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Pearson PTE General

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Everyday Grammar

Choose the correct tense: 'While I ___ dinner, the phone rang.'

  1. Awas cookingCorrect
  2. Bcooked
  3. Ccook
  4. Dhave cooked

Why: The past continuous 'was cooking' describes an action in progress that was interrupted by a shorter past action ('rang').

Everyday Vocabulary

Choose the best word: 'The scenery on the hike was absolutely ___.'

  1. Abreathable
  2. BbreathtakingCorrect
  3. Cbreathless
  4. Dbreathing

Why: 'Breathtaking' means astonishingly beautiful, which fits scenery. 'Breathless' describes a person out of breath.

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SectionsEveryday Grammar · Everyday Vocabulary · Building the Right Word · Linking Words & Prepositions · Common Mistakes
Our bank22 questions · updated August 2026Written from Pearson
LanguagesEnglish
SourcePearson
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