Choose the correct article (A, AN or THE) to complete the blanks.
My mother is ___ doctor and my father is ___ author.
Cindy recommended ___ good dentist, but ___ dentist is fully booked.
Mt. Hood is ___ volcano in Oregon. It's ___ beautiful mountain.

“On Saturday night, February 1st, shortly after 9 p.m. ET, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a speech on Parliament Hill announcing Canada's response to a 25 per cent tariff U.S. President Donald Trump is imposing tariffs on most Canadian goods.
‘Good evening. Today, the United States informed us they will be imposing 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian exports to the United States and 10 per cent on Canadian energy, a decision that should they elect to proceed with should take effect on Tuesday, Feb. 4.
(In French) This decision puts in peril a historic economic relationship, a relationship that has been the source of wealth, prosperity and possibility on both sides of the border.’”
CBC News · Posted: Feb 02, 2025 2:58 PM EST

The part spoken in French in the Canadian Prime Minister's speech indicates that:

A master of the macabre and mystery, this 19th-century writer revolutionized Gothic literature with dark tales and disturbing psychological atmospheres. His narratives explore themes such as death, madness, and the abyss of the human mind, marked by poetic and intense language. An emblematic work, like a poem about an obsessive raven, became a symbol of his melancholic genius. His legacy endures as a cornerstone of modern horror and detective fiction.
Which of the following authors is being described?

Choose the correct preposition to complete the sentence:

"She is very interested ____ learning new languages."

Choose the correct passive form to complete the sentence:

"The book ________ by Mark Twain in 1884."

Read the following statements about English as a Lingua Franca:

I. It acknowledges the legitimacy of different English varieties II. It focuses on successful communication rather than native-speaker norms III. It requires speakers to achieve native-like proficiency IV. It promotes linguistic diversity in global contexts

Which combination of statements is correct?

Which of the following is not a common characteristic of an email written in a formal context?

“Oh! for God's sake let me go!" cried Oliver; "let me run away and die in the fields. I will never come near London; never, never! Oh! pray have mercy on me, and do not make me steal. For the love of all the bright Angels that rest in Heaven, have mercy upon me!”
― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

In the passage, what is Oliver's desperate plea to those around him?

Read this sentence:
"She has lived in London for five years."
This sentence tells us that:

What is the social use of the expression "ain't" in the English language?

Identify the pairing in which the term is correctly matched with its definition in a professional telecommunications setting.

Choose the correct form of the verb to complete this sentence:

"Right now, they _______ soccer in the park."

The plural morpheme in English has distinct allomorphs. Which word exemplifies the /ɪz/ allomorph?

From the following alternatives, which pair illustrates suppletion?

"[...] different groups of people, with diverse interests, agendas, and linguistic and cultural repertoires, experience, in their contacts and interactional flows, processes of constituting open and plural identities. This is the scenario of English as a lingua franca, and in it, learning English implies problematizing the different roles of English itself in the world, its values, its reach, and its effects on the relationships between different peoples and peoples, both in contemporary society and from a historical perspective."
Available at: http://basenacionalcomum.mec.gov.br/abase/#fu ndamental/lingua-inglesa


Implication of teaching English as a lingua franca for the approach to beliefs about language:

According to Gwendolen, what does she want to inform Jack before he proposes?

Read the following passage:
"Sarah needs to attend several meetings next week. She has a conference call ___ Monday ___ 9 AM, followed by a team lunch ___ noon. The quarterly review is scheduled ___ March 15th ___ 3 PM."
Which sequence of prepositions correctly completes all five gaps in the passage?

“I have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

According to Edgar Allan Poe, how does he perceive the change in human activity over the years?