Exercise on preposition

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced different from the rest:
1. A. hasty B. nasty C. tasty D. wastage
2. A. pleasure B. measure C. confusion D. tension
3. A. draught B. caught C. taught D. slaughter
4. A. washed B. missed C. watched D. coughed
5. A. mountain B. complaint C. fountain D. bargain
6. A. course B. mouse C. blouse D. spouse
7. A. follow B. shadow C. cow D. rainbow
8. A. productive B. costume C. plumber D. assumption
9. A. culture B. adventure C. disturb D. eventually
10. A. image B. magnet C. judge D. changing
11. A. population B. vocational C. poem D. noticeable
12. A. determination B. certificate C. delicate D. climate
13. A. change B. anger C. bridge D. manage
14. A. among B. tongue C. wrong D. none
15. A. long B. strong C. obey D. corn
16. A. romantic B. domesticate C. stone D. globe
17. A. percentage B. perfect C. period D. percent
18. A. notable B. novel C. noble D. nobody
19. A. fame B. facility C. favourite D. fatal
20. A. learn B. bird C. heart D. worth
21. A. analysis B. magnificent C. considerate D. strive
22. A. while B. whole C. who D. whose
23. A. leader B. break C. seat D. east
24. A. scope B. down C. throw D. flown
25. A. world B. worker C. worry D. worse
26. A. recharge B. teacher C. cheese D. scheme
27. A. anything B. although C. path D. thickness
28. A. promise B. devise C. premise D. wisdom
29. A. sold B. hole C. score D. goal
30. A. cheque B. banquet C. queen D. question

31. A. raise B. fair C. praise D. plain
32. A. park B. barn C. warn D. march
33. A. natural B. nature C. native D. nation
34. A. desire B. promise C. compromise D. design
35. A. terrace B. territory C. terrific D. terror
36. A. crowd B. flow C. know D. slogan
37. A. weight B. height C. freighter D. neighbour
38. A. breath B. tenth C. both D. within
39. A. laugh B. plough C. enough D. cough
40. A. cinema B. ceiling C. clumsy D. celebrate
41. A. of B. graph C. feat D. photo
42. A. matter B. classmate C. shaken D. compensate
43. A. approach B. probably C. close D. stone
44. A. cure B. failure C. endure D. purity
45. A. cough B. sought C. southern D. fought
46. A. reserve B. resale C. residence D. resist
47. A. finite B. knit C. fit D. slip
48. A. reject B. pleasure C. joke D. damage
49. A. capture B. picture C. nature D. ensure
50. A. explosion B. delicious C. provision D. treasure
51. A. notes B. plays C. rings D. apples
52. A. loses B. loose C. density D. looks
53. A. busy B. mute C. dispute D. huge
54. A. bread B. breast C. breath D. breathe
55. A. increase B. ink C. pink D. thank
56. A. encourage B. coverage C. courageous D. double
57. A. chance B. character C. challenge D. chapter
58. A. bought B. sought C. drought D. fought
59. A. drier B. cycle C. psychologist D. circle
60. A. count B. plough C. outer D. though

61. A. stomach B. another C. polish D. tiresome
62. A. coward B. dawn C. shower D. cloudy
63. A. purpose B. prose C. propose D. enclose
64. A. notable B. potable C. rotate D. nothing
65. A. normality B. forget C. formation D. shortage
66. A. consolidate B. certificate C. delicate D. climate
67. A. cost B. bored C. course D. tall
68. A. country B. fun C. summer D. truth
69. A. think B. those C. three D. thanks
70. A. height B. neighbour C. weight D. eight
71. A. song B. one C. long D. gone
72. A. person B. continue C. contribution D. condemn
73. A. captain B. capsule C. capture D. career
74. A. feast B. feasible C. fear D. lease
75. A. notable B. prone C. probable D. backbone
76. A. mountain B. again C. mail D. trainer
77. A. rather B. saturate C. malaria D. standard
78. A. alive B. lively C. pianist D. glide
79. A. great B. feast C. meal D. ideal
80. A. key B. evening C. fed D. me
81. A. tab B. tape C. shape D. baby
82. A. practice B. device C. service D. office
83. A. divide B. decisive C. conceive D. survive
84. A. release B. pleasure C. leaver D. creamy
85. A. explanation B. main C. faint D. paint
86. A. perfume B. perform C. perfection D. perishable
87. A. digital B. suggest C. origin D. irrigate
88. A. notable B. novel C. noble D. nobody
89. A. worthy B. than C. thus D. everything
90. A. animation B. lamination C. accelerate D. adjustment

