c. shirt
d. irritate
→ d
2.
a. niece
b. piece
c. client
d. species
→ c
3.
a. mail
b. tail
c. sailor
d. airline
→ d
4.
a. base
b. bass
c. vacant
d. may
→ b
5.
a. knife
b. key
c. kiss
d. stick
→ a
6.
a. bread
b. break
c. wake

a. explain to me this word
b. explain me this word
c. explain this word to me
d. explain this word me
→ c
12. I object being kept waiting. Why can't you be
time?
a. for / on
b. to / on
c. of / on
d. to / upon
→ b
13. I to music a lot but I don’t do any more.
a. was listening
b. was used to listen
c. used to listen
d. was used to listening
→ c
14. To get a passport, we must send in our birth and two
photos.
a. certificate
b. licence
c. paper
d. card
→ a
15. Thomas doesn’t speak very clearly.
a. It is difficult to understand him.
b. He is difficult to understand.
c. He is difficult to understand him.
d. Both a and b are correct

b. had used to
c. was using to
d. used to
→ d
21. The path was so icy that we walked very carefully. We were
afraid
a. of falling
b. from falling
c. to fall
d. to falling
→ a
22. Scientists have discovered a close between smoking
and lung
cancer.
a. action
b. connection
c. union
d. combination