Looking Back

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. 

1. punctual
2. rusty
3. pick up 
4. museum

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. 

1. operate
2. openness
3. global 
4. poem

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. 

1. massive
2. immersion
3. imitate
4. flexibility 

Pick out the word that has the primary stress different from that of the other words. 

1. language
2. accent
3. grammar
4. mistake

Pick out the word that has the primary stress different from that of the other words. 

1. bilingual
2. contribute
3. guarantee 
4. admission

Pick out the word that has the primary stress different from that of the other words. 

1. invent 
2. decorate 
3. participate
4. design

The teacher has done a quick quiz to check the students' ________ of the English language.

1. knowledge
2. dialect
3. fluent
4. variety

English has the largest ________ with about 500,000 words and 300,000 technical terms.

1. vocabulary
2. accent
3. grammar
4. intonation

Choose the best answer.

My friend is bilingual; official; reasonably because she speaks both English and French fluently.

In my opinion, it's very difficult for an Englishman to ________ a real American accent.

1. imitate
2. imitative
3. imitating
4. imitated

By the end of last year, the number of adult English speakers in Asia ______ (reach) 350 million.

1. had reached 
2. has reached
3. reached
4. has been reaching

Give the correct form of the word in bracket to complete the sentence.

I'm interested in the study on the ________ (similar) and differences between the two languages.

Give the correct form of the word in bracket to complete the sentence.

Minh can speak English much more ________ than her sister can. (fluency)

It's said that many English words have been ________ (simple) over the centuries.

1. simplified
2. simplyed
3. simpled
4. simplised

Jane: Your aunt is very __________ (know) about English literature, isn't she?

Ann: Yes. She used to live in England in 5 years.

1. knowledgeable
2. unknowledgeable
3. knowledge
4. known

She spoke English with a(n) _________ that I couldn't understand.

1. accent
2. stress
3. intonation
4. tone

They offered her a trip to Europe but she ________ it.

1. turned it down
2. turned down it
3. passed it down
4. passed down it

Give the correct form of the word to complete the sentence.

Ivan can write almost like a native speaker, but his _________ (pronounce) is terrible.

The paintings _________ Mr. Brown has in his house are worth around $100,000.

1. whose
2. which
3. what
4. whom

Mike comes from a city ________ is located in the southern part of England.

1. where
2. who
3. what
4. that

The picture reminds him of the time ________ he studied in New York.

1. which
2. when
3. where
4. why

The children ________ attend that English school receive good education.

1. who
2. whom
3. which
4. whose

_________ people never seem to put on weight, while others are always on a diet.

1. All
2. One
3. Few
4. Some

They could understand our conversation if they _______ some English.

1. knew
2. would know
3. will know
4. know

If I had more time, I ________ a Business English course.

1. will take
2. would take
3. take
4. took

If I _________ (be) weak in speaking English, I _________ (practise) speaking it more.

1. were/ would practise
2. were/ practised
3. would be/ practised
4. were/ wil practise

If you _______ (live) in Australia, you would use English everyday.

1. lived
2. live
3. lives
4. living

Choose the best answer.

English has borrowed many words which; whose; what; who come from other languages.

She _______ (not speak) fluently if she didn't practise English everyday.

1. wouldn't speak
2. won't speak
3. didn't speak
4. doesn't speak

The new student in our class ________ hair is sandy is bilingual in Japanese and Chinese.

1. who
2. whose
3. whom
4. which