Mark A, B, C, or D to show the word or phrase that needs correcting in the following sentences.

1. Lawrence Robert Klein received the 1980 Nobel Prize in economics for pioneering the useful of computers to forecast economic activity.

2. Almost the electricity for industrial use comes from large generators driven by steam turbines.

3. Australian koalas are furry, gray animal that live in trees and feed on leaves.

4. Televisions are now an everyday feature of most households, and television viewing is the number one activity leisure.

5. We were at trouble because we had entered the building without permission.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each question.

1. The inspector __________ to say whether there were any suspects.

A. refused B. avoided C. stopped D. denied

2. If you behave with this sort of __________ to your customers, I don’t think you’ll remain in business long.

A. unpolite B. impolite C. impoliteness D. unpoliteness

3. The speaker showed his __________ by constantly straightening his tie.

A. nerves B. nervous C. nervelessness D. nervousness

4. Colonists __________ in isolated areas of Northern America were almost totally self-sufficient.

A. lived B. living C. who living D. who that lived

5. My father is __________ business now. He hasn’t returned yet.

A. in B. on C. for D. from

6. Many students __________ go to remote or mountainous areas to help the people there.

A. volunteer B. voluntarily C. volunteering D. voluntary

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each question.

1. You can learn as much theory as you like, but you only master a skill by __________ it a lot.

A. practising B. training C. exercising D. doing

2. They listened __________ while the examiner gabe them the directions.

A. attentive B. attentively C. attentiveness D. attention

3. - “Could you lend me your pencil?”

- “__________”

A. Yes, I have just got one

B. Sorry, I haven’t got one

C. And could your take care of it?

D. No, I couldn’t. Excuse me.

4. If it __________ rain, we’ll have the party in the garden.

A. wouldn’t B. doesn’t C. didn’t D. won’t

5. I was sitting in a café __________ afternoon when I saw the Prime Minister pass by.

A. the B. in C. an D. one

Mark the letter A, B, C, D to indicate the correct answer to each question.

1. Although she is very popular, she is not as __________ as her sister.

A. senseless B. sensitive C. sense D. sensible

2. Instead of buying a new pair of shoes, I had my old ones __________.

A. repair B. to repair C. repairing D. repaired

3. I overslept and __________ was late for the meeting.

A. so B. too C. much D. very

4. They forgot about __________ them to join us for the summer charity work.

A. us to ask B. us asking C. our asking D. we asking

5. We’ll get there __________ by train if we leave tonight.

A. so fast B. fast enough C. too fast D. enough fast

6. I can’t help __________ what you said

A. overhear B. to overhear C. overhearing D. overheard

Choose the word in each line that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. A. relax B. snack C. area D. atlas

2. A. reception B. creature C. sculpture D. card

3. A. tough B. mount C. pound D. account

4. A. glucose B. goodish C. guess D. giraffe

5. A. chopstick B. stomach C. ouch D. fetch