DIRECTIONS: Complete each sentence with a word in the box.

advertise create predict

borrow customers products
budget entrepreneurs profit
competition lend skills

1. Our store is going to have a big sale next week. We are going to ____________________ in the
newspaper.

2. My grandfather invented a new can opener. Unfortunately, he never made a/an

____________________, so he never became rich.

3. There were a lot of ____________________ waiting for the store to open.

4. In order to start a business, many people have to ____________________ money from a bank.

5. Starting a new business is risky, so ____________________ have to be brave.

6. It's difficult to start a new business when there is a lot of ____________________ from similar
companies.

7. His father is going to ____________________ him money to buy a house.

8. Do you have the ____________________ that employers are looking for?

9. Apple, Inc. is very successful because it has developed some exciting new ____________________.

10. Experts ____________________ that the economy will improve in the future.

11. To save money, you need to make a reasonable ____________________ and follow it strictly.

12. Good advertising can ____________________ consumer demand for products.

DIRECTIONS: Complete each sentence with a word from the box.

axis improve recommend

bar graph include represent
diagram line graph source
guidelines pie chart vitamins

13. Many people take ____________________ for good health.

14. If you want to be healthy, you should follow good dietary ____________________.

15. You can ____________________ your health by eating more fruits and vegetables.

16. Doctors ____________________ that we don't eat a lot of fats.

17. A healthy diet should ____________________ many different kinds of foods.

18. Oranges are a good ____________________ of vitamin C.

 19. On a graph, the x ____________________ is horizontal.

20. A/An ____________________ shows percentages of a whole.

21. A/An ____________________ shows change over time.

22. A/An ____________________ shows the parts of something or how it works.

23. A/An ____________________ compares amounts or numbers.

24. Graphs are often a good way to ____________________ complicated information.

DIRECTIONS: Complete each sentence with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.

25. If Tom loses weight, he ____________________ (feel) better.

26. If you ____________________ (not drink) enough water, you get sick.

27. No, thanks. I can't have pizza now. If I eat a heavy lunch, I ____________________ (fall asleep)
during today's meeting.

28. I am very hungry at lunch if I ____________________ (not eat) breakfast.

29. If it doesn't rain this morning, I ____________________ (water) the plants this afternoon.

30. Many people avoid fast food because they know it makes them ____________________ (gain)
weight.

DIRECTIONS: Match each word with its definition or synonym.

a. a place that contains the body of a dead person

b. pictures of someone or something
c. to look at something carefully in order to understand it
d. extremely old
e. to tell people about something that happened
f. a large stone structure with a flat base and triangular sides
g. to control
h. to discover a fact as a result of research or investigation
i. a picture painted on a wall
j. to find the answer to a problem
k. very valuable
l. to show or uncover something so people can see it
____ 31. pyramid
____ 32. mural
____ 33. reveal
____ 34. images
____ 35. tomb
____ 36. ancient
____ 37. precious
____ 38. rule
____ 39. analyze
____ 40. report
____ 41. determine
____ 42. solve

Completion
Complete each statement.

DIRECTIONS: Complete each sentence with the active or passive form of a verb in the box.

build construct
bury destroy

43. The earthquake ____________________ many buildings.

44. The Great Wall of China ____________________ thousands of years ago.

45. The city of Pompeii ____________________ by lava from a volcano.

46. Machu Picchu ____________________ high in the Andes Mountains.

DIRECTIONS: Complete each sentence with a phrasal verb from the box. Add the pronoun in
parentheses.

hand in leave out

help out pay back

47. I need your papers today. Please don't forget to ____________________ (them).

48. Maria has a lot of work to do. Let's ____________________ (her).

49. I owe Dan $25, but I don't have the money to ____________________ (him).

50. Remember to put your name on your paper. Don't ____________________ (it).