PRACTICE TEST-02 (Word-Form) 1. They did everything possible to ______ the police force. a. strength b. strengthen c. strong d. strongly 2. I spent a(n) ______ night because of toothache. I’m very tired now. a. sleepy b. sleeping c. sleepless d. asleep 3. His low scores in the tests ______ him quite a lot. a. discouraged b. courageous c. encouraging d. encouragement 4. George cut ______ while he was shaving this morning. a. him b. his c. himself d. he 5. The United States and Canada have many trade agreements that benefit ______. a. each b. another c. other d. each other 6. Many students in my class expressed a strong ______ for the project. a. prefer b. preference c. preferential d. preferentially 7. I think it’s very ______ of him to expect us to work overtime every night this week. a. reason b. reasonable c. unreasonable d. reasonably 8. Most of the food in supermarkets is very ______. a. attraction b. attractive c. attractively d. attracting 9. The Island has very few ______ resources. a. nature b. natural c. naturally d. natures 10. Burning garbage will give off ______ odour. a. pleasure b. pleasantly c. pleasant d. unpleasant 11. These chemicals are ______. They can cause death or illness if taken into the body. a. poison b. poisoning c. poisonous d. poisonously 12. If you are ______when you write your composition, you will probably get a good grade. a. careful b. carefully c. careless d. carefulness 13. Baseball is the______ sport in the United States. a. nation b. native c. national d. nationally 14. He wants to be a ______ engineer. a. chemistry b. chemical c. chemist d. chemicals 15. There have been many wonderful ______ in this century. a. developing b. developer c. development d. developmental 16. English has become an ______ means of communication. a. effective b. effect c. ineffective d. effectively 17. She wants to travel by car; but he would rather ______ by train. a. to go b. went c. going d. go 18. She looks seriously ill. She had better ______ to see a doctor. a. going b. go c. to go d. gone 19. Call an ambulance. There’s been ______. a. accident b. an accident c. some accidents d. any accident 20. “Where are you going?” – “ I’m going to buy ______.” a. a bread b. any bread c. loaf of bread d. some bread 21. I’m going to a wedding on Saturday. ______ is getting married. a. A friend of mine b. A friend of mec. A friend of my d. A friend of myself 22. You and ______ have to finish this before noon. a. I b. me c. mine d. myself 23. James is very interested in mathematics and ______ applications. a. their b. theirs c. its d. it’s 24. My picture is different from ______. a. their b. them c. theirs d. themselves 25. You can ______ your knowledge by reading newspapers. a. rich b. richly c. enrichment d. enrich 26. Cheer up! You look ______! a. disappointment b. disappointed c. disappointing d. disappointedly 27. Making a decision now is of great ______. a. importance b. important c. importantly d. import 28. ______ earth moves around ______ sun. a. The / a b. The / the c. An / a d. An /a 29. These men ______ survived the crash. a. miracle b. miracles c. miraculous d. miraculously 30. Hundreds of ______ are involved in the research. a. sciences b. scientific c. scientists d. scientifically How to pronounce the final –S or –ES in plural nouns: • / s / : When the nouns end in : f , k , p , t : (cliffs, desks, shops, plates…) • / iz / : When the nouns end in : s , x , sh, ch, ge, z : ( buses, boxes, dishes, watches, chages, buzzes…) • / z / : For the remaining nouns : (trees, flowers, boys, girls…) How to pronounce the final –ED • /id / : when the verbs end in: t / t / , d / d / ( wanted, needed, prevented, divided…) • / t / : when the verbs end in: f / f /, p / p /, k / k / , ch / t∫ /, sh / ∫ /, x / ks /, s / s / , ss /s / ( laughed, stopped, cooked, watched, finished, boxed, focused, kissed….) • / d / : For the remaining verbs : (opened, changed, allowed, preserved….) PRONUNCIATION : Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 1. a. history b. film c. file d. various 2. a. awareness b. nation c. date d. face 3. a. pulse b. popular c. shut d. runner 4. a. cooked b. stopped c. finished d. visited 5. a. contribute b. use c. bull d. due 6. a. industry b. documentary c. suspend d. succeed 7. a. bird b. blind c. kind d. bind 8. a. whatever b. whoever c. wherever d. whenever 9. a. lost b. popular c. role d. pop 10.a. tips b. lifts c. trucks d. films 11.a. tide b. tiny c. time d. till 12.a. helps b. laughs c. cooks d. finds 13.a. school b. chemist c. merchant d. ache 14.a. advertise b. age c. standard d. natural 15.a. cheap b. dead c. head d. bread 16.a. weight b. eight c. height d. eighth 17.a. exercise b. decide c. mile d. practice 18.a. jog b. move c. pot d. modern 19.a. account b. pause c. cause d. clause 20.a. jogged b. cooked c. gained d. smiled 21.a. learn b. nearly c. ear d. clear 22.a. willing b. diameter c. tradition d. addition 23.a. take b. radius c. spark d. cake 24.a. subtract b. traffic c. specific d. cinema 25.a. added b. subtracted c. omitted d. stopped 26.a. calculus b. unit c. use d. computer 27.a. printed b. decided c. completed d. played 28.a. case b. rate c. average d. page 29.a. computers b. instructions c. letters d. scientists 30.a. happy b. multiply c. pretty d. daily 31.a. chemistry b. school c. chair d. ache 32.a. ethical b. think c. both d. clothing 33.a. how b. allow c. now d. know 34.a. understands b. makes c. works d. sleeps 35.a. pharmacy b. apply c. pretty d. quickly 36.a. around b. about c. cough d. bound 37.a. behind b. lie c. blind d. skirt 38.a. mother b. thousand c. they d. their 39.a. movement b. role c. so d. over 40.a. heart b. hear c. clear d. near 41.a. smiled b. lived c. belonged d. worked 42.a. major b. magazine c. machine d. malaria 43.a. cause b. pause c. clause d. laugh 44.a. who b. lose c. only d. loose 45.a. feather b. feature c. heat d. each 46.a. went b. west c. work d. newspaper 47.a. pilot b. sign c. river d. driver 48.a. published b. signed c. worked d. watched 49 a. some b. wonder c. coming d. two 50.a. minute b. purity c. studio d. pursue . scientists 30 .a. happy b. multiply c. pretty d. daily 31 .a. chemistry b. school c. chair d. ache 32 .a. ethical b. think c. both d. clothing 33 .a. how b.. now d. know 34 .a. understands b. makes c. works d. sleeps 35 .a. pharmacy b. apply c. pretty d. quickly 36 .a. around b. about c. cough d. bound 37 .a. behind