Shakespear’s plays have stood the ____________ of time because they are so well-written.

The new curriculum has been designed to ______ students’ learning by combining theory with hands-on practice.

Part 3: Use the word given in CAPITAL to form a word that fits in the text. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered space provided in the column on the right.

The reforms will not succeed unless they are carefully planned. (CRUCIAL)

=> Careful__________________________________ the success of the reforms.

Part 2: Fill in each blank with suitable particle(s). Write your answers in the numbered boxes.

41. “ You set me _______!” said the mobster to the double agent as the police took him away.

She wasn’t speaking seriously. (TONGUE)

=> She was speaking with _____________.

Part 3: For questions 16-20, listen to a discussion between a teacher and Mrs Bromley, a student’s mother about her son Billy and decide whether these statements are true (T) or False (F). Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.

16. The teacher asked to see Mrs. Bromley to discuss why Billy performed poorly in his exams.

The survivors of the Titanic were _________ sea for several days before being rescued.

I am glad my sister got __________ all her exams last semester.

A major problem in the construction of new buildings _____________.

Everybody knows that the president died in a plane crash. (KNOWLEDGE)

=> It is_____________________________ the president died in a plane crash.