1. She hoped that the pain would __________, but it __________ everyday.
a) deny, added
b) subside, worsened
c) mend, descended
d) obliterate, augmented
e) abate, lessened

2. Businesses today are so __________ involved with and __________ upon national economics that they must be involved in national fiscal planning.
a) intimately, dependent
b) hardly, based
c) secretly, pushed
d) desperately, neglected
e) firmly, based

3. If you are not __________ with the purchase, you may __________ it for a refund in ten days.
a) provided, ship
b) seen, retain
c) pleased, find
d) found, send
e) satisfied, return

Antonyms

4. Satiety
a) starvation
b) pretence
c) grandeur
d) lowest class

5. Amenable
a) intractable
b) responsive
c) agreeable
d) indifferent

6. Ameliorate
a) coarsen
b) harden
c) improve
d) worsen

7. Choleric
a) irritable
b) serene
c) severe
d) stern

8. Imbecile
a) lunatic
b) ordinary
c) sane
d) plentiful

Synonyms

9. Hone
a) croon
b) mourn
c) whittle
d) sharpen

10. Assiduously
a) sarcastically
b) diligently
c) enthusiastically
d) rationally

11. Feline
a) cat like
b) dog like
c) sleek
d) feminine

12. Slew
a) waste material
b) opening
c) scattering
d) large number

Analogies

13. Snake : Reptile
a) patch : thread
b) removal : snow
c) struggle : wrestle
d) hand : clock

14. Naïve : Cheat
a) gullible : shrewd
b) cunning : clever
c) hurt : retaliate
d) sensible : foolish

15. Bones : Ligaments
a) fracture : cast
b) muscle : tendon
c) fat : cell
d) knuckle : finger
e) knee : joint

16. Couplet : Poem
a) page : letter
b) sentence : paragraph
c) number : address
d) epic : poetry
e) biography : novel

Choose the correct sentence.


17. a) His youngest son has just started going to the school
b) His youngest son has started just going to school
c) His youngest son has just started going to school
d) His youngest son have just started going to school

18. a) Must he go? No, he must.
b) Must he go? Yes, he should.
c) Must he go? No, must he.
d) Must he go? No, he needn’t.

19. a) I wont’ let you leaving till the end of the act.
b) I wont’ let you leave till the end of the act.
c) I wont’ let you leaving to the end of act.
d) I wont’ let you to leave by the end of the act.

20. a) When he was charged of murder, he said he had an alibi.
b) When he was charged with a murder, he said he has an alibi.
c) When he was charged with murder, he said he had an alibi.
d) When he was charged with murder, he say he had an alibi.