a) Mark the letter Ay B, c or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
26. A. stop B. hole C. Cost D. fox
27. A. leave B. beat C. threaten D. weave
28. A. Com B. fort C. horn D. word
29. A. leap B. break c.speak D. steal
30. A. match B. Catch C. Crash D. want
31. A. story B. sure C. scarf D. sort
32. A. account B. blouse C. Course D. mouse
33. A. move B. lose C. Close D. prove
34. A. father B. Calculation C. Carpenter D. Car
35. A. steak B. break C. Clean D. great
36. A. lazy B. ladder C. label D. labour
37. A. Come B.bone C. bold D. hold
38. A. sugar B. Cassette C. fashion D. allow
39. A. out B. doubt C. brought D. scout
40. A. teacher B. Clear C. reason D. mean
41. A. Cuts B.reads C. opens D. plays
42. A. after B. advice C. agree D. alone
43. A. book B. look C. floor D. foot
44. A. shirt B. fire C. first D. bird
45. A. worked B. Cleaned C. played D. agreed
46. A. Call B. fall C. shall D. wall
47. A. own B. down C. Clown D. town
48. A. feast B. meal C. heal D. head
49. A. above B. move C. love D. glove
50. A. Cow B. narrow C. know D. throw
differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
1. A. erosion B. pollution C. Cold D. rotation
2. A. opened B. painted C. provided D. wanted
3. A. then B. send C. set D. respect
4. A. national B. nation C. international D. nationality
5. A. encounter B. about C. sound D. thought
6. A. Crowd B. snow C. Clown D. now
7. A. Carry B. fall C. handle D. hatch
8. A. oil B. Coin C. moisture D. tortoise
9. A. Car B. bam C. grape D. smart
10. A. up B. jump C. run D. sure
11. A. nail B. pain C. pair D. pail
12. A. liar B. trick C. twice D. vine
13. A. food B. root C. foot D. school
14. A. fine B. bitter C. nice D. wise
15. A. boat B. board C. Coat D. goat
16. A. like B. hit C. hide D. mime
17. A. pour B. Cloud C. house D. mountain
18. A. greatness B. heat C. meat D. dream
19. A. stay B. Chase C. warn D. waste
20. A. Chew B. sell C. let D. stress
21. A. road B. load C. throat D. broadness
22. A. Car B. base C. shape D. Case
23. A. one B. home C. none D. nothing
24. A. boot B. book C. look D. wood
25. A. far B. dark C. past D. strange
I. Complete the following sentences using adverbs.
1. They laughed……………………. (happy)
2. The dog ran …………………………(quick)
3. Ruth solved the problem ………………………….(easy)
4. Bob spoke about his new job ………………………(dramatic)
5. She is always ……………………………..dressed. (beautiful)
6. You are writing too ……………………………… (slow)
7. She spoke …………………………..about him. (nice)
8. I think you are working ……………………………….(hard)
9. He drives very……………………………….. (careful)
10. His temperature went up…………………………………. (fast)
II. Choose the correct word
1. She could hard hardly walk after the accident.
2. My book is near nearly finished.
3. She is too short shortly. She cannot be a model.
4. I would like two tickets for the late lately ahow.
5. I will let you know my decision short shortly.
6. This problem is too hard hardly for me.
7. I live near nearly the supermarket.
8. He has been very sick late lately.
9. There is near nearly no money left.
10. We will go on vacation short shortly.
11. This is hard hardly the way to speak to your teacher.
12. He is often late lately to work.
13. The operation is near nearly over.
14. Your composition is too short shortly. It looks like a telegram.
15. He has been working too hard hardly , late lately.