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

1. a. food                   b. look                          c. took                            d. good.

2. a. watches              b. faces                 c. places                d. lakes

3. a. nature                 b. change               c. chance               d. basic

4. a. humor                b. flour                  c. rumor                d. honor

5. a. delayed               b. bathed               c. damaged            d. hoped

II. Choose the word that has the different stress pattern from the others

1.     a. comprise           b.  cotton               c. comment           d. campus

2.     a. dormitory                    b. dynamite           c. decorate             d. disappear

3.     a. exist                  b. extensive           c. energy               d. environment

4.     a. persuade            b. purpose             c. publish              d. picnic

5.     a. locate                b. linguistics                   c. logical               d. lecturer

III. Rewrite the following sentences in the way that its meaning remains unchanged.

     1.I haven’t eaten this kind of food before.

This…………………………

2. It isn’t necessary for you to finish by Saturday.

You…………………………………

3.   It was such rotten meat that I couldn’t eat.

The meat was not………………………

     4.“ Please wake me up at 6 o’clock tomorrow  morning”. Peter said to his mother.

Peter…………………………………

5. She started working as a secretary five years ago.

She……………………………………………….

6. They think the owner of the house is abroad.

The owner……………………………….

7. What a pity you failed your driving test!

I wish……………………………

8. The mechanic serviced my car last week.

I……………………………..

     9.We didn’t go on holiday because we didn’t have enough money

If……………………………………………………………..

     10.She knows a lot more about it than I do.

I……………………………..

Choose the word whose stress partern differs from that of the others (0.25 point)

6. A. argument               B. employment     C. recognize          D. decade

7. A. mature                      B. severe             C. require             D. figure

8. A. comestic                 B. photography     C. economic          D. experience

9. A. faithfully                B. sincerely           C. completely       D. extremely

10. A. salary                    B. essential           C. industry            D. interview 

1. I should like someone to take me out to dinner.                                        

      What ...........................................................................................................

2. The manager was very astounded when they told him about the robbery.  

      On .. .........................................................................................................

3. It is such a marvelous opportunity that we mustn’t miss it.                                 

      It is too........................................................................................................

4. My brother works better when he’s pressed for time.                                

       The less time . ..........................................................................................................

5. He’ll set down. Then his performance will improve.                                

      Once ........................................................................................................

6. Mrs. Scott is proud of her cooking.                                                

       Mrs. Scott prides . .......................................................................................

7. Are they likely to pass Proficiency?                                               

      Is there . ..........................................................................................................

8. He made a lot of mistakes because he didn’t study carefully.                    

      Had .. .........................................................................................................

9. Though I am poor, I’ll not serve a villain.                                       

      Poor . ..........................................................................................................

10. She didn't recover her confidence until that morning.                             

     It was .. .........................................................................................................

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