Test 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.

• tried

• obeyed

• cleaned

• asked

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.

• near

• fear

• bear

• dear

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 primary stress in each of the following questions.

• correct

• provide

• produce

• finish

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 primary stress in each of the following questions.

• engineer

• national

• architect

• scientist

Before she became a film star, she has been a stand-up comedian.

• became

• star

• has been

• stand-up

The teacher is telling the pupils what to use the new equipment.

• The teacher

• is telling

• what

• the

Thank you for inviting me to the party. I wish I can but I can’t.

• inviting

• to

• can

• can't

I telephoned the station to make ________of the time of the train.

• sure

• true

• real

• right

I've lived in this house ________1990

• from

• since

• for

• in

She can't afford that book because she has________money.

• a lot of

• few

• much

• little