Mark the letter A,B,C,D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions
1.Fifty minutes____maximum length of time allotted for the exam
A.are B.were C.is D.be
2.One of my neighbors______curious about other people’s private life
A.being B.were C.is D.been
3.Seven month_____ a long time for me to wait
A.is B.being C.are D.were
4.A lot of restaurants______open at night
A.are B.is C.was D.be
5.Tom doesn’t agree but the rest of us_____
A.does B.done C. do D.doing
6.Most people______with my attitude
A.agrees B.has agreed C.agreeing D.agree
7.A lot of her furniture in her room_______new
A.are B.be C.were D.is
8.There_____lots of snow in the garden
A.have been B.are C.is D.to be
9.There_____ a few flowers in this garden last summer
A.being B.were C.are D.is
10.Most of us_____the same about the war
A.feel B.feels C.feeling D.has felt
11.A large number of reporters______at the meeting yesterday
Abeing B.were C.are D.is
12.Much progress_____been made in recent years
A.have B.has C.having D.to have
13.The water in those river _____polluted
A.are B.is C.been D.being
14.Collecting old coins and paper notes____one of my hobbies
A.being B.were C.are D.is
15.A number of workers____asked for a rise since last month
A.have B.has C.having D.to have
16.The number of pupils getting poor marks since the beginning of the semester_____appalling
A.to be B. have been C.are D.is
17.Five thousand pounds ______stolen in the robbery last night
A.being B.were C.are D.was
18.His silence _____he agrees with us
A.means B.mean C.meaning D.to mean
19.Mr.Thomson with his wife and his three children____abroad
A.to be B.have been C.are D.is
20.One of the girls who____working in this department_____my niece
A.is/being B.is/is C.is/are D.was/were
21.There____only a few people at the meeting last night
A.been B.were C.are D.was
22.The English_____to drink tea
A.likes B.to like C.like D.has liked
23.Everybody______trying to do their best at present
A.to be B.ave been C.are D.is
24.Both of the girls_____pretty,but neither of them is intelligent
A.to be B.has been C.are D.is
25.Jim as well as I_____always busy doing English homework
A.am B.has been C.are D.is
26.The study of languages_____very interesting
A,is B.were C.are D.to be
27.Neither Daisy nor I_____glad to do that
A.am B.has been C.are D.is
28.That you take a computer course______very necessary
A.been B.have been C.are D.is
29.Mumps usually________a mild fever
A.cause B.causes C.causing D. to cause
30.The police____come to the site of the accident
A.have B. has C.having D.to have
