midterm test

Choose the word whose underlined part differs in pronunciation from the other three: A. encourage B. marriage C. cottage D. foreign.

• encourage

• marriage

• cottage

• foreign

Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress: A. method B. content C. divorce D. childhood.

• method

• content

• divorce

• childhood

Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress: A. marriage B. official C. relative D. afterward.

• marriage

• official

• relative

• afterward

Choose the best option to complete the sentence: He often makes a note of new interesting words that he ________ when using social media.

• come across

• comes across

• look up

• looks up

Choose the best option to complete the sentence: Back then, men ________ make all decisions for the families.

• use to

• made

• would

• most

Choose the best option to complete the sentence: ________, not many people cared about learning foreign languages.

• Nowadays

• These days

• Now

• Back then

Choose the best option to complete the sentence: My father used to work at a ________ that made clay pots.

• tuk-tuk

• pottery place

• markets

• stalls

Choose the best option to complete the sentence: Kenny’s sister watches English movies ________ her listening skills.

• to improve

• improving

• improve

• improves

Choose the best option to complete the sentence: Learning some practical skills will be useful for your future ________.

• content

• marriage

• career

• family

Choose the best continuation: A: Why do you think English is useful? B: ________

• Thanks to English, you have to take a lot of tests.

• Thanks to English, life would be more difficult.

• Thanks to English, you used to speak a lot.

• Thanks to English, you can see a lot of content on the internet.