I. Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. a. diverse b. crime c. disease d. violence

2. a. death b. peaceful c. wealthy d. spread

3. a. overcrowded b. populated c. polluted d. advantaged

4. a. city b. space c. spacious d. peaceful

5. a. homeless b. problem c. poverty d. solve

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

1. A. healthy                 B. cancer

    C. disease                D. balance

2. A. pursue                 B. cuisine

    C. detect                  D. laundry

3. A. dangerous          B. generous

    C. popular                D. creative

4. A. comfortable   B. employment

    C. important        D. surprising

5. A. elegant                B. regional

    C. musical               D. important

1. A. improve B. cavity C. drill D. disease

2. A. started B. filled C. visited D. needed

3. A. hour B. house C. hot D. healthy

4. A. asked B. stopped C. called D. watched

5. A. measure B. serious

C. poster D. harvest

6. A. absent B. disease

C. poster D. essay

7. A. usually B. unhappy

C. uniform D. useful

8. A. armchair B. kitchen

C. catch D. chemistry

9. A. distance B. family

C. different D. library

10.A. which B. whole C. where D. what

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Question 23: You can avoid many diseases by eat healthy food.

A. avoid                               B. diseases                        C. eat                                D. healthy

Question 24: We should encourage people recycle glass, cans, plastic and paper.

A. should                             B. encourage                     C. recycle                          D. and

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 25: My younger brother is keen on playing monopoly with me every evening.

   A. love                              B. detest                            C. adore                            D. like

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to the following questions.

1. If people need money badly, they may commit ____________.

   A. criminals             B. crime                        C. criminate      D. criminalist

2. The city is facing serious ____________ problems.

   A. polluted              B. polluting                    C. pollute      D. pollution

3. “Hi, Bill. Congratulations!” “___________.”

   A. I’m sorry               B. Thank you              C. My pleasure      D. You’re welcome.

4. Peter never goes to school late, .................. he?

   A. does                      B. did                         C. doesn’t      D. didn’t

5. All the slums in this area ___________ for new multi-storey buildings next year.

   A. demolished       B. will demolished           C. will demolish      D. will be demolished

6. Over population is causing __________ problems than we can imagine.

   A. more                   B. less             C. fewer      D. worse

7. The actress arrived __________ a helicopter.

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

8 Which one do you want? – I don’t want ___________.

   A. both                    B. neither        C. either      D. each

9. They prefer to go _________ their car than __________ the train.

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

   Circle the mistake:

10. I am (A) interesting in (B) the rice – cooking (C) contest you (D) organized yesterday.