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Select the correct answer in the box on the right:
1.
Which word means a period of 100 years?
Answer
A)
B)
C)
D)
A)
decade
C)
century
B)
era
D)
millennium
2.
What word describes a period of 10 years?
Answer
A)
B)
C)
D)
A)
century
C)
decton
B)
aeon
D)
decade
3.
Fill in the missing word.
To "______ around the bush" is an idiom which means to avoid speaking about something directly.
Answer
A)
B)
C)
D)
A)
talk
C)
beat
B)
run
D)
look
4.
Choose the correct answer.
Only at night ______ the safety of their cave.
Answer
A)
B)
C)
D)
A)
bats leave
C)
bats will leave
B)
leave bats
D)
do bats leave
5.
Which preposition is correct?
She's already left the office but you can phone her ______ home.
Answer
A)
B)
C)
D)
A)
at
C)
for
B)
on
D)
in
6.
Which word completes this sentence?
I've been a student ______ five years.
Answer
A)
B)
C)
D)
A)
for
C)
in
B)
during
D)
since
7.
Which word has the correct stress? (Stressed syllables are in red
CAPITALS
).
Answer
A)
B)
C)
D)
A)
AD
vertisement
C)
adver
TISE
ment
B)
ad
VER
tisement
D)
advertise
MENT
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