12cb -test 3

PRACTICE TEST-02 (Word-Form)
1. They did everything possible to ______ the police force.
a. strength b. strengthen c. strong d. strongly
2. I spent a(n) ______ night because of toothache. I’m very tired now.
a. sleepy b. sleeping c. sleepless d. asleep
3. His low scores in the tests ______ him quite a lot.
a. discouraged b. courageous c. encouraging d. encouragement
4. George cut ______ while he was shaving this morning.
a. him b. his c. himself d. he
5. The United States and Canada have many trade agreements that benefit ______.
a. each b. another c. other d. each other
6. Many students in my class expressed a strong ______ for the project.
a. prefer b. preference c. preferential d. preferentially
7. I think it’s very ______ of him to expect us to work overtime every night this week.
a. reason b. reasonable c. unreasonable d. reasonably
8. Most of the food in supermarkets is very ______.
a. attraction b. attractive c. attractively d. attracting
9. The Island has very few ______ resources.
a. nature b. natural c. naturally d. natures
10. Burning garbage will give off ______ odour.
a. pleasure b. pleasantly c. pleasant d. unpleasant
11. These chemicals are ______. They can cause death or illness if taken into the body.
a. poison b. poisoning c. poisonous d. poisonously
12. If you are ______when you write your composition, you will probably get a good grade.
a. careful b. carefully c. careless d. carefulness
13. Baseball is the______ sport in the United States.
a. nation b. native c. national d. nationally
14. He wants to be a ______ engineer.
a. chemistry b. chemical c. chemist d. chemicals
15. There have been many wonderful ______ in this century.
a. developing b. developer c. development d. developmental

16. English has become an ______ means of communication.
a. effective b. effect c. ineffective d. effectively
17. She wants to travel by car; but he would rather ______ by train.
a. to go b. went c. going d. go
18. She looks seriously ill. She had better ______ to see a doctor.
a. going b. go c. to go d. gone
19. Call an ambulance. There’s been ______.
a. accident b. an accident c. some accidents d. any accident
20. “Where are you going?” – “ I’m going to buy ______.”
a. a bread b. any bread c. loaf of bread d. some bread
21. I’m going to a wedding on Saturday. ______ is getting married.
a. A friend of mine b. A friend of mec. A friend of my d. A friend of myself
22. You and ______ have to finish this before noon.
a. I b. me c. mine d. myself
23. James is very interested in mathematics and ______ applications.
a. their b. theirs c. its d. it’s
24. My picture is different from ______.
a. their b. them c. theirs d. themselves
25. You can ______ your knowledge by reading newspapers.
a. rich b. richly c. enrichment d. enrich
26. Cheer up! You look ______!
a. disappointment b. disappointed c. disappointing d. disappointedly
27. Making a decision now is of great ______.
a. importance b. important c. importantly d. import
28. ______ earth moves around ______ sun.
a. The / a b. The / the c. An / a d. An /a
29. These men ______ survived the crash.
a. miracle b. miracles c. miraculous d. miraculously
30. Hundreds of ______ are involved in the research.
a. sciences b. scientific c. scientists d. scientifically

How to pronounce the final –S or –ES in plural nouns:
• / s / : When the nouns end in : f , k , p , t : (cliffs, desks, shops, plates…)
• / iz / : When the nouns end in : s , x , sh, ch, ge, z : ( buses, boxes, dishes, watches, chages, buzzes…)
• / z / : For the remaining nouns : (trees, flowers, boys, girls…)
How to pronounce the final –ED
• /id / : when the verbs end in: t / t / , d / d / ( wanted, needed, prevented, divided…)
• / t / : when the verbs end in: f / f /, p / p /, k / k / , ch / t∫ /, sh / ∫ /, x / ks /, s / s / , ss /s / ( laughed, stopped, cooked,
watched, finished, boxed, focused, kissed….)
• / d / : For the remaining verbs : (opened, changed, allowed, preserved….)
PRONUNCIATION : Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest.
1. a. history b. film c. file d. various
2. a. awareness b. nation c. date d. face
3. a. pulse b. popular c. shut d. runner
4. a. cooked b. stopped c. finished d. visited
5. a. contribute b. use c. bull d. due
6. a. industry b. documentary c. suspend d. succeed
7. a. bird b. blind c. kind d. bind
8. a. whatever b. whoever c. wherever d. whenever
9. a. lost b. popular c. role d. pop
10.a. tips b. lifts c. trucks d. films
11.a. tide b. tiny c. time d. till
12.a. helps b. laughs c. cooks d. finds
13.a. school b. chemist c. merchant d. ache
14.a. advertise b. age c. standard d. natural
15.a. cheap b. dead c. head d. bread
16.a. weight b. eight c. height d. eighth
17.a. exercise b. decide c. mile d. practice
18.a. jog b. move c. pot d. modern
19.a. account b. pause c. cause d. clause

20.a. jogged b. cooked c. gained d. smiled
21.a. learn b. nearly c. ear d. clear
22.a. willing b. diameter c. tradition d. addition
23.a. take b. radius c. spark d. cake
24.a. subtract b. traffic c. specific d. cinema
25.a. added b. subtracted c. omitted d. stopped
26.a. calculus b. unit c. use d. computer
27.a. printed b. decided c. completed d. played
28.a. case b. rate c. average d. page
29.a. computers b. instructions c. letters d. scientists
30.a. happy b. multiply c. pretty d. daily
31.a. chemistry b. school c. chair d. ache
32.a. ethical b. think c. both d. clothing
33.a. how b. allow c. now d. know
34.a. understands b. makes c. works d. sleeps
35.a. pharmacy b. apply c. pretty d. quickly
36.a. around b. about c. cough d. bound
37.a. behind b. lie c. blind d. skirt
38.a. mother b. thousand c. they d. their
39.a. movement b. role c. so d. over
40.a. heart b. hear c. clear d. near
41.a. smiled b. lived c. belonged d. worked
42.a. major b. magazine c. machine d. malaria
43.a. cause b. pause c. clause d. laugh
44.a. who b. lose c. only d. loose
45.a. feather b. feature c. heat d. each
46.a. went b. west c. work d. newspaper
47.a. pilot b. sign c. river d. driver
48.a. published b. signed c. worked d. watched
49 a. some b. wonder c. coming d. two

50.a. minute b. purity c. studio d. pursue