PRONUNCIATION: 1. A. talked B. painted C. asked D. liked 2. A. worked B. stopped C. forced D. wanted 3. A. lays B. says C. stays D. plays 4. A. waited B. mended C. objected D. faced 5. A. roses B. villages C. apples D. matches 6. A. languages B. rabies C. assumes D. consumes 7. A. markedly B. allegedly C. needed D. walked 8. A. succeeds B. devotes C. prevents D. coughs 9. A. kissed B. helped C. forced D. raised 10. A. sees B. sports C. pools D. trains 11. A. learned B. watched C. helped D. wicked 12. A. widens B. referees C. sacks D. cancels 13. A. tombs B. lamps C. brakes D. invites 14. A. books B. floors C. combs D. drums 15. A. packed B. punched C. pleased D. pushed 16. A. confused B. faced C. cried D. defined 17. A. trays B. says C. bays D. days 18. A. kissed B. pleased C. increased D. ceased 19. A. devoted B. suggested C. provided D. wished 20. A. closes B. loses C. loves D. chooses 21. A. gives B. phones C. switches D. dives 22. A. watched B. crashed C. occupied D. coughed 23. A. studies B. flourishes C. finishes D. glances 24. A. hears B. thanks C. blows D. coincides 25. A. started B. looked C. decided D. coincided 26. A. designed B. preserved C. sawed D. guided 27. A. stops B. climbs C. pulls D. televisions 28. A. cats B. tapes C. rides D. cooks 29. A. agreed B. missed C. liked D. watched 30. A. measured B. pleased C. distinguished D. managed 31. A. practised B. amused C. advertised D. annoyed 32. A. embarrassed B. astonished C. surprised D. decreased 33. A. walks B. begins C. helps D. cuts 34. A. shoots B. grounds C. concentrates D. forests 35. A. practiced B. raised C. rained D. followed 36. A. concealed B. fined C. resembled D. resisted 37. A. tells B. talks C. stays D. steals 38. A. hours B. fathers C. dreams D. thinks 39. A. laughed B. ploughed C. coughed D. disliked 40. A. imagined B. punished C. diseased D. determined 41. A. examined B. released C. serviced D. ceased 42. A. diseases B. pleases C. loses D. releases 43. A. bushes B. buses C. lorries D. charges 44. A. expelled B. dismissed C. encountered D. returned 45. A. biscuits B. magazines C. newspapers D. vegetables 46. A. filled B. landed C. suited D. crooked 47. A. chased B. wished C. pursued D. thanked 48. A. beds B. doors C. plays D. students 49. A. preferred B. worked C. fixed D. fetched 50. A. completes B. engines C. taxis D. ferries 51. A. difficulties B. enriches C. classes D. enlarges 52 A. characters B. problems C. retreats D. universities 53. A. shipped B. hitchhiked C. traced D. repainted 54. A. caused B. promised C. kissed D. discussed 55. A. listened B. burgled C. robbed D. chatted 56. A. gossiped B. rumoured C. remembered D. threatened 57. A. passes B. challenges C. sexes D. tomatoes 58. A. arms B. suits C. chairs D. boards 59. A. worried B. bored C. disappointed D. annoyed 60. A. licks B. risks C. leans D. drops 61. A. supposedly B. rubbed C. played D. believed 62. A. relieves B. invents C. buys D. deals 63. A. comes B. rolls C. takes D. drives 64. A. recognized B. organized C. pronounced D. denied 65. A. dreams B. heals C. kills D. tasks