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The phrase "performance-enhancing drugs" is a common expression used to refer to substances that athletes use to improve their performance. "Drugs" is the general and most appropriate term in this context.

The verb "laid" is the correct past tense form of "lay" (when referring to something like eggs being produced). "Lain" is the past participle of "lie" (as in "to recline"), not "lay."

In this sentence, "yours" is a possessive pronoun, which is used to indicate ownership or relationship.

"Its" is the correct possessive form of the pronoun "it," used to show ownership or association. In this case, the verdict belongs to the jury, so "its" is appropriate. "His" and "her" are possessive pronouns used for male and female subjects, respectively, but the jury is a group and takes the neutral "its."

Mother - /ˈmʌð.ə/ Verb - /vɜːb/ Mercy - /ˈmɜː.si/ About - /əˈbaʊt/ Jump - /dʒʌmp/

Yesterday - /ˈjes.tə.deɪ/ Jam - /dʒæm/ Union - /ˈjuː.njən/ Jump - /dʒʌmp/ Umbrella - /ʌmˈbrel.ə/

King - /kɪŋ/ Quite - /kwaɪt/ Knee - /ni:/ Sing - /sɪŋ/ Knight - /naɪt/

moth - /mɒ\theta/ both - /bəʊ\theta/ what - /wɒt/ wrath - /rɒ\theta/ boat - /bəʊt/

For polysyllabic words that end with -ion, the stress tends to be placed on the penultimate syllable.

Emphatic stress is the placement of greater stress on a particular word in an utterance. This is usually done for clarification or emphasis. The emphasis on "WALKED" in the sentence suggests that the focus is on the action of walking, implying that it is being contrasted with another action, such as running. Therefore, the question "Did we run to the school?" is a logical counterpart, as it contrasts running with walking.

Emphatic stress is the placement of greater stress on a particular word in an utterance. This is done for clarification or emphasis. The emphasis on "TOMORROW" in the sentence highlights the specific time frame being discussed. The contrast implied by the emphasis is between "tomorrow" and another time frame, such as "next month." This makes option B the most logical choice, as it contrasts "tomorrow" with "next month."

The sentence discusses how monolingual standard languages are seen as the norm and anything differing from this is considered aberrant. "Deviations" fits as it means variations or departures from the standard.

A "repertoire" refers to the set of linguistic resources an individual uses.

To conjure means to mentally create or visualise a map.

The sentence refers to the depiction of language distribution on maps. "Coded" fits as it describes how regions are marked or categorized for specific languages.