91. A. injury B. pursuit C. supreme D. super
92. A. clumsy B. tunnel C. funny D. further
93. A. idea B. area C. rear D. unreal
94. A. joint B. germ C. bridge D. garage
95. A. soften B. surround C. solution D. servant
96. A. competitor B. complete C. delete D. petition
97. A. blank B. stand C. mad D. enhance
98. A. substandard B. supreme C. supper D. support
99. A. distribute B. tribe C. triangle D. trial
100.A. phoned B. called C. cooked D. raised
101.A. ear B. pear C. fear D. hear
102.A. picture B. written C. ribbon D. hiding
103.A. why B. guy C. rhythm D. psychology
104.A. cure B. tube C. amuse D. pull
105.A. corn B. cup C. can D. cede
106.A. brother B. breathing C. either D. death
107.A. here B. mere C. there D. here-in
108.A. mission B. impoverish C. possession D. professional
109.A. nature B. change C. strategy D. basis
110.A. discipline B. vision C. manuscript D. muscle
1. A. arrived B. believed C. received D. hoped
2. A. opened B. knocked C. played D. occurred
3. A. rubbed B. tugged C. stopped D filled
4. A. dimmed B. travelled C. passed D. stirred
5. A. tipped B. begged C. quarreled D. carried
6. A. tried B. obeyed C. cleaned D. asked
7. A. packed B. added C. worked D. pronounced
8. A. watched B. phoned C. referred D. followed
9. A. agreed B. succeeded C. smiled D. loved
10. A. laughed B. washed C. helped D. weighed

11. A. walked B. ended C. started D. wanted
12. A. killed B. hurried C. regretted D. planned
13. A. visited B. showed C. wondered D. studied
14. A. sacrificed B. finished C. fixed D. seized
15. A. needed B. booked C. stopped D. washed
16. A. loved B. teased C. washed D. rained
17. A. packed B. punched C. pleased D. pushed
18. A. filled B. naked C. suited D. wicked
19. A. caused B. increased C. practised D. promised
20. A. washed B. parted C. passed D. barked
21. A. killed B. cured C. crashed D. waived
22. A. imagined B. released C. rained D. followed
23. A. called B. passed C. talked D. washed
24. A. landed B. needed C. opened D. wanted
25. A. cleaned B. attended C. visited D. started
26. A. talked B. fished C. arrived D. stepped
27. A. wished B. wrapped C. laughed D. turned
28. A. considered B. rescued C. pulled D. roughed
29. A. produced B. arranged C. checked D. fixed
30. A. caused B. economised C. operated D. advised
31. A. discovered B. destroyed C. developed D. opened
32. A. repaired B. invented C. wounded D. succeeded
33. A. improved B. parked C. broadened D. encouraged
34. A. delivered B. organized C. replaced D. obeyed
35. A. painted B. provided C. protected D. equipped
36. A. tested B. marked C. presented D. founded
37. A. used B. finished C. married D. rained
38. A. allowed B. dressed C. flashed D. mixed
39. A. switched B. stayed C. believed D. cleared
40. A. recommended B. waited C. handed D. designed

