A. Pronunciation
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1. a. leader

   • The underlined part "ea" is pronounced differently (as /iː/) compared to the others where "ea" is pronounced as /e/.

2. c. lick

   • The underlined part "i" is pronounced differently (as /ɪ/) compared to the others where "i" is pronounced as /aɪ/.

3. a. nook

   • The underlined part "oo" is pronounced differently (as /ʊ/) compared to the others where "oo" is pronounced as /uː/.

4. c. monster

   • The underlined part "on" is pronounced differently (as /ɒ/) compared to the others where "on" is pronounced as /ɑː/.

5. b. shortage

   • The underlined part "or" is pronounced differently (as /ɔː/) compared to the others where "or" is pronounced as /ɒ/.

6. c. identify

   • The underlined part "i" is pronounced differently (as /aɪ/) compared to the others where "o" is pronounced as /əʊ/ or /oʊ/.

7. a. isolate

   • The underlined part "i" is pronounced differently (as /aɪ/) compared to the others where "i" is pronounced as /ɪ/.

8. d. audit

   • The underlined part "u" is pronounced differently (as /ʌ/) compared to the others where "u" is pronounced as /ʌ/ or /ʊ/.

9. b. chase

   • The underlined part "a" is pronounced differently (as /eɪ/) compared to the others where "a" is pronounced as /æ/ or /ɪ/.

10. d. apply

    • The underlined part "a" is pronounced differently (as /ə/) compared to the others where "a" is pronounced as /æ/.

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the others.

1. c. prefer

   • Stress pattern: The stress is on the second syllable (pre-FER), while the others have stress on the first syllable.

2. c. harmful

   • Stress pattern: The stress is on the first syllable (HARmful), while the others have stress on the second syllable.

3. a. surprise

   • Stress pattern: The stress is on the second syllable (sur-PRISE), while the others have stress on the first syllable.

4. d. helmet

   • Stress pattern: The stress is on the first syllable (HEL-met), while the others have stress on the second syllable.

5. a. arrow

   • Stress pattern: The stress is on the first syllable (AR-row), while the others have stress on the second syllable.

Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the words in parentheses.

1. This company offered a lot of attractive jobs. (attraction)

   • attractive

2. She has been reasonable with me for an hour about the future job. (reasonable)

   • reasonable

3. Mary is an expectant mother in a few weeks more. (expect)

   • expectant

4. He is not very tolerant of criticism. (tolerate)

   • tolerant

5. Their study is getting on satisfactorily. (satisfy)

   • satisfactorily

1. When the red wine c. ran out the guests began drinking the white wine.

   • c. ran out

2. I just cannot work out the answer to this question. I c. give up

   • c. give up

3. I’m not surprised that Mary failed to solve that problem. She did not get it right d. so quickly

   • d. so quickly

4. You shouldn’t come in till I b. have seen your ticket.

   • b. have seen

5. She couldn’t d. see the car, or she would have stopped.

   • d. see

6. Many people want to wear clothes like d. those worn by film stars

   • d. those worn by film stars

7. Time is short, and the secretary is typing b. under pressure

   • b. under pressure

8. He is d. such a success that everyone here is very proud of him.

   • d. such a

9. We live in the c. large old brick house on the corner.

   • c. large old brick house

10. This ticket d. admits one person to the show.

    • d. admits

11. To everyone’s surprise, Mr. Thompson d. turned out at the meeting.

    • d. turned out

12. During b. While I do the farmers are busy doing their work in the field,

    • b. While I do

13. When we are doing it d. in spite of our protests.

    • d. in spite of