5. I have some ................. in understanding spoken English. (difficult) 6. To be a successful learner in English, you should improve your ................ skill. (communica te) 7. I am very .................to hear that news. (delight) 8. There is no lack of ................in the city at night. (entertain) 9. The teacher criticized him with a solemn ...............on his face. (express) 10. This book shows a lot of .....................(imagine) II. Supply each space with an approp riate preposition 11. Do you think that kind of music is popular .............young people? 12. What are the things that make humans different ..................all other animals? 13. Music is very much an integral part................our life. 14. The teacher criticized him ..................a solemn expression on his face. 15. Can you imagine what our lives would be ............without music? 16. Music can add joyfulness ..................the atmosphere of a festival. 17. If you know English, you can communicate ...............people from the English speaking countries easily. 18. Music can lull babies to sleep .................night easily. 19. Why is music a powerful means ..................communication? 20. Music is played during almost all important events and ..................special occasions. III. Give the correct tense of each verb in brackets 21. I (read)..................this novel three times. 22. Stephen (talk)...................on the phone when I (come).....................in. 23. Last night, Tina (read)....................in bed when suddenly she (hear)....................a terrible scream. 24. Please don’t make so much noise. The baby (sleep)................. 25. He (teach)...............as an English teacher for twenty - five years before he (retire) ............... last year 26. When she (have).................a bath, the phone (ring).................... 27. By the time he (arrive)................, all his classmates (leave)..................... 28. When they met again, they (not see)..................each other for 10 years 29. What you (do)........................at 7p.m last n ight? 30. Right now, Margaret (have)....................a shower. Do you want to ring later?