5INT. PRACTICE 1

Choose the word that has the underlined parts pronounced differently from the others

• watched

• phoned

• wondered

• followed

Choose the word that has the underlined parts pronounced differently from the others

• charity

• children

• character

• chopstick

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

•  again

• sister

• photo

• parrot

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

• festival

• historic

• attractive

• expensive

My sister gave me _____ when she came back from her holiday.

• a new interesting English novel    

• an English new interesting novel

• an interesting English new novel

• an interesting new English novel

That is _____ book that I have.

• more interesting      

• the interesting

• most interesting

• the most interesting

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s)

Maria doesn’t like her job. She finds it boring.

• interesting    

• strange

• normal

• tedious

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s)

I feel a bit sad because my school year has come to an end.

• started

• finished

• changed

• begun

Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s)

We strongly believe that he’s innocent of the crime. We do not think that he did it.

• crimeless

• skillful

• clean

• guilty

Ships – faster and bigger

The first people to build ships​ ​ (a)   the Egyptians 5000 years ago. They use them to travel on the River Nile, ​ (b)   longest river in Africa. In the sixteen century, people from Europe traveled thousands of kilometers in large ships. It was important that they found new ways around the world. Life was hard for these sailors and on the journey, many died ​ (c)   they often didn’t have enough food. In the nineteenth century, ships called “clippers” carried tea from China to Britain and wool from Australia to the USA. In very strong winds, clippers could sail 650 kilometers a day. ​ (d)   modern times, the largest ships are oils tankers. Some of these are 400 meters long so the sailors have to ​ (e)   bicycles to travel around the ship!

• was
• were
• the
• x
• because
• although
• In
• On
• use
• run