Grade 12 exercises

1. I hate _______ personal questions by newly-acquainted friends.

• to be asking

• to be asked

• being asking

• about asking

Formal dress is compulsory when you go to a formal party. The underlined word means…..

• depended

• required

• acceptable

• optional

The pens _______ somewhere.

• must have leaving

• must have left

• must be leaving

• must have been left

It is necessary for students to listen to their teacher ______.

• attentive

• attentively

• attention

• attend

It _______ that learning a foreign language _______ a lot of time.

• says / is taken

• is saying/ have taken

• is said / takes

• was said / was taken

The school year in England runs from September and is __________ three terms.

• divided into

• made up of

• consisted of

• followed

The state school system is free _____ all students in England.

• at

• on

• for

• about

Each term is separated by ____________ which is called half term.

• two-week break

• two-weeks break

• a two-week break

• a two-weeks break

11. Did you always listen to your teacher _____________, Jack?

• care

• careful

• careless

• carefully

The GCSE __________ the General Certificate of Secondary Education.

• stands by

• stands up

• stands off

• stands for