Sorry, I can‟t come to your party. I am snowed under with work at the moment.

Fruit is customarily treated with sulfur prior to drying to reduce any colour change.

There was a long period without rain in the countryside last year so the harvest was poor.

Friendship changed to antipathy when the settlers took the Indian‟s land.

The police have concluded tentatively that the explosion was caused by a bomb.

- “Edwards seems like a dog with two tails this morning.”

- “Have you heard the news? His wife gave birth to a baby boy early this morning.”

When he heard the news, Simon got on the next train to London.

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

   In some societies, language is associated with social class and education. People judge one‟s level in society by the kind of language used.