Silence __________ the theatre as the audience awaited the opening curtain with expectation and excitement.

The scientists __________on this project try to find the solutions to air pollution.

I’m not going to go ice skating! I’d only fall over and __________ a fool of myself.

When the kids asked him about his girlfriend, he’d go as red as a __________.

If Nam had passed the GCSE examination, he __________to take the entrance examination to the university.

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.

My brothers are often very __________to what I say. They are really lovable.

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.

As orders are becoming more and more, we’ve been rushed off our feet all week.