Practice 3

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others.
1. A. Islamic B. isle C. aisle D. island
2. A. Miss B. machineC. be D. police
3. A. Furnace B. fist C. quick D. light
4. A. People B. serious C. ingredient D. arena
5. A. Beating B. receive C. feature D. dead
II. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is placed differently from the others.
1. A. Colonel B. suitcase C. machine D. purpose
2. A. Substitute B. magnetic C. refusal D. unpleasant
3. A. Concentrate B. journalist C. justify D. occurrence
4. A. Example B. exercise C. arrangement D. destination
5. A. Analysis B. presidential C. apprehension D. destination
III. Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits the blank space in each
sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
1. “Do you like London?” “I don’t know. I ____________ there.”
A. never went B. didn’t go
C. never gone D. haven’t been
2. I can’t help _____________ sorry for the hungry children. If only there ___________
peace in the world!
A. feeling / is B. feeling / were
C. to feel / is D. to feel / were
3. He ______________ drink whisky, but he does now.
A. used to B. only if
C. hadn’t use to D. didn’t use to
4. Chicken eggs will not hatch ____________ they are kept at the proper temperature.
A. because B. only if
C. unless D. even though
5. A nation’s balance of trade is considered unfavorable if it ____________ more money
on imports than it gains from exports.
A. will spend B. would spend

C. can spend D. spends
IV. Select the appropriate words to fill the blank
1. Lily went out on a cold day without her coat and caught a / the __________.
A. chill B. fit
C. flu D. sneeze
2. Some people ____________ weight far too easily.
A. take on B. feel
C. put on D. waste
3. When it is ____________ and you cannot see far, you have to drive slowly and
carefully.
A. sunny B. mild
C. frosty D. foggy
4. Cars skid on _______________ roads.
A. icy B. showery
C. sandy D. misty
5. The sky darkened and there was a distant ____________ of thunder.
A. clap B. clang
C. groan D. flash
V. Choose the word which synonymous with underlined word
1. She is running her own business
A. proceeding B. moving
C. operating D. sprinting
2. She needs to check her homework
A. ensure B. try out
C. examine D. invoice
3. The girl slipped out of her dormitory.
A. sneaked B. blurted out
C. fell down D. skidded
4. I think he was quite nuts when jumping into a mud pond.
A. crazy B. logical

C. psychotic D. seedy
5. He drives me to the edge because he never stops talking!
A. irritates me B. steers me
C. moves me D. frightens me
VI. Read the following passage and choose the best answer to fill vacancies
After a variety of jobs, Jerome Flynn became (1) _____________ successful with
fellow Robson Green in the TV series Solider, Solider, and then when they (2) _______ up as
singers in 1995, they had three number on hits. “It was a whirlwind, fantasy time,” says
Jerome. “We made the records because we quite fancied the money, and it paid off. It was a
lot of fun, but you can become (3) _____________ in the pop world. It’s addictive, and once
you’re a pop star, people tend to (4) _______ you on a pedestal. It was so mad we had to get
out while the going was good. Now money doesn’t seem so much, although it (5)
______________ me to leave my career behind for a while. But Robson wanted to go back to
acting and made quite a success of it. I’d like to work with him again one day.”
1. A. greatly B. largely C. hugely D. grossly
2. A. joined B. teamed C. fixed D. grouped
3. A. laid up B. seized up C. taken up D. caught up
4. A. lift B. have C. put D. hold
5. A. enabled B. empowered C. entitled D. effected
VII. Read the following passage and choose the best answer to fill vacancies
The history of the hot-dog begins back in 1900, when a man was trying to sell sausages
in the streets of New York. He (1) ___________ them and kept them warm in a tank of hot
water. No one was interested until he started to shout, “Get your hot dachshund sausages
here!” (A dachshund is a (2) ____________, thin, brown dog - its shape closely (3)
_______________ a sausage! As a result of his gimmick, he sold many more of his sausages
than usual.
A newspaper reported had taken a (4) ___________ of the sausage seller holding a
sausage in his hand for a story in his paper. But he was not sure of how to spell “dachshund”,
so he called it a “hot-dog” sausage. That is how the (5) _________ for the sausages began to
be used.

The same salesman usually (6) ____________ a pair of gloves to his customers to hold
the hot sausages with . Once somebody (7) ______________ to give him back the gloves .
Therefore, he went to a baker and requested that he make some long (8) ______________ of
bread with which to hold the hot-dogs in place.
This was such a perfect (9) _______________ that it remained unchanged ever since.
So the next time you are offered a hot-dog, you will not (10) __________about where the
name comes from.
VIII. Complete the following sentence so it has the same meaning with the first
sentence.
1. I advise you to buy it.
If …………………………………………………………………………….
2. Smoking is bad for you.
It …………………………………………………………………………….
3. I’ve never had an omelet as good as this
This ………………………………………………………………………….
4. “I’ll be there at nine,” she said to me.
She told me ………………………………………………………………….
5. Would you like to join our local drama group?
Are you interested …………………………………………………………...
IX. Write the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. Use the
word in brackets.
1. This is a “no smoking” office.
Allowed
You …………………………………………………….. in this office.
2. Maria didn’t listen carefully to the news broadcast.
Attention
Maria didn’t …………………………………………. the news broadcast.
3. Sally decided not to do her home work and went to a night club.
Instead
Sally went to a nightclub ……………………………… homework.

