1. Because of the overpopulation there will be a ………………… in food.
    1.   scribe
    2.   raft
    3.   skittles
    4.   shortage
  2. Water the plants regularly to keep the soil …………………
    1.   separate
    2.   reliable
    3.   moist
    4.   precious
  3. We are pleased to …………….. that our school won the first prize in the writing competition.
    1.   flare up
    2.   amend
    3.   press
    4.   announce
  4. My answer is ………………………….not.
    1.   wastefully
    2.   absolutely
    3.   regularly
    4.   perilously
  5. Having professionally made curtains can be…………………, so why not making your own?
    1.   moist
    2.   previous
    3.   lethal
    4.   costly
  6. The Aswan High…………………….. is on the River Nile in Egypt.
    1.   Dam
    2.   raft
    3.   expert
    4.   shortage
  7. My mother is a / an ……………………..at dress-making, she does it very well.
    1.   dam
    2.   skittles
    3.   expert
    4.   scribe
  8. The explosion was of such ………………….that it was heard five miles away.
    5- The explosion was of such ………………….that it was heard five miles away
    intensity
    previous
    lethal
    moist
    1.   previous
    2.   intensity
    3.   moist
    4.   lethal
  9. If the tide ………………..out, it moves back and covers less of the beach.
    1.   flare
    2.   goes
    3.   Come
    4.   prohibit
  10. A healthy diet can…………………….. the risk of heart disease
    1.   propose
    2.   overflow
    3.   quake
    4.   lessen
  11. Students in our school are ……………….. from wearing colourful jackets.
    1.   prohibited
    2.   accumulated
    3.   overflowed
    4.   quaked
  12. Because of the heavy rain the river ……………….. its banks.
    1.   overflowed
    2.   quaked
    3.   accumulated
    4.   prohibited
  13. The ground ……………… as the bomb exploded.
    1.   accumulated
    2.   prohibited
    3.   quaked
    4.   overflowed
  14. The new pill will be used …………………. existing medicines.
    1.   alongside
    2.   by
    3.   for
    4.   near
  15. Nelson Mandela is a truly …………….. man.
    1.   remarkable
    2.   costly
    3.   spinning
    4.   previous
  16. He has two daughters from a ………..……..marriage.
    1.   spinning
    2.   vortex
    3.   standard
    4.   previous
  17. He told me that he............................glad to meet me.
    1.   am
    2.   is
    3.   was
    4.   can
  18. He said that he ...........................be there in the café the day after.
    1.   will
    2.   would
    3.   can
    4.   may
  19. He asked me where ................................would spend that weekend.
    1.   I
    2.   me
    3.   my
    4.   your
  20. chess.....................played by us.
    1.   is
    2.   can
    3.   were
    4.   are
  21. The gates ................opened by Haidi yesterday.
    1.   are
    2.   is
    3.   was
    4.   were
  22. Arabic .......................written now by many people.
    1.   was being
    2.   is being
    3.   are being
    4.   were being
  23. Pictures..........................painted by the kids at the moment.
    1.   are being
    2.   is being
    3.   was being
    4.   were being