She didn’t get a high mark because she had made the classical mistake of forgetting to put the “s” on the verb in the third person singular.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Asia is very rich in cultures, races and languages. Indians and most people in (23) ____ South Asian countries commonly speak more than one language daily, as a matter of routine. Their highly diverse expat, diaspora and migrant communities provide them not only with global access, but also with global sources of income.

India and other South Asian countries are (24) ____ the largest recipients of monthly transfers from their diaspora workers. Due to their religious, ethnic and social diversity, more than 30 million Indians access and transfer (25) ____ from countries as various as Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Malaysia, Singapore, the US, Canada, the UK and Australia.

Regional languages and minority religions have (26) ____ themselves as global community networks. This is as much true for the Tamils in Malaysia as for the Sikhs in Canada. Such connections provide them with (27) ____ to education and jobs, partly through professional visa arrangements, and despite the limitations and constraints of our current times. These communities have created their own formats, many of which have become international actors, such the Global Tamil Forum and the World Sikh Organization.

The boy was punished for playing __________ from his physics lessons.

I still keep wondering if I was doing the right thing when I asked my father for ______ permission to leave school.

The students in the nursing department are ____________ female.

People didn't believe his ___________ that he had stolen the money in order to give it to charity.

The judge said that there was no doubt about the outcome of the trial. The man was a _______criminal.

People who spend too much time on the Internet run the risk of getting addiction to it.

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.

The ministry of Defense has been holding up the decision to withdraw from the military action for the past several months.

It’s said that the government has made no _______ in the fight against inflation; indeed, the situation has worsened recently.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

It is necessary that the use of public transport is encouraged to reduce traffic jams and air pollution.