c. shirt d. irritate → d 2. a. niece b. piece c. client d. species → c 3. a. mail b. tail c. sailor d. airline → d 4. a. base b. bass c. vacant d. may → b 5. a. knife b. key c. kiss d. stick → a 6. a. bread b. break c. wake d. gate a Find the mistakes 7. Don’t be nervous about sitting for the exam. I know for certain you would pass. a. Don’t be b. sitting for c. know d. would pass → d 8. Tom seemed to enjoy himself on vacation, hadn’t he? a. to enjoy b. himself c. on d. hadn’t he → d 9. We have not seen our old teacher in 1980. a. not b. seen c. our d. in → d Grammar and Vocabulary 10. Many people in the world died AIDS. a. from b. for c. of d. about → c 11. I fail to understand this sentence. Can you ? a. explain to me this word b. explain me this word c. explain this word to me d. explain this word me → c 12. I object being kept waiting. Why can't you be time? a. for / on b. to / on c. of / on d. to / upon → b 13. I to music a lot but I don’t do any more. a. was listening b. was used to listen c. used to listen d. was used to listening → c 14. To get a passport, we must send in our birth and two photos. a. certificate b. licence c. paper d. card → a 15. Thomas doesn’t speak very clearly. a. It is difficult to understand him. b. He is difficult to understand. c. He is difficult to understand him. d. Both a and b are correct → a 16. The job was more difficult than I expected it to be. a. would b. had c. have d. might → b 17. My manager . He left last May. a. still doesn’t work here b. doesn’t still work here c. no more works here d. doesn’t work here any more → d 18. The burglar to open a store's window. a. succeeded b. managed c. forced d. discovered → b 19. If you’re worried about the problem, you should do something it. a. for b. about c. against d. with → b 20. Mrs White drive to work every day but then she suddenly decided to walk instead. a. was used to b. had used to c. was using to d. used to → d 21. The path was so icy that we walked very carefully. We were afraid a. of falling b. from falling c. to fall d. to falling → a 22. Scientists have discovered a close between smoking and lung cancer. a. action b. connection c. union d. combination