MINITEST 1

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions

• endanger

• elephant

• erosion

• eliminate

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions

• ocean 

• undersea  

• beneath 

• deep

Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others

• Atlantic  

• temperature 

• photograph

• technical

Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others

• starfish

• ocean

• marine

• challenge

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions

______________ Karen is good at speaking Spanish, she doesn’t know how to write it.

• Because 

• Because of

• Although

• In spite of

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions

Plants and animals could be used as ______________ against some diseases.

• drinks

• medicines

• snacks

• food

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions

Conservationists are trying to save the whale from ______________.

• construction

• extinction 

• appearance

• protection

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions

Emma said that her teacher ______________ go to Brazil two days later.

• would

• will

• is

• has

Fill the word(s) CLOSEST (traditional, long established, old fashioned, new) in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions

Today’s scientists have overcome many challenges of the depth by using modern devices.

Fill the word(s) OPPOSITE (extremely small,very large,unimportant,many) in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions

The floor was covered with tiny pieces of paper.