PRACTICE 3 I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other words. 1) A. invite B. village C. tired D. life 2) A. family B. afternoon C. damage D. carriage 3) A. hour B. honour C. host D. honest 4) A. enjoyed B. invited C. mended D. lasted 5) A. between B. election C. English D. entrance II. Complete the sentences with “ in / on / at / till / after or between” 1) ……….summer I play tennis …… 5 p.m ………Sundays. 2) We’ll have to leave …………lunch. 3) He likes playing soccer ………weekends. 4) It’s cheaper ……………6 p.m and 8 a.m. 5) My brother’s birthday is ……….March. 6) The street is full of traffic from morning ……night. III. Complete the sentences with an appropriate form of the words in brackets. 1) The journey to the countryside is very …………… (interest) 2) We felt ………….and ………… after a long walk. (tire-hunger) 3) We often go ………….and …………in the river in summer. (boat-fish) 4) Lan has a very lovely ………….of dolls. (collect) 5) We have to leave the party ………… or we’ll miss the trained. (hurry) 6) I have a dental ………………at 3 p.m. 7) We missed the taxi, but …………….the meeting started late. (lucky) 8) The president doesn’t have much time for ………… (relax) IV. Complete the sentences with and, so, but or because. 1) In my bedroom there’s a bed ………… a closet. 2) We live in an apartment on the top floor, ………….we don’t have a yard. 3) Our apartment’s small, …………… it’s comfortable. 4) I like living here ………… it’s near my friend’s house. 5) We both like sailing, ……………we choose to live near the sea. 6) I’m always tired on Friday evenings, …………I like to stay at home and relax. V. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense. We (arrive 1 ) ………… in Rome at 10 o’clock yesterday morning. We (stay 2 ) ……… in a nice little hotel not far from the city center. We already (see 3 )…………… St Peter’s and tomorrow we (go 4 ) ……………to Italy quite often when I (be 5 ) ………….a child but it will be interesting to see if it (change 6 ) ……………in any way. VI. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same. 1) I’m not able to ride a motorbike. I wish ………………………………………………………………………………… 2) What a pity! We don’t have a television set. we wish ……………………………………………………………………………… 3) You smoke a lot. It’s an annoying habit. I wish you …………………………………………………………………………… 4) She can’t come to the party because she’s working late next Friday. She’s working late next Friday………………………………………………………. 5) We postponed the picnic because the weather was bad. The weather was bad ……………………………………………………………… . PRACTICE 3 I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other words. 1) A. invite B. village C the words in brackets. 1) The journey to the countryside is very …………… (interest) 2) We felt ………….and ………… after a long walk. (tire-hunger) 3) We often