Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three in each question.

1.                A. big            B. wide           C. quite D. exciting

2.                A. cheap          B. sleepy         C. near D. peaceful

3.                A. heavy          B. sea            C. team D. street

4.                A. Cheap          B. six            C. meet D. She   

5.                A. great          B. heat           C. cheek D. peaceful

6.                A. historic       B. expensive      C. office    D. finally

7.                A. renew          B. pea            C. three D. key

8.                A. wig            B. grin           C. heat D. fish

9.                A. fleece         B. return         C. machine   D. scene

10. A. neat       B. village        C. cottage        D. shortage

11. A. complete   B. cede           C. remind         D. secede

12. A. baggage    B. breathe        C. courage        D. damage

13. A. luggage    B. message        C. creature       D. voyage

14. A. easy       B. tea            C. meal           D. represent

15. A. live       B. wide           C. bicycle        D. exciting

16. A. feet       B. seat           C. near           D. team

17. A. busy       B. city           C. think          D. terrible

18. A. passage    B. easy           C. begin          D. become

19. A. film       B. city           C. nice           D. police

20. A. sweet      B. where          C. cheap          D. Sheep

I. PHONETICS

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three in each question.

1. A. nature B. chance C. gravity D. Basic

2. A. cheap B. choose C. children D. chemistry

3. A. available B. safe C. biogas D. stay

Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the other three in each question.

4. A. easily B. abundant C. dangerous D. energy

5. A. engineer B. expensive C. convenient D. enormous

II. VOCABULARY

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence below.

6. The traffic here is very _____ for children.

A. dangerous B. endangered C. danger D. dangerously

7. There is a serious _____ of food in some areas.

A. short B. shortage C. shorten D. shortening

8. Gas and oil _____ always increases in cold weather.

A. consumers B. consume C. consumption D. consumable

9. Wind is a _____ source of energy.

A. renewable B. non-renewable C. renewed D. renewing

10. This country needs _____ in education.

A. investing B. investment C. invested D. invest

11. _____ energy doesn’t cause pollution.

A. Social B. Solar C. Sociable D. Sunny

12. The water _____ crises continue to impact on most parts of the country.

A. shortage B. lack C. absence D. scarce

13. Non-renewable _____ sources like coal and natural gases produce a lot of carbon dioxide.

A. power B. fuel C. solar D. energy

14. Making soup is a good way of using _____ leftover vegetables.

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

15. Non-renewable energy comes from sources that will eventually _____

A. run way B. run down C. run over D. run out

16. Too much work is bad _____ your health.

A. for B. at C. with D. of

Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentence.

17. He’s bought me a smart new camera to change from my old one.

A. recharge B. reuse C. replace D. redo

18. When will the information be made available?

A. accessible B. busy C. plentiful D. abundant

Choose the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences.

19. No need to hurry – you’ve got plenty of time.

A. same amount B. less C. little D. few

20. You cannot grow crops on exhausted land.

A. used B. fertile C. empty D. nutritious

PART A: PHONETICS (/a:/; /ʌ/; /s/; /z/; /b/; /p/; /ɪ/; /i:/; /t/; /d/; /s/ and /ʃ/) I. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation. 1. A. cheap B. sleepy C. near D. peaceful 2. A. big B. wide C. quiet D. exciting 3. A. lake B. bag C. take D. nature 4. A. island B. plaster C. coast D. longest 5. A. smile B. so C. spring D. noise 6. A. special B. spring C. she D. sugar 7. A. creative B. think C. big D. idea 8. A. finger B. leg C. neck D. elbow 9. A. mothers B. centers C. aunts D. cousins 10. A. cities B. watches C. dishes D. houses

I. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation.

1.   A. big                       B. cheap                C. friendly              D. exciting

2.   A. treat                    B. clean                  C. great                  D. beach

3.   A. creative                B. think                  C. big                     D. idea

4.   A. clean                   B. cheap                C. noisy                 D. convenient

5.   A. mothers               B. centers               C. aunts                  D. cousins

6.   A. cities                    B. watches              C. dishes                 D. houses

7. A. coffee                    B.see                    C. agree                  D. free

8. A. beds                       B. rooms               C. cats                        D. Books

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the
other three in pronunciation.
1. A. cheap B. sleepy C. near D. peaceful
2. A. big B. wide C. quiet D. exciting
3. A. lake B. bag C. take D. nature
4. A. island B. plaster C. coast D. longest
5. A. smile B. so C. spring D. noise
6. A. special B. spring C. she D. sugar
7. A. creative B. think C. big D. idea
8. A. finger B. leg C. neck D. elbow
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9. A. mothers B. centers C. aunts D. cousins
10. A. cities B. watches C. dishes D. houses
 

 Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three in each question.

A. clown B. mountain C. south D. southern

 Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three in each question.

A. sugar B. cassette C. fashion D. passion

 Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the other three in each question.

A. complain B. journey C. happy D. artist

 Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the other three in each question.

A. support B. control C. suggest D. country

 I think she’s the most _____ girl I’ve ever met.

A. kind-heating B. kind-hearted C. kind-heart D. kind-heartable