Language Post-Test

The company had dumped waste into the river for years and it ________ to continue doing so.

This year our company sold ____________ magazine subscriptions than ever before.

The report is ______ the effects of genetic engineering on food.

______ so incredible is that these insects successfully migrate to places that they have never even seen.

The beginning of the monsoon __________ any day now, and so, for the last few days, the farmers ___________ their fields.

Although the fire department is currently calling for additional volunteers to help fight the local fires, they do not seem to be getting a response from the vast majority of townspeople. No error.

Each of the authors who was honored at the city’s new bookstore’s open house had been writing for more than 20 years and had published at least two national best-sellers during his or her career. No error.

A modern skyscraper is usually constructed with a steel frame, which is then covered with concrete slabs, stones of some kind, brick, or any other material that will hide it’s metal skeleton. No error.

In the 1970s, many college students protested social conditions by sitting in various campus buildings, by burning campus structures, and they have also intimidated members of the administration. No error.

Each of the critics were assigned a book to read, to discuss within twenty minutes, and to offer an opinion about. No error.

When I was a child, a wet washcloth was the main method of first aid; it reduced swelling, eliminated pain, and inflammation was reduced. No error.

The coach not only works with the catcher, but he also has to change him. No error

EXERCISE is to GYM as EATING is to

SECRETLY is to OPENLY as SILENTLY is to

Direction: Given a pair of word, select the choice that best matches the relationship existing between the given first two words.

EDITOR : MAGAZINE

COMMANDER : COMMANDS

RESTING : FATIGUE

The evidence found by the private investigator was instrumental in _________ the defendant, who had been wrongfully charged with fraud based on the false statement of the accountant.

The scientist’s hypothesis was finally ________ when researchers showed that the new census data contradicted his original findings.

After living in a cramped and ____ studio apartment for several years, Roberta moved to a house that was commodious and ______.

Counselors in the prison rehabilitation program must have faith in the ______ of those who have committed felonies, yet be wary of ______; they must believe that criminals can change, but know that they can often return to their old habits.

Candace would ______ her little sister into an argument by teasing her and calling her names.

The jeepney driver is always pleasant to we riders even though he must become impatient with some of us who never have the correct change.

While making a pathetic attempt to explain their behavior to the policeman, the young thief and his accomplices was caught in a web of contradictions.

In many countries, the ordinary people are neither permitted to decide things for themselves or allowed to say anything against the government.

That type person always strongly resents any attempt by anyone to limit around his actions.

The government has passed a law regulating the sale of dangerous drugs to teenagers, therefore, prescriptions from licensed physicians are now required before a druggist can dispense them.

1. in the navy sport coat
2. the Celtics
3. with the long beard
4. the man
5. plays
6. for

1. For a president, trust is the one asset that, once lost, he can’t buy back.
2. People say they like him because he’s tough and straight and principled.
3. Neither prospect is very reassuring.
4. It now seems likely that either Bush wasn’t telling the truth about his reasons for going to war or he didn’t know the truth and can’t quite admit it.
5. This may be especially true for George W. Bush, whose appeal has always been personal as much as political.

1. Each week, the 80-year old, sporting his trademark Hawaiian shirt, gathers his six children at the company’s warehouse – style offices near Manila’s waterfront, where they oversee nearly every aspect of the business, from property deals to labor negotiations.
2. On Sundays, Sy insists that the family meet yet again, either at his luxury log cabin in the lush hills outside Manila or the family home in the posh Forbes Park district of the capital.
3. Henry Sy runs the Philippines’s largest retailer, but he operates his SM Group almost as if it were merely a family-owned corner grocery.
4. Though he is one of the Philippines’s richest men, Sy sometimes spends Sunday mornings shopping in Manila seaside market for fresh fish for the family’s lunch, which he cooks himself.
5. On Saturdays, family members fan out to make firsthand inspections of their SM malls, department stores, and supermarkets.