Exercise 1 for f123 sep week 1 2013

A Underline the most suitable word in each of the

following sentences.
1. Mark will go to school when he is 6 years
(elderly old aged).
2. Miss Loi keeps her love (affair matter
problem) a secret.
3. Joggers (avert prevent avoid) the slippery
track.
4. Children must (abide obey allow) their
parents and teachers.
5. Atan's (low adverse bad) result angers his
parents.
6. The Malay woman is (can capable able) to
cook Chinese food.
7. The Ku family's (abroad overseas foreign)
trip lasted 13 days.
8. The woman was (afraid frightened shivered)
by a cheetah.
9. April comes (after afterwards later) March.
10. Poor food will (affect effect influence) your
health.
11. It is an (advice advantage benefit) for a hotel
worker to know more than one language.
12. Another word for 'unusual' is ('normal'
'unknown' ' abnormal').
13. Madam Heng (rebukes scolds blames) her
daughter for failing her exam.
14. The (guessing about approximate) weight of
the rock is 50 kg.
15. The weaker army (admits confesses upholds)
defeat.
16. Do you know what is flying high up (over
beyond above) the earth?
17. There is (absolutely fully totally) no water in
a desert.
18. The maid is (fitting fixing affixing) curtains
onto the windows.
19. The (reckless inattentive absent-minded)
maid forgot to add salt to the soup.
20. The football match came to an (sudden
immediate abrupt) because a goalpost fell
down.





B. Fill in each blank with one of the following words.
suddenly inattentive fixing
fully over
bad abide averted
matter elderly
confessed about blamed
afraid influenced
benefit capable abroad
later exceptionally

1. You can ______________ by watching
useful movies.
2. Lucy ______________ Nancy for her fall.
3. This pool is ______________ 20 feet deep.
4. An elephant has an ______________ longnose.
5. Vijay ______________ that he told a lie to his
teacher.
6. Some of the apples have turned
______________; don'teat them.
7. The man cannot climb up a mountain.
8. The man ______________ a fire by taking
away the can of petrol lying in the garage.
9. The shopkeeper cannot solve his money
______________
10. Soldiers must ______________ by their
commanders' orders.
11. Swifts are ______________________ of flying
at a fast speed.
12. Some children are ______________ of
darkness.
13. Doris is ______________ by bad company.
14. Debbie is not here now; she will come
______________
15. Mr Teh will go ______________ for business
in December. He will visit two foreign
countries.
16. When Andrey was studying, a stranger
shouted at her ______________
17. A workman is ______________ a lock on the
door.
18. The ______________ pupil missed the
teacher's explanation.
19. A fat pig cannot jump ______________ a high
wall.
20. The ground is ______________ covered with
snow in winter.