TEST 1
Make the correct choice:
1. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
A. study B. reply C. apply D. rely
2. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
A. churches B. chairman C. chemist D. changes
3. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
A. heat B. seat C. great D. meat
4. Gold, as well as silver, .................. in price.
A. have risen B. has risen C. rise D. are rising
5. He ............... to New York three times this year.
A. had been B. was C. is D. has been
6. I remember .................... you about this before.
A. tell B. to tell C. telling D. told
7. Each of you ............ a share in the work.
A. have B. has C. having D. to have
8. He let the letter ................ onto the floor.
A. fall B. falls C. falling D. fell
9. .................. all my warnings, he tried to fix the computer himself.
A. Instead of B. In spite of C. Although D. Because
10. .................. your homework finished last night?
A. Was B. Did C. Are D. Do
11. Have you decided to apply .................... the job yet?
A. for B. to C. into D. off
12. Mr. Brown has .................... many patients .................... he is always busy.
A. too/that B. very/until C. such/that D. so/that
13. We are very fond .......... folk music.
A. in B. at C. with D. of
14. The children, ............... parents work late, are taken home by bus.
A. that B. whom C. whose D. their
15. He wanted to know the reason ............... I was late.
A. as B. for C. why D. because
16. She doesn`t understand ................. I am saying.
A. what B. that C. whose D. where
17. We have to start early .............................. we won`t be late.
A. so that B. that C. because D. because of
18. The place .................... we spent our holiday was really beautiful.
A. what B. who C. where D. which
19. She goes .................... a lot. She hardly ever spends an evening at home.
A. out B. down C. along D. over
20. There are small .................... between British and American English.
A. differences B. different C. difference D. differently
21. Some species of rare animals are in .................... of extinction.
A. danger B. dangerous C. dangerously D. endanger
22. We are .................... of the long journey.
A. tire B. tiring C. tired D. to tire
23. Sara speaks so .................... that I can`t understand her.
A. fast B. fastly C. faster D. fastest
24. Would you mind .................... me a hand with this bag?
A. give B. giving C. to give D. to giving
25. Susan is looking for something .................... .
A. eat B. to eating C. to eat D. eating
26. We need more sugar. There is .................. sugar in the pot.
A. much B. many C. any D. little
27. ...................... is Oxford from Cambridge?
A. How long B. How far C. How long away D. How often
Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect:
28. When I came in, everyone were watching a film.
A B C D
29. My family spent an interested holiday in Europe last summer.