Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others by circling A, B, C, or D

I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others by circling A, B, C, or D.

1. A. listen            B. rise                   C. variety              D. life

2. A. allow            B. follow               C. pillow              D. blow

3. A. machine        B. mechanic          C. school              D. character

II. Find which word does not belong to each group.

4. A. skating          B. climbing           C. gardening         D. horse-riding

5. A. hate              B. enjoy                C. love                 D. like

III. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentence.

6. She works very ___________

A. hardly               B. studiously                  C. lazy                  D. careful

7. These vegetables don’t taste ___________ to us

A. well                  B. freshly                       C. fresh                D. deliciously

8. I’m pleased that you and your family are ___________

A. good                 B. well                            C. best                  D. better

9. The letter is ______ French and I don’t speak a word of French. Can you help me?

A. in                     B. with                           C. by                     D. on

10. You should pay more ___________ in class.

A. part                  B. care                            C. notice               D. attention

11. ‘May I use your phone?’ ‘Certainly. _____________’

A. Hold on, please                    C. Here you are

B. It doesn’t matter                   D. You’re welcome

12. ‘Would you like to have tea with us?’ ‘_____________’

A. Yes, I’d love to           B. That’s a good idea      C. Yes, I Would              D. I think so

13. ‘_____________?’ ‘I’m going to make a table.’

A. Why is this wood                           C. How is this wood used

B. What’s this wood for                      D. Whose is this wood

14. When I came to visit her last night, she _____________ a bath.

A. had                  B. was having                 C. were having               D. is having

15. The boys hurt _____________ when they climbed down the tree.

A. one another                B. each other                  C. himself             D. themselves

IV. Insert the correct form of the words in brackets

16. I never forget his _______________ to me       KIND 

17.     Would you please give me some _______________ about the train, please?  INFORM

18.English is an _______________ and important subject.   INTEREST

19.There are many kinds of _______________ for young people.  ENTERTAIN

20. I don’t know the _______________ of this street. LONG

V. Fill in each gap of the following sentences with a suitable preposition.

21. I’m returning __________ Spain at the end of the month.

22. We can only get to the camp ____________ foot.

23. I’m very bad ____________ mathematics.

24. I prefer coffee _____________ tea.

25. Could I speak _____________ Tom please?

VI. Put the verbs in the brackets into correct tense or form:

26. When I was a child, I used (dream) ________________ of being an astronaut.

27. I'm terribly nervous. I'm not used (speak) ________________ to a large audience.

28. It took us ages to get used (live) ________________ in an apartment house.

29. Lots of trains used (stop) ________________ here, but not many do now.

30. Didn't Nick use (work) ________________ on a building site?