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

My husband has lost his job, so we’ll have to tighten our belt to avoid getting into debt.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.

Don’t forget to send your parents my regards.” - “_________”

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

The judge _________the pedestrian for the accident.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

If we leave here now, we can drive half the distance before we stop _________lunch.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

The proposal (A) has repealed after a (B) twenty-minutes discussion (C) a number of objections to its failure (D) to include our district.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

He lifted the phone receiver, _________slightly.

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.

She buys a lot of new dresses every month. She always dresses shabbily.

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

When our rent increased from $100 to $200 a month, we protested against such a tremendous increase.