A number of practices at local festivals have come under strong scrutiny in recent years.

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

When it comes to diversity, language can be a bridge for building relationships, or a tool for creating and maintaining divisions across differences.

This situation got out of hand when the festival organisers couldn't foresee that the mob would get angry because they were stopped from taking the offerings.

She ____ French words for hours, but she still doesn't remember all of them.

As time (31) ____ by and they continue to forget about their past and their natural traditions, 

We ____ Lisa recently.

I ____ fifteen phone calls this morning.

The sun ____ since this morning.