4. I expect you were completely exhausted by the end of the evening!
Must
By the end of the evening ……………………………………. exhausted!
5. “Is cleaning the room now really necessary?”
Have
“Does this room ………………………………………………… now?”
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others.
1. A. Islamic B. isle C. aisle D. island
2. A. Miss B. machineC. be D. police
3. A. Furnace B. fist C. quick D. light
4. A. People B. serious C. ingredient D. arena
5. A. Beating B. receive C. feature D. dead
II. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is placed differently from the others.
1. A. Colonel B. suitcase C. machine D. purpose
2. A. Substitute B. magnetic C. refusal D. unpleasant
3. A. Concentrate B. journalist C. justify D. occurrence
4. A. Example B. exercise C. arrangement D. destination
5. A. Analysis B. presidential C. apprehension D. destination
III. Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits the blank space in each
sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
1. “Do you like London?” “I don’t know. I ____________ there.”
A. never went B. didn’t go
C. never gone D. haven’t been
2. I can’t help _____________ sorry for the hungry children. If only there ___________
peace in the world!
A. feeling / is B. feeling / were
C. to feel / is D. to feel / were
3. He ______________ drink whisky, but he does now.
A. used to B. only if

C. hadn’t use to D. didn’t use to
4. Chicken eggs will not hatch ____________ they are kept at the proper temperature.
A. because B. only if
C. unless D. even though
5. A nation’s balance of trade is considered unfavorable if it ____________ more money
on imports than it gains from exports.
A. will spend B. would spend
C. can spend D. spends
IV. Select the appropriate words to fill the blank
1. Lily went out on a cold day without her coat and caught a / the __________.
A. chill B. fit
C. flu D. sneeze
2. Some people ____________ weight far too easily.
A. take on B. feel
C. put on D. waste
3. When it is ____________ and you cannot see far, you have to drive slowly and
carefully.
A. sunny B. mild
C. frosty D. foggy
4. Cars skid on _______________ roads.
A. icy B. showery
C. sandy D. misty
5. The sky darkened and there was a distant ____________ of thunder.
A. clap B. clang
C. groan D. flash
V. Choose the word which synonymous with underlined word
1. She is running her own business
A. proceeding B. moving
C. operating D. sprinting
2. She needs to check her homework

A. ensure B. try out
C. examine D. invoice
3. The girl slipped out of her dormitory.
A. sneaked out B. blurted out
C. fell down D. skidded
4. I think he was quite nuts when jumping into a mud pond.
A. crazy B. logical
C. psychotic D. seedy
5. He drives me to the edge because he never stops talking!
A. irritates me B. steers me
C. moves me D. frightens me
VI. Read the following passage and choose the best answer to fill vacancies
After a variety of jobs, Jerome Flynn became (1) _____________ successful with
fellow Robson Green in the TV series Solider, Solider, and then when they (2) _______ up as
singers in 1995, they had three number on hits. “It was a whirlwind, fantasy time,” says
Jerome. “We made the records because we quite fancied the money, and it paid off. It was a
lot of fun, but you can become (3) _____________ in the pop world. It’s addictive, and once
you’re a pop star, people tend to (4) _______ you on a pedestal. It was so mad we had to get
out while the going was good. Now money doesn’t seem so much, although it (5)
______________ me to leave my career behind for a while. But Robson wanted to go back to
acting and made quite a success of it. I’d like to work with him again one day.”
1. A. greatly B. largely C. hugely D. grossly
2. A. joined B. teamed C. fixed D. grouped
3. A. laid up B. seized up C. taken up D. caught up
4. A. lift B. have C. put D. hold
5. A. enabled B. empowered C. entitled D. effected
VII. Read the following passage and choose the best answer to fill vacancies
The history of the hot-dog begins back in 1900, when a man was trying to sell sausages
in the streets of New York. He (1) boiled them and kept them warm in a tank of hot water. No
one was interested until he started to shout, “Get your hot dachshund sausages here!” (A

dachshund is a (2) long, thin, brown dog - its shape closely (3)resemble a sausage! As a result
of his gimmick, he sold many more of his sausages than usual.
A newspaper reported had taken a (4) photograph of the sausage seller holding a
sausage in his hand for a story in his paper. But he was not sure of how to spell “dachshund”,
so he called it a “hot-dog” sausage. That is how the (5) name for the sausages began to be
used.
The same salesman usually (6) lent a pair of gloves to his customers to hold the hot
sausages with . Once somebody (7) forgot to give him back the gloves . Therefore, he went
to a baker and requested that he make some long (8) piece of bread with which to hold the
hot-dogs in place.
This was such a perfect (9) combination that it remained unchanged ever since. So the
next time you are offered a hot-dog, you will not (10) wonder about where the name comes
from.
VIII. Complete the following sentence so it has the same meaning with the first
sentence.
1. I advise you to buy it.
If I were you, I would buy it