I'm grateful that you helped my brother do that work.

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.

The weather was _______ bad _______ we couldn’t go out.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

In the 1960s, the Beatles were probably the most famous pop group in the whole world.Since then, there have been a great many groups that have achieved enormous fame, so it is difficult now to imagine how sensational the Beatles were at that time.They were four boys from the north of England and none of them had any training in music.They started by performing and recording songs by black Americans and they had some success with these songs.Then they started writing their own songs and that was when they became really popular.The Beatles changed pop music.They were the first pop group to achieve great success from songs they had written themselves.After that it became common for groups and singers to write their own songs.The Beatles did not have a long career.Their first hit record was in 1963 and they split up in 1970.They stopped doing live performances in 1966 because it had become too dangerous for them – their fans were so excited that they surrounded them and tried to take their clothes as souvenirs! However, today some of their songs remain as famous as they were when they first came out.Throughout the world, many people can sing part of a Beatles song if you ask them.

 

The passage is mainly about _______

The word “sensational” is closest in meaning to ______.

The day was so cold that we stayed indoors.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Traffic rules _______ by all people.

Charlie said, "Nora and Jim are getting married tomorrow”.

Someone has robbed the bank near our house.

The people _______ live in Greece speak Greek, don’t they?

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Mary: "Thank you for a lovely evening."
- Peter: " ______________."

It took him three weeks _______ how to swim.

When did you last ride a bike?

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

When you visit London, one of the first things you will see is Big Ben, the famous clock which can be heard all over the world on the BBC.If the Houses of Parliament hadn't burned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been erected.Big Ben takes its (25)______ from Sir Benjamin Hall who was responsible for the making of the clock when the new Houses of Parliament were being built.It is not only of immense size, (26)______is extremely accurate as well.Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day.On the BBC, you can hear the clock when it is actually striking because microphones (27)______ to the clock tower.Big Ben has rarely gone wrong .Once, however, it failed to give the correct time.A painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it (28)______.