Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words from the box. Change the form if necessary.
  Test 1
  immediate     iron      last     letter     lonely      long      mad     master   match     mean 
  1) He would be the _________ man to do such foolish things.
  2) Please inform me by _________ of your plan.
  3) My _________ family consists of my son and my wife.
  4) People know little about what the _________-term effects of the new drug will be.
  5) Would you like me to _________ your trousers for you?
  6) She went nearly _________ with grief after the child died.
  7) The _________ old man worked his life away like a work horse.
  8) Peter's father was very _________; he never gave Peter any new clothes.
  9) You should _________ your deeds to your beliefs.
  10) You must learn to _________ your temper.
  Test 2
  mirror     novel     order     park    permit     piece     plain     plant please    post 
  1) In _________ to catch the train, she hurried through her work.
  2) Please _________ your car in the parking lot and hike in.
  3) The driver saw the police car following him in his side _________.
  4) He is such kind of person who always has _________ ideas.
  5) She _________ together an account of what had gone on during the stormy meeting.
  6) The gardener _________ trees and vegetables in the garden.
  7) Circumstances do not _________ me to help you.
  8) The names of the members of the team will be _________ up today.
  9) It's difficult to _________ everybody nowadays.
  10) He made it _________ that he did not like me.
  Test 3
  present     press     pride    pronounce     reason     receive     refer revolution     rush     safe 
  1) She _________ herself on her ability to speak many foreign languages.
  2) The judge _________ sentence on the prisoner.
  3) _________ at the meeting were the leading members of the departments concerned.
  4) The _________ she was ill was that she had eaten bad meat.
  5) The press has been invited to a _________ conference to hear the government's statement on the event.
  6) The driver was _________to emergency room after the car accident.
  7) The explorer returned _________ and sound from a dangerous expedition.
  8) Air travel has caused a _________ in our way of living.
  9) He _________ his success to the good teaching he had had.
  10) The police _________ several complaints about the noise from the plant.
  Test 4
  satisfaction     save     sentence     share    shoulder     silence    society     soil     sound    spare 
  1) If you _________ now, you will be able to buy a car soon.
  2) The man who had killed his wife had children received a heavy _________.
  3) He looked at his work with a smile of _________.
  4) He _________ his way through the crowd in order to have a look at the film star.
  5) All my questions were met with _________ from him.
  6) The navy had a large _________ in bringing about the victory.
  7) This kind of sweet potatoes should be planted in sandy _________.
  8) You can sit here in your _________ time and read the carpet.
  9) When the bell _________, all students run into their classroom.
  10) _________ has a right to see law-breakers punished severely. 
  Test 5
  succeed    spring    stamp    suggest     tap     tear    wage    wind     value     treat
  1) These actions _________ him as a man of high principles.
  2) When I _________ that some villagers must have come in for a free drink, Mr. Thompson shook his head.
  3) The astronauts _________ in returning from the moon to the earth according to the plan.
  4) I _________ you on the shoulder to get your attention.
  5) When the door opened, She _________out of her chair to greet her father.
  6) The railroad workers asked for a _________ increase and went on a strike.
  7) We never know the _________ of water till the well is dry.
  8) Children are taught to _________ their parents and teachers with respect.
  9) The day is very still, without a breath of _________.
  10) She was given a fine because she had _________ some of the papers out of the book borrowed from the library.
  Keys:
  Test 1 
  1) last  
  2) letter  
  3) immediate   
  4) long  
  5) iron 
  6) mad   
  7) lonely  
  8) mean   
  9) match  
  10) master
  Test 2 
  1) order 
  2) park  
  3) mirror   
  4) novel 
  5) pieced 
  6) plants   
  7) permit  
  8) posted   
  9) please  
  10) plain
  Test 3 
  1) prided 
  2) pronounced  
  3) Present   
  4) reason  
  5) press 
  6) rushed   
  7) safe  
  8) revolution   
  9) referred  
  10) received
  Test 4 
  1) save 
  2) sentence  
  3) satisfaction   
  4) shouldered  
  5) silence 
  6) share   
  7) soil  
  8) spare   
  9) sounds  
  10) Society
  Test 5 
  1) stamped 
  2) suggested  
  3) succeeded   
  4) tapped  
  5) sprang 
  6) wage   
  7) value  
  8) treat   
  9) wind  
  10) torn