The principle of comprehensive inputs states that the language provided for students should go only a little beyond their current experience and understanding.

The arguments Prof. Parker made were controversial and some scholars were taking issue with him.

He has gone to the UK for further education since he ______ upper secondary school.

The newly advertised product had just been on sale. Customers realised that it had lots of defects.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

Jane has some work to do this weekend. She can't attend her sister's wedding.

It is important that we should ______ the environment.

Samuel is talking to Lan about volunteer work.

- Samuel: “I think we should do some local volunteer work this summer.”

- Lan: “_____. Some people in our neighbourhood really need help.”

"My friend gave me some candies," said Tom.

She failed her driving test ______ she practised a lot.

Most of the houses in the neighbourhood ______ terrible damage in the fire.

The meeting will begin ______.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheer to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

You need to have both talent and luck to become a famous singer.

You can trust David, your neighbour because he is a dependable person.

Mary lives in an old house ______ the countryside.

The word odd in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _____.