UNIT 1 (Grade 10)
I. Sounds and stress:
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
1. A. simple B. little C. dimple D. sweet
2. A. defeat B. unleaded C. believe D. leader
3. A. monkey B. donkey C. grey D. key
4. A. creature B. creamy C. creative D. crease
5. A. meeting B. receive C. feature D. deafen
Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
6. A. routine B. office C. technology D. biology
7. A. history B. education C. literature D. chemistry
8. A. passenger B. peasant C. quarter D. tobacco
9. A. buffalo B. neighbour C. happily D. occupation
10. A. arrive B. another C. fellow D. contented
II. Vocabulary & Grammar:
11.I will see him when he _______ here tomorrow.
A. comes B. will come C. has come D. had come
12. The boys broke a window when they ________ football.
A. played B. were playing C. had played D.are playing
13. What _______ to you yesterday ?
A. happened B. did happen C. had happen D. has happened
14. I ________ about him when suddenly he came in.
A. talk B. talked C. am talking D.was talking
15. Please don’t touch anything before ________.
A. the police will come B. the police comes
C. the police come D. the police would come
16. She used to ________ her living by delivering vegetables to local hotels.
A. earn B. gain C. get D. win
17. “When _______?” - “In 1928”.
A. penicillin was discovered B. was penicillin discovered
C. did penicillin discovered D. did penicillin discover
18. Nobody knows what the _______ of the explosion was.
A. source B. cause C. reaction D. reason
19. The newspaper report contained _____ important information.
A. many B. another C. an D. a lot of
20. Don’t make noise. My mother _______ with her friends.
A. is talking B. was talking C. talks D. talked
21. My sister has a baby daughter yesterday, and she is my first ________.
A. nephew B. cousin C. niece D. relation
22. _______ the teacher gave me a passing grade.
A. After taking the test B. After I take the test
C. After I took the test D. After I taken the test
23. The traffic lights _______ to green and the cars drove on.
A. exchanged B. turned C. removed D. shone
24. It’s at least a month since _______ Tom.
A. I last seen B. I last see C. I have last seen D. I last saw
25. We’ll play tennis and _______ we’ll have lunch.
A. then B. straight away C. immediately D. so
26. Not until darkness fell _______ he hadn’t done half of his work.
A. that he realized B. did he realize
C. that he didn’t realize D. didn’t he realize
27. Take the number 7 bus and get _______ at Forest Road.
A. up B. down C. outside D. off
28. I _______ her since I _______ a student.
A. know/am B. knew/was C. have known/am D.have known/was
29. The policeman _______ me the way.
A. told B. said C. explained D. directed
30. He _______ his job last month and since then he _______ out of work.
A. has lost/is B. had lost/was C. lost/has been D. lost/had been
31. My mother was _______ of making a cake when the front door bell rang.
A. at the center B. on her way C. in the middle D. halfway through
32. Yesterday, when I _______ at the station, the train _______ for 15 minutes.
A. arrived/had left B. arrive/has left C. arrived/left D.had arrived/left
33. Is there a bank