*Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.

1. Last Wednesday witnessed a sudden drop in raw oil price.

A. significant    B. gradual    C. sharp    D. considerable

2. It is hard for us to …………………him to believe what we said.

A. mushroom    B. upgrade    C. surround    D. persuade

3. I wish that dog would stop barking. It’s driving me ………………….

A. mad    B. angry    C. waiting    D. upset

4. My …………………has grown up without the experience of a world war.

A. generation    B. destine    C. system    D. children

5. The government is running a campaign to promote adult ………………….

A. literature    B. illiteracy    C. literacy    D. sense

6. …………………used to be an image associated with our soldiers in the past.

A. Leather shoes    B. Rubber sandals    C. Boots    D. Sneakers

7. My friends were all extremely …………………when they heard I’d lost my job.

A. tolerant    B. sympathetic    C. obedient    D. confident

* Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

17. He was eager ………………………. (begin)

18. She is afraid of ………………………in public. (speak)

19. She was anxious ………………………her new job. (start)

20. He was amazed ………………………the truth. (discover)

21. He is accustomed to ………………………his own office. (have)

22. You were lucky ………………………such an opportunity. (have)

23. The researcher was excited about ………………………to Africa. (go)

24. I am sorry ………………………you that the tickets are sold out. (tell)

25. He was proud of ………………………the marathon. (complete)

26. We were delighted ………………………to the wedding. (invite)

*Rewrite the following sentences using “It + be + adjective + (of + noun / pronoun)”.

07. Giving me the last of her cake was nice

.………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

08. Taking a break twice a day is important

.………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

09. Working on your own project is possible.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

10. Waiting in a long line of traffic is annoying.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

11. Doing this project in 24 hours is impossible.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

12. Wearing uniforms at our school is necessary.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

13. Such a wonderful performance was interesting to hear.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

14. She was brave to spend the night in the old house alone. 

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

15. They were unreasonable to complain about the exam results. 

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

16. You were very kind to give presents to street children before the new school year.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

*. Complete the sentences with the words from the box.
jargon    dialect      flexibility     simplicity      admission
intonation   dominance   symbolism   characteristic   establishment
1. What ………………………do you speak? 
2. There is strong ………………………in the story. 
3. They need to pay for ………………………for the show. 
4. She speaks with a rising ………………………all the time. 
5. Another basic ………………………of English is the flexibility. 
6. To someone who does not work in that field, the ………………………can be confusing. 
7. The form of the English language is easy to learn because of its ………………………. 
8. The English language has achieved its ………………………over other languages in the world. 
9. The English language has a great degree of ………………………in the way individual words function. 
10. English has become a global language thanks to its ………………………as a mother tongue in all continents of the world.

*. Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

    rusty    massive    well-paid     picked up     look the word up 

    fluent     get by in     gradually     reasonably    immersion schools 

1. I'm not ………………………in English. 

2. I can just about ………………………Vietnamese. 

3. ………………………pour in the milk to the mixture. 

4. He's looking for a ………………………job that he likes. 

5. You’d better ………………………in the dictionary. 

6. My English is a bit ………………………– I haven't used it for ages. 

7. We ………………………a bit of English on holiday in London. 

8. The new girl in our class is ………………………good at English. 

9. There was a ………………………immigration in the 19th and 20th centuries in the United States. 

10. In some countries, English ………………………have been built to create all-English environments for English learners. 

*. Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

    slang    correct    imitate    operate    simplify

    translate    settlement    expansion    proficiency    mother tongue

1. Is English your ………………………? 

2. Their ………………………in English is rather low. 

3. My father doesn't understand the ………………………we use. 

4. Can you help me ………………………these words into English? 

5. I always wonder about the ………………………of the universe. 

6. She learned to ………………………my English accent very quickly. 

7. They need to ………………………the manual before it is published. 

8. My teacher used to ………………………my mistakes when I spoke English. 

9. The first ………………………in North America began in the 17th century. 

10. Many English words can ………………………as a noun, a verb and an adjective. 

*. Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

1. He has always been ………………………at work. 
2. They have a big library of old ………………………. 
3. My cousin is ………………………in English and Chinese. 
4. There are many different ………………………of the English language. 
5. She learned English to work for a ………………………company. 
6. Do you know what made English become a ………………………language? 
7. English is now the ………………………language in many countries in the world. 
8. English has borrowed many words and ………………………from other languages. 
9. The English language mainly owes its dominant status in the world to two ………………………. 
10. The ………………………of the vocabulary of English is that it has borrowed words from many other
countries.

*. Complete the sentences with the words from the box.
jargon    dialect      flexibility     simplicity      admission
intonation   dominance   symbolism   characteristic   establishment
1. What ………………………do you speak? 
2. There is strong ………………………in the story. 
3. They need to pay for ………………………for the show. 
4. She speaks with a rising ………………………all the time. 
5. Another basic ………………………of English is the flexibility. 
6. To someone who does not work in that field, the ………………………can be confusing. 
7. The form of the English language is easy to learn because of its ………………………. 
8. The English language has achieved its ………………………over other languages in the world. 
9. The English language has a great degree of ………………………in the way individual words function. 
10. English has become a global language thanks to its ………………………as a mother tongue in all
continents of the world.