I’m sorry you’ve missed the train, it ________ five minutes ago.

I don’t mind _______ late, if it will help at all.

Fortunately, the hospital’s new air-conditioning system________ when the first heat wave of the summer arrived.

We stayed friends even after we ________ and left home.

There’s no point in persuading him to do this.

After their children had grown up, they decided _______ to a condominium in the city.

Friendship is a two-sided ________; it lives by give-and-take.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

It's a waste of time to try to explain anything to Tony.

Adela and Phuong are talking about her new friend.

Adela: “________?” – Phuong: He’s tall and thin with blue eyes.”

If you are not sure what (35)_____, do ask your host.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

He is too old. He can’t run so far.

She showed her ________ by asking lots of trivial questions.

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.

The weather was so dismal. They had to cancel the picnic immediately.