Vocabulary
The manager said that it is ______ for all employees to arrive to work on time.
A. optional
B. required
C. recommended
B. required
Fill in the blank:
I ______ already finished the practice test.
A. have
B. had
C. will have
A. have
Best answer choice:
Look at the clouds. It ______ rain soon.
A. will
B. is going to
C. has
B. is going to
After studying every night for two months, Luis finally passed the GED math test.
His teacher said, “All your hard work paid off.”
What does paid off mean?
A. Luis got money
B. Luis’s effort gave a good result
C. Luis borrowed money
B. Luis’s effort gave a good result
Unscramble the advanced sentence:
"have been increasing / over the last decade / housing costs / steadily"
Answer: Housing costs have been increasing steadily over the last decade.
Choose the best word for the word in bold.
Many adults face obstacles when returning to school.
Challenges / difficulties
Choose the BEST sentence.
A. She has worked here since 2022.
B. She worked here since 2022.
C. She has work here since 2022.
A. She has worked here since 2022.
Word order challenge:
"by 2030 / many jobs / will have changed / because of AI"
Answer: Many jobs will have changed by 2030 because of AI.
Answer: Many jobs will have changed by 2030 because of AI.
Maria was very nervous on the first day of class, but the teacher told a few jokes to break the ice.
What does break the ice mean?
A. make people feel more comfortable
B. clean the classroom
C. start an argument
A. make people feel more comfortable
Although Carlos was exhausted after work, he ______ to class because he did not want to fall behind.
A. had gone
B. went
C. will go
B. went
Pick the best word to complete the sentence:
Technology continues to ______ the way people communicate.
A. damage
B. transform
C. borrow
B. Transform
Fix the mistake:
By the time the teacher came in, the students have completed the worksheet.
Answer: had completed
This time next week, we ______ taking our CASAS practice exam.
A. are
B. will be
C. have been
B. will be
Dimitri wanted to quit the writing assignment because it was difficult, but his partner told him,
“Come on — don’t throw in the towel now.”
What does throw in the towel mean?
A. clean the table
B. give up
C. get angry
B. give up
Choose the correct conditional sentence:
A. If I will have money, I buy a laptop.
B. If I had money, I would buy a laptop.
C. If I have had money, I bought a laptop.
B. If I had money, I would buy a laptop.
Choose the word that best fits BOTH sentences.
A. improve
B. remove
C. increase
A. improve
Unscramble the sentence:
"for three hours / had been waiting / they / before the bus arrived"
Answer: They had been waiting for three hours before the bus arrived.
Choose the sentence that shows a spontaneous decision.
A. I am going to call my mother tonight.
B. I will call your mother for you.
C. I am calling my mother every night.
B. I will call your mother for you.
After losing her job, paying medical bills, and missing the bus all in one week, Ana said,
“When it rains, it pours.”
What does Ana mean?
A. He likes rainy weather
B. Problems often come all at once
C. He wants to stay home
B. Problems often come all at once
Error correction:
She has been study English since she moved to Chicago.
Answer: has been studying
"Because of rising rent prices, many families were forced to relocate."
What does relocate most nearly mean?
move to a new place
Which sentence means the action will be completed before a future time?
A. I finish the English class in June.
B. I will be finishing the English class in June.
C. I will have finished the English class by June.
C. I will have finished the English class by June.
Correct the error:
By next month, she will graduated from the program.
Answer: will have graduated
Yiping studied for the interview, practiced her answers, and arrived early.Still, when the manager asked her the first question, she completely drew a blank.
What does drew a blank most nearly mean?
A. she forgot what to say
B. she wrote nothing on paper
C. she became angry
A. she forgot what to say
"By the time Ana received the acceptance letter, she had almost given up on returning to school."
What can we infer?
A. Ana expected the letter quickly
B. Ana was losing hope before she got accepted
C. Ana never wanted to return to school
B. Ana was losing hope before she got accepted