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Practice
Section: Conversational
Instruction: Please complete the conversation with appropriate remarks

Questions 1 to 10

1)
Sally: I am an English major who graduated in June 2005 with a first-class honours. I have
also been on the Dean's List for three semesters in a row.
Interviewer: _____
My condolences.
Wonderful!
What a shame!
So?

2)
How often do you use the computer?
Quite.
None.
Nevertheless.
Frequently.

3)
Meng Choo: Let me foot the bill, Jin Hoe. I invited you for lunch didn't I?
Meng Choo wants to _____.
pay for lunch
invite Jin Hoe to a football match
complain about the bill
invite Jin Hoe for lunch

4)
Keith: Please welcome my new associate Mr Karu from Alor Star.
Karu is Keith's _____.
colleague
employee
boss
best friend

5)
Annie: This is a very nice apartment you have.
Rahul: _____
 Lucky you!
No, I don't understand.
You are all right.
I am lucky to have found it.

6)
Monisha: This is Mr Black, my mentor at college.
Monisha is Mr Black's _____.
protege
friend
tutor
partner

7)
Mani: Have you ever taken a distance learning course?
Fong: _____
Yes, last semester.
How far is it?
Yes, can I?
Distance is not a problem.

8)
Ongart: Hey, how have you been?
Adisak:_____
Nothing.
Not much.
Fine.
In the well.

9)
Rajesh: Can you assist me with this, Donna?
Donna: _____
Yes, you can help me anytime.
Thank you for helping.
Nice of you to help me.
Sorry but I am busy now.

10)
Claire: Did you go to the book fair yesterday?
Joseph: _____
Of course, I cannot.
 I managed to.
Why?
It's a lovely day, today

Practice
Section: Vocabulary
Instruction: Please answer all the questions below

Questions 11 to 20

11)
The new employee is very _____ in his report writing. He always checks his reports to
ensure that they are free of grammatical and spelling errors.
meticulous
convenient
selective
careless

12)
I will have to postpone the meeting as many of the members cannot _____.
attendance
presence
present
attend

13)
I don't have any _____ of income after I was retrenched.
salary
source
money
way

14)
Michelle dresses according to the latest _____ in the fashion industry.
illustration
trend
date
up-to-date

15)
The doctors declared that there wasn't _____ hope for the cancer patient.
any
 some
none
little

16)
There was a _____ odour at the worksite.
beautiful
foul
lousy
dead

17)
In my essay class I learnt how to strengthen my arguments and opinions with facts and
_____.
points
figures
words
fallacies

18)
The _____ made by the Board of Directors is final – we don't have a say in it.
commitment
decision
dedication
meeting

19)
I could read what the manager wrote on the board. The handwriting was totally _____.
legible
legitimate
illegitimate
illegible

20)
People are drawn to Christopher because he is _____.
boring
envious
arrogant
affable

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