English Language (Use of English) Past Questions and Answers

<b>Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined words:</b><br/><br/>I didn't think she could be so easily <u>taken in</u> by his pretences

<b>Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined words:</b><br/><br/>The <u>crux of the matter</u> is that the president has just become aware of the mismanagement

<b>Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined words:</b><br/><br/>The witness was guilty of <u>swearing to a statement he knew to be false</u>

<b>Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined words:</b><br/><br/>The story told by the suspect was <u>difficult to believe</u>

<b>Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined words:</b><br/><br/>Publishers say that <u>newsprint</u> has become more expensive