Exercise on preposition

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<i><b>Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced different from the rest:</b></i>

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

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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

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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

1. A. fixes B. pushes C. misses D. goes

2. A. cries B. buzzes C. studies D. supplies

3. A. holds B. notes C. replies D. sings

4. A. keeps B. gives C. cleans D. prepares

5. A. runs B. fills C. draws D. catches

6. A. drops B. kicks C. sees D. hopes

7. A. types B. knocks C. changes D. wants

8. A. drinks B. rides C. travels D. leaves

9. A. calls B. glasses C. smiles D. learns

10. A. schools B. yards C. labs D. seats

11. A. knives B. trees C. classes D. agrees

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13. A. garages B. boats C. bikes D. roofs

14. A. ships B. roads C. streets D. speaks

15. A. beliefs B. cups C. plates D. apples

16. A. books B. days C. songs D. erasers

17. A. houses B. knives C. clauses D. changes

18. A. roofs B. banks C. hills D. bats

19. A. hats B. tables C. tests D. desks

20. A. gives B. passes C. dances D. finishes

21. A. sees B. sings C. meets D. needs

22. A. seeks B. plays C. gets D. looks

23. A. tries B. receives C. teaches D. studies

24. A. says B. pays C. stays D. boys

25. A. eyes B. apples C. tables D. faces

26. A. posts B. types C. wives D. keeps

27. A. beds B. pens C. notebooks D. rulers

28. A. stools B. cards C. cabs D. forks

29. 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

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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

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