ENGLISH PRACTICE 1
A. PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
A. switch B. stomach C. champion D. catch
A. cloths B. improves C.lakes D. communicates
A. castle B. whistle C. hostel D. listen
A.change B. hungry C. angry D. single
A. ancient B. face C. page D. angle
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others
1. A. industry B. tornado C. natural D. injury
2. A. geography B. electronic C. scientific D. preparation
3. A. patient B. humour C. deny D. friendly
4. A. worried B. reserved C. polite D. arrive
5. A. mathematics B. economics C. politics D. automatics
B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
I. Choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the blank spaces.
1. ___________ from John, all the students said they would go.
A. Except
B. Only
C. Apart
D. Separate

2. If you work for us, you’ll get somewhere to live _____ free.
A. for
B. at
C. out
D. of

3. The new manager explained to the staff that she hoped to _____ new procedures to save time and money.
A. manufacture
B. establish
C. control
D. restore

4. They took pride _______ being the best players of the school.
A. in
B. with
C. on
D. for

5. She’d prefer to go out ________ home.
A. than to stay
B. than staying
C. rather than staying
D. rather than stay

6. They received _______ advice from their parents that they became successful.
A. so good
B. such a good
C. so good an
D. such good

7. Have you got a car ________ ?
A. of your own
B. of yourself
C. of you
D. of your

8. There is a fault at our television station. Please do not ______ your television set.
A. change
B. adjust
C. repair
D. switch

9. If you want to attend the course, you must pass the ................... examination.
A. write
B. written
C. wrote
D. writing

10. Either Peter and his brothers _______ the keys to the car.
A. has been taken
B. has taken
C. have taken
D. have been taken

11. We can tell you that we often have a friendly _______ in our class.
A. atmosphere
B. air
C. matter
D. impression

12. These clothes are fashionable and _______ . Do you agree with me?
A. only
B. merely
C. unique
D. uniquely

13. He _______ to have a very big fortune and a beautiful wife.
A. rumors
B. rumored
C. has rumored
D. was rumored

14. Did you use to do a _______ when you were at the university.
A. full-time job
B. part-time
C. full-time
D. part-time job

15. My house is just _______ . I live in the nearby neighborhood.
A. near here
B. near to
C. near by
D. near from

II. Complete the passage below using the correct forms of the words in brackets.
People are becoming more security conscious these days. Crimes like burglary and (1.THIEF)_________ are definitely on the increase. One of the most (2. PAIN) _________ experiences a home (3.OWN) _________ can have is to arrive home and find that his or her (4. VALUE) _________ havedisappeared, because a window had (5. ACCIDENT) _________been left open. What can we do to protectourselves? The most important piece of (6. ADVISORY) _________ is to make sure that your (7. INSURE)________ coverage is up to date. Another (8. SENSE) ________ thing to do is to go along to your localpolice station, where they will be more than willing to make (9. SUGGEST) _________ on (10. RELY)_________ ways of safeguarding your property.
III. Identify the errors in the following sentences and correct them.
1/ We won`t mind your (A) being late – (B) beside, it`s (C) hardly your (D) mistake.
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