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.

• prevent

• energy

• attend

• encourage

Mark the letter A. B. C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.

• donation

• compliment

• slavery

• natural

Mark the letter A. B. C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions: My friend and I _______ the blackboard yesterday.

• cleaned

• were cleaning

• was cleaning

• are cleaning

Thanks to these inventions, our lives _______ both positively and negatively recently.

• change

• have changed

• has changed

• are changing

Tam _______ to two pieces of music since he arrived home.

• listens

• was listening

• listened

• has listened

While Tom and I were talking, someone _______ at the door.

• knocked

• was knocked

• has knocked

• will knock

I asked him _______________ the piano for our school talent show.

• played

• to play

• play

• playing

Mark the letter A. B. C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions: We have made some minor changes to the program.

• small

• super

• large

• low

Mark the letter A. B. C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions: The community is appealing to everyone to save water.

• rescue

• waste

• use

• store

Men are often expected to be the _______ in a family.

• breadwinner

• audience

• judge

• homemaker