e   i t to t h e   e v e n t .

A. felt awful

B. in my behalf

C. make it

D. the event

Each of the following sentence has four words or phrases underlined. The four underlined parts of the sentence are marked A, B, C, D. You are to identify the one underlined word or phrase that should be corrected or rewritten.

1. Preserving natural resources mean reserving them for our future.

A B C D

2. Despite of the increase in air fares, most people still prefer to travel by plane.

A B C D

3. Regardless of your teaching method, the objective of any conversation class should be

A B

for students to practice speaking words.

C D

4. The injured man was taken to the hospital.

A B C D

5. In order for one to achieve the desired results in this experiment, it is necessary that

he work as fastly as possible.

A B C D

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.

I can’t go out tonight because I have too many work to do

A. can’t

B. because

C. too many

D. to do

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is closest in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions

He can’t make up his mind whether he should phone her or not

A. decide

B. wonder

C. know

D. recognize

1. Nam couldn’t pass the exam______ he was too lazy.

A. because                       B. because of       C. although            D. in spite of

2. I can’t finish my homework ______ the noise.

A. because of         B. although          C. despite             D. in spite of

3. ______ there is a lot of noise in the city, I prefer living there.

A. Despite         B. In spite of   C. Because of                           D. Although

4. Julie failed the exam ______ of not working hard.

A. though                   B. in spite             C.because of         D.because

5. He went to school ______ his headache.

A.in spite of           B. although                    C. because            D. because of

6. Despite ______, we arrived on time.

A. the heavy traffic                             B. of the heavy traffic

C. there was heavy traffic                   D. of there was heavy traffic

7. ______ it was very cold, she put on her coat.

A. Although           B. Though            C.Because            D. Because of

8. ______ rain or snow, there are always more than fifty thousand fans at the football games.

A. In spite of                   B. Although                   C. Because           D. Because of

9. John lost his job______ his laziness.

A. because of             B. because            C. in spite of        D. though

10. We understood him ______ he spoke very clearly.

A. because of           B. because                      C. though             D. despite

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.

My sister didn’t leave the house key. As a result, I can’t be cooking lunch now

A. If my sister have left the house key, I could have been cooking lunch now

B. If my sister had left the house key, I could have been cooking lunch now

C. If my sister had left the house key, I could be cooking lunch now

D. If my sister left the house key, I could be cooking lunch now