PRACTICE

Phonetics

100

Choose the word that has the italicized part pronounced differently
A. treasure    B. closure    C. exposure    D. ensure

D. ensure

200

Choose the word that has the italicized part pronounced differently
A. chorus    B. brochure    C. machine    D. chef

A. chorus

300

Choose the word that has the italicized part pronounced differently
A. happy   B. talent   C. similarity   D. hard

D. hard

400

Choose the word that has the italicized part pronounced differently
A. laughed    B. ploughed    C. coughed     D. roughed

B. ploughed

500

Choose the word that has the italicized part pronounced differently
A. tradition     B. question   C. action   D. exhibition

B. question

Word stress

100

Choose the word that has the stress placed differently
A. actor    B. invent    C. display    D. cartoon

A. actor

200

Choose the word that has the stress placed differently
A. adventurous       B. petroleum
C. recovery            D. artificial

D. artificial

300

Choose the word that has the stress placed differently
A. orientation                    B. electricity
C. disadvantageous           D. developmental

B. electricity 

400

Choose the word that has the stress placed differently
A. economy     B. economical    
C. economic    D. economically

A. economy

500

Choose the word that has the stress placed differently
A. temperature          B. archeology
C. compensation        D. volunteer

A. temperature

Choose the answer

100

The bus__________before I reached the bus-stop.

A. left                      B. had left
C. was leaving          D. will leave

B. had left

200

I’ve tried those tablets and they are not__________in helping me stop coughing.

A. effective                B. successful
C. profitable              D. helpful

A. effective

300

There is__________food left but not enough for everyone.

A. few                             B. a few
C. little                           D. a little

D. little

400

They are _________ their house because they need more bedrooms.

A. increasing               B. extending              
C. adding                    D. growing

B. extending

500

My mother is _________ in her use of gas when cooking. 

A. economical             B. economizing          
C. economized            D. economic

A. economical

Find and correct

100

The humming-birds is one of the most smallest we know of.

most => O

200

She is singing and dancing merrily when the doctor called to see her.

is => was

300

You need your shoes to repair, don’t you?

to repair => repairing

400

I borrowed some milk from a neighbor of us as we didn’t have enough for breakfast.

us => ours

500

The surgeon examined the patient quickly, and then the operation was begun.

the operation was begun => began the operation

Rewrite the sentence

100

The mother made the little girl go to bed in time.
=> The little girl_____________

The little girl was made to go to bed in time.

200

She can’t go to school today because she is ill.
=> If she____________

If she weren't ill, she could go to school.

300

The teacher was too tired to teach us how to swim.
=> The teacher was not_____________

The teacher was not well enough to teach us how to swim.

400

I learnt quite a lot of the language simply by listening to other people.
=> I pick a fair ____________

I pick a fair amount of the language simply by listening to other people.

500

I would like to express my thanks for everything you have done for me. (thankful)
=> I'd like to say ___________ am for everything you have done for me.

I'd like to say how thankful I am for everything you have done for me.