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You’ll stay fit and healthy as long as you take regular

→ Provided that you …

• takes regular exercise, you’ll stay fit and healthy

• will take regular exercise, you’ll stay fit and healthy

• took regular exercise, you would stay fit and healthy

• take regular exercise, you’ll stay fit and healthy

Obesity is largely . . . . overeating and lack of exercise

• so that

• due to

• in order to

• because of

Select the compound noun

• a. Big dog

• b. Cement

• c. High-risk

• d. Nitrogen

Which is correct?

• a. Where can I have fixed my watch?

• b. Where can I have my watch fixed?

• c. Where I can have fixed my watch?

• d.Where I could have fixed my watch?

Don’t tell Jane any of your secrets. She’s got a very big . . . !

• a. grapesvine

• words

• mouth

• talk

I..........at the exam paper lying on Mr Gregsons’s desk, but I didn’t want to risk it

• Could look

• Can have looked

• Can look

• Could have looked

I could hear the audience . . . but couldn’t make out any distinct comments

• murmuring

• mumbling

• stumbling

• scribbling

Choose the correct word

Let’s be blunt/ sharp. A lot of people in public life could do much better

• blunt

• sharp

3. No one’s supposed to know yet, so don’t............. on , whaterver you do!

• catch

• pass

• let

• put

The Minister was . . . by protestors angry at the government’s proposals

• passed away

• shouted down

• took over

• passed on