. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.

1.  It is ....................... in the city than it is in the country.

     A. noisily              B. more noisier     C. noisier                  D. noisy

2.  The English test was ....................... than I thought it would be.

     A. the easier          B. more easy         C. easiest                   D. easier

3.  English is thought to be ....................... than Math.

     A. harder              B. the more hard   C. hardest                  D. the hardest

4.  My house is ....................... hers.

     A. cheap than        B. cheaper            C. more cheap than    D. cheaper than

5. Her office is ....................... away than mine.

     A. father               B. more far           C. farther                   D. farer

6. Tom is ....................... than David.

     A. handsome                                     B. the more handsome

     C. more handsome                             D. the most handsome

7.  He did the test ....................... I did.

     A. as bad as          B. badder than      C. more badly than    D. worse than

8.  A boat is ....................... than a plane.

     A. slower              B. slowest             C. more slow             D. more slower

9.  My new sofa is ....................... than the old one.

     A. more comfortable                          B. comfortably

     C. more comfortabler                         D. comfortable

10. My sister dances ....................... than me.

     A. gooder             B. weller               C. better                    D. more good

11. This road is ....................... than that road.

     A. narrower          B. narrow             C. the most narrow    D. more narrower

12. He drives ....................... his brother.

     A. more careful than                          B. more carefully

     C. more carefully than                       D. as careful as

13. It was ....................... day of the year.

     A. the colder         B. the coldest        C. coldest                  D. colder

14. She is ....................... student in my class.

     A. most hard-working                        B. more hard-working

     C. the most hard-working                   D. as hard-working

15. Jupiter is ....................... planet in the solar system.

     A. the biggest        B. the bigger         C. bigger                   D. biggest

16. Yoga help us learn ................ to co-ordinate breathing and movement.

      A. what                B. when                C. why                      D. how

17. Teenagers enjoy................to music and ................      out with friends.

      A. listen - hang                                 B. to listen – to hang 

      C. listening - hang                             D. listening - hanging

Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the other in each group.

1. A. hotel                      B. swallow           C. improve           D. survive

2. A. eventual                 B. devastate          C. admirable         D. different

3. A. brother                    B. machine           C. mother             D. beauty

4. A. decorate                 B. family              C. festival             D. tradition

5. A. blanket                   B. invite                C. replace             D. exchange

6. A. cultivate                 B. develop            C. celebrate           D. decorate

7. A. competition            B. invitation          C. nation               D. conservation

8. A. librarian                 B. bamboo            C. develop            D. cultural

9. A. festival                   B. resource           C. station              D. history

10. A. statue                   B. important          C. devote              D. begin

11. A. nomadic               B. generous          C. colourful          D. countryside

12. A. popular                B. calculus            C. beehive             D. disturb

13. A. harvest                 B. collect              C. peaceful           D. whisper

14. A. charade                B. transport           C. expect              D. paddy

15. A. opportunity          B. inconvenient     C. facility              D. optimistic

Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group

16. A. sentence              B. semester           C. resemble          D. member

17. A. public                  B. slice                  C. televise             D. hike

18. A. mended                B. needed              C. invented           D. called

19. A. mother                 B. health               C. theme               D. think

20. A. loudly                  B. sound               C. touch                D. amount

20. A. problem               B. clothing            C. climate             D. cloudy

21. A. neighbor              B. cough               C. although           D. drought

22. A. entertain               B. rain                  C. air                    D. strain

23. A. try                        B. facility              C. typhoon            D. supply

24. A. supermarket          B. ruler                 C. pollution          D. urban

25. A. nature                  B. migrant            C. facility              D. away

26. A. traffic                   B. relative             C. tragedy             D. jam

27. A. apartment             B. offer                 C. prefer               D. another

28. A. nature                  B. pressure           C. urban               D. supply

29. A. create                   B. peaceful           C. increase            D. easily

30. A. accessible             B. pressure           C. illness               D. success

. Write the correct form of verbs in the bracket.

1. It (be)           often hot in summer.

2. The children often go (swim)                in rivers after school.

3. It is necessary (water)                the flowers twice a day.

4. Farmers are always busy with (harvest)                   their crops.

5. Mai (love)               (listen)       to the morning sounds in the countryside.

6. My father always (make)           important decisions in my family.

7. In summer afternoons, children often (fly)               kites especially when it (be)      windy.

8. We sometimes (gather)              around the campfire and (listen)                   to the elderly tell stories about my village's heroes.