Practice exercise 1.8

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

• question

• promotion

• education

• intention

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

• wonder

• period

• company

• ton

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

• site

• kilo

• might

• nine

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

• various

• bad

• hang

• jam

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

• forest

• sell

• very

• left

English is the ………………… language on one-fifth of the land area of the world.

• office
• official
• officer
• officially

While I ………………………. TV, my sister ………………………. to music.

• was watching/ listening
• watched/ listened
• was watching/ was listening
• watching/ listening

He drives very ………………………. and has got two accidents this year.

• careless

• carefully

• carelessly

• careful

The bridge is a marvelous work of engineering and ……………………….

• destroy

• destruction

• destructive

• destructively

Phone me if there are any new ……………………….

• develop

• developed

• developing

• developments