Choose the item that does NOT belong in the group. 
In “They had passed Philadelphia a long time ago” the verb tense is a: 
In “ ...the train was approaching New York” a gerund is used as a/an 
Based on the text How India changed English, judge the following items.
The words “highlights” (l.16), and “unlikely” (l.20) can be correctly and respectively replaced by draws attention to and improbable.
Based on the text How India changed English, judge the following items.
In the excerpt “‘Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India’ was published in 1886” (l. 7 and 8), “was published” can be correctly replaced by has been published.
Based on the cartoon, judge the following items.
The sentence “That site verified my age by having me type in all my credit card information” can be correctly rewritten by: This site guessed how many years I have because I sent them my credit card data.
In reference to the vocabulary used in the text What do our flags say about us?, judge the next items.
In the sentence “Each one will be considered individually, before this long list is finally whittled down to the final four.” (l. 19 to 21), “whittled down” can be correctly replaced by selected.
In reference to the vocabulary used in the text What do our flags say about us?, judge the next items.
“squeezed into” (l.2) and “tough” (l.8) help to express the author’s view that it is difficult to create a flag to represent a nation.
The opposite of “faster” in “would be faster” (l. )is: 