EXERCISES I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced different from the others 1. A. apple B. basic C. transit D. tramp 2. A. chimney B. chemical C. chilly D. china 3. A. worked B. pumped C. watched D. contented 4. A. little B. lighten C. liable D. climb 5. A. heat B. repeat C. heart D. eating 6. A. routine B. line C. combine D. dine 7. A. passage B. message C. page D. luggage 8. A. wonderful B. month C. tone D. none 9. A. cooked B. accomplished C. hissed D. gained 10. A. pause B. laugh C. clause D. cause 11. A. name B. father C. party D. army 12. A. plough B. house C. compound D. touch II. Choose the word which is stress differently from the rest 13. A. ladder B. concern C. relief D. balloon 14. A. idea B. gesture C. laser D. matter 15. A. another B. tobacco C. buffalo D. occasion 16. A. water B. peasant C. farming D. alarm 17. A. timetable B. conclusion C. passenger D. bicycle 18. A. travel B. begin C. forget D. announce 19. A. serious B. frightening C. interesting D. contented 20. A. biology B. mathematics C. development D. geography 21. A. panic B. busy C. quiet D. exact 22. A. children B. breakfast C. routine D. water 23. A. purchase B. practice C. begin D. question 24. A. conversation B. entertainment C. appropriate D. information 25. A. holiday B. important C. profession D. tomorrow 26. A. apology B. geography C. experience D. preparation 27. A. answer B. complain C. listen D. travel 28. A. enjoy B. suffer C. study D. differ 29. A. headmaster B. entertain C. chemistry D. following 30. A. gravity B. product C. reduce D. physics III. Vocabulary. 31. The girl did not__________ anything like her pictures. A. see B. look C. dress D. appear 32. The evening news comes on at nine o’clock and__________ only thirty minutes. A. lasts B. stops C. starts D. begins 33. People attending the meeting were asked to keep the auditor’s report____ . A. essential B. important C. influential D. confidential 34. Residents were _______ to learn that property taxes would remain unchanged for another year. A. enjoyed B. relieved C. disserted D. unlighted 35. UNICEF has assumed the responsibility or aiding children in need. A. taken on B. effected C. evaded D. violated 36. Minimum wages are aimed at assuring workers a reasonable standard of living. A. depriving B. extending C. promising D. awarding 37. When I arrive home from work I often ………….myself with an exciting film. A. relax B. amuse C. correct D. prepare 38. We would like to ……… for the late departure of the light. A. accomplishment B. improve C. entertain D. apologize 39. Could you please stop ……….so much noise? A. making B. doing C. talking D. spending 40. Houses …………….as a bomb exploded in the neighborhood. A. dipped B. disappeared C. dropped D. shook 41. Water …………at one hundred degrees Celsius and freezes at zero degrees Celsius. A. cooks B. steams C. boils D. grills 42. He finished his work at five and got home at quarter past five A. five B. fifteen C. half D. forty-five 43. Which ……….does your company manufacture? A. produce B. product C. production D. productive VI. Grammar & Structure. 44. After her famous husband’s death, Eleanor Roosevelt continued ______ for peace. A. working B. work C. the working D. to working 45. ______ provided a living for nearly 90 percent of the population of the American colonies. A. What farming B. Farming was what C. Farming as D. What was farming 46. Although we have been interviewing all day, we haven’t ______ a suitable applicant. A. managed to find B. managed finding C. able to find D. succeeded in finding 47. In football, only the goalkeeper ______ the ball with his hands. A. is allowed to touch B. lets to touch C. is allowed touching D. is let touch 48. English is regarded as ______ means of international communication A. a B. an C. the D. no article 49. I hate ______ kept ______ . A. to be/ wait B. be/ to wait C. being/ waited D. being/ waiting 50. The examiners do not permit ______ during the exam so the students have to ______ until the allotted time is over. A. go/ waiting B. to go / waited C. going/ wait D. gone/be waiting 51. Little could they guess what was about ______ . A. to happen B. happen C. happening D. happened 52. She got ______ as soon as the alarm clock went ______ . A. over/ on B. up/ down C. up/ off D. on/ off 53. ______ farm is a hard work, I enjoy country life. A. Because B. Since C. However D. Although 54. Two tons of rice ______ to the victims of the flood yesterday. A. sent B. were sent C. was sent D. has been sent. 55. Peter does not feel satisfied with his new job ______ about it. A. He has always complained B. He always has complained C. Always he has complained D. He has complained always 56. Farmers collect their crops and prepare them ______ . A. for market or for eating. B. with market and eating C. to market and to eat. D. so as to market and eating 57. The farmers in my village have got a crop failure ______ pets and insects. A. because B. due to C. as D. in spite of 58. Before the plane take off, the passengers ______ to fasten their seat belt. A. tell B. are telling C. told D. are told 59. It takes me about three hours ______ the report. A. complete B. to completeC. completing D. completed 60. He ______ twenty calves last week, now he ______ them up to sell. A. had bought/ fed B. bought/ is feeding C. buys/ feeds D. was buying/ fed 61. Although the kinks of soil are different, farmers can manage to cultivate suitable crops to make it the most productive. A. Different as the kinds of soil are B. In spite of different of the kinds of soil, C. Are the kinds of soil different D. Even the different of the kinds of soil, 62. Many species of wild animals are ______ danger ______ extinction A. of// in B. on/ for C. in/ of D. within/ at 63. The performance _______ at 7 o’clock and _______ for three hours. We all _______ it. A. begins - lasts-enjoys B. began - lasted - enjoyed C. will begin - lasts - enjoys D. has begun - will last - are enjoying 64. “You _______ here before?” “Yes, I _______ my holidays here last year.” A. Have……been – spent B. Have……been – have spent C. Were…… - spent D. Did……be – spent 65. I _______ your brother this afternoon at Green Street. A. have met B. met C. will meet D. Both A and B are incorrect 66. I understand you _______ an unpleasant experience at the weekend. What_______ exactly? A. had – happened B. have – had happened C. have – happened D. had – has happened 67. All the beautiful buildings in our cities _______ by exhaust gases from cars. We _______ something to stop this. A. is being destroyed – must do B. are being destroyed – must do C. are destroyed – should do D. are being destroyed – have done . B. accomplished C. hissed D. gained 10. A. pause B. laugh C. clause D. cause 11. A. name B. father C. party D. army 12. A. plough B. house C. compound D.