27. These quick and easy_____ can be effective in the short term, but they have a cost.  A. solve B. solvable C. solutions D. solvability  

28. Billy comes and gives me a hand with cooking. 

A. helps B. prepares C. is busy D. attempts  

29. Where is Jimmy? - He is _____ work. He is busy_____ his monthly report.  A. on / for B. in / about C. to / through D. at / with  

30. We are not allowed _____jeans at school.  

A. wear B. to wear C. wearing D. worn  

31. Sometimes I do not feel like _____ to my sibling about my troubles,  

A. talk B. to talk C. talking D. talked  

32. Right now, Jim _____ the newspaper and Kathy_____ dinner.  

A. reads / has cooked B. is reading / is cooking  

C. has read / was cooking D. read / will be cooking  

33. My husband and I both go out to work so we share the _____  

A. happiness B. household chores C. responsibility D. employment  

34. He was very respectful at home and _____ to his parents.  

A. responsible B. caring C. obedient D. lovely  

35. Every day I _____up at 6 o'clock, _____ breakfast at 7 o'clock and _____for work at 8 o'clock  

A. get / eat / leave B. have got / eating / leaving  C. got / ate / left D. will get / have eaten / left  

36. We enjoy _____ time together in the evening when the family members gather in the living room  after a day of working hard.  

A. spending B. caring C. taking D. doing  

37. It is parents' duty and responsibility to_____ hands to take care of their children and give them a happy home.  

A. shake B. hold C. join D. take