41. A. annoyed B. phoned C. watched D. remembered
42. A. hurried B. decided C. planned D. wondered
43. A. posted B. added C. managed D. arrested
44. A. dreamed B. neglected C. denied D. admired
45. A. admitted B. advanced C. appointed D. competed
1. A. skims B. works C. sits D. laughs
2. A. fixes B. pushes C. misses D. goes
3. A. cries B. buzzes C. studies D. supplies
4. A. holds B. notes C. replies D. sings
5. A. keeps B. gives C. cleans D. prepares
6. A. runs B. fills C. draws D. catches
7. A. drops B. kicks C. sees D. hopes
8. A. types B. knocks C. changes D. wants
9. A. drinks B. rides C. travels D. leaves
10. A. calls B. glasses C. smiles D. learns
11. A. schools B. yards C. labs D. seats
12. A. knives B. trees C. classes D. agrees
13. A. buses B. horses C. causes D. ties
14. A. garages B. boats C. bikes D. roofs
15. A. ships B. roads C. streets D. speaks
16. A. beliefs B. cups C. plates D. apples
17. A. books B. days C. songs D. erasers
18. A. houses B. knives C. clauses D. changes
19. A. roofs B. banks C. hills D. bats
20. A. hats B. tables C. tests D. desks
21. A. gives B. passes C. dances D. finishes
22. A. sees B. sings C. meets D. needs
23. A. seeks B. plays C. gets D. looks
24. A. tries B. receives C. teaches D. studies
25. A. says B. pays C. stays D. boys

26. A. eyes B. apples C. tables D. faces
27. A. posts B. types C. wives D. keeps
28. A. beds B. pens C. notebooks D. rulers
29. A. stools B. cards C. cabs D. forks
30. A.buses B. crashes C. oranges D. clothes
1. A. heat B. scream C. meat D. dead
2. A. prepared B. particular C. pagoda D. attract
3. A. thrilling B. other C. through D. something
4. A. idea B. going C. will D. trip
5. A. face B. place C. prepared D. days
6. A. around B. sound C. only D. mouse
7. A. teacher B. other C. together D. term
8. A. Germany B. garden C. gate D. gas
9. A. scholarship B. Christ C. school D. chicken
10. A. house B. harm C. hour D. husband
11. A. sing B. morning C. any D. hang
12. A. hundred B. exhausted C. however D. heat
13. A. head B. ready C. mean D. weather
14. A. choir B. cheap C. child D. chair
15 A. charge B. child C. teacher D. champagne
16. A. reason B. clear C. mean D. each
17. A. motion B. question C. mention D. fiction
18. A. gather B. good C. large D. again
19. A. change B. children C. machine D. church
20. A. hand B. bank C. sand D. band
21. A. cooks B. loves C. joins D. spends
22. A. share B. rare C. are D. declare
23. A. clothes B. cloths C. roofs D. books
24. A. naked B. looked C. booked D. hooked
25. A. laughed B. weighed C. helped D. missed

26. A. apply B. university C. identity D. early
27 . A. choice B. achieve C. each D. chemistry
28. A. final B. applicant C. high D. decide
29. A. average B. indicate C. application D. grade
30. A. course B. four C. our D. yours
31. A. worker B. whom C. interview D. answer
32. A. honest B. holiday C. home D. happiness
33. A. character B. teacher C. chemist D. technical
34. A. interview B. minute C. question D. suitable
35 A. explained B. disappointed C. prepared D. interviewed
36. A. economy B. industry C. qualify D. priority
37. A. right B. private C. communist D. minority
38. A. measure B. subsidies C. domestic D. hospital
39. A. though B. encourage C. enough D. country
40. A. improve B. introduce C. move D. lose
41. A. future B. mature C. pasture D. nature
42. A. chore B. technology C. much D. exchange
43. A. threaten B. earth C. healthy D. breathe
44. A. wipe B. allow C. powerful D. answer
45. A. service B. practice C. office D. device
46. A. grasses B. stretches C. comprises D. potatoes
47. A. lie B. wide C. circle D. comprise
48. A. compound B. route C. house D. south
49. A. dune B. hummock C. shrub D. buffalo
50. A. west B. between C. growth D. which
51 A. image B. magnet C. judge D. changing
52 A. mouse B. browse C. moustache D. blouse
53 A. insist B. resemble C. poisonous D. resist
54 A. storm B. explore C. honey D. store
55. A. march B. marine C. start D. smart

56. A. laid B. said C. paid D. maid
57. A. cheerful B. punctual C. expression D. handkerchief
58. A. watching B. matches C. machine D. kitchen
59. A. pens B. boots C. dogs D. lies