Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others: 1. A. scream B. death C. ready D. peasant 2. A. routine B. line C. combine D. dine Choose the word that has the main stress different from that of the others: 3. A. tobacco B. contented C. buffalo D. transplanting 4. A. water B. local C. farming D. alarm Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentence: 5. It was time to ____________ the kids ready for bed. A. prepare B. get C. take D. make 6. What were you doing in the garage? The tyres were flat, so I had to _________ them up. A. blow B. pump C. push D. repair 7. Since we came late we ________ the first part of the film. A. missed B. caught C. forgot D. left 8. I know ______________ how she felt. A. exact B. exactly C. exactness D. exacting 9. Whenever I returned my village, I enjoy walking along the paths where flowers are growing on the ____________ of each side. A. blank B. banks C. banking D. blanket 10.The police want to discuss these recent racist attacks with local people. (CLOSEST MEANING) A. say to B. tell about C. speak of D. talk to 11.Choose the answer A, B, or C that best suits the meaning of the italicized word(s). A. lastly B. late C. worst D. weakly 12.She is seldom late ______________ class. A. at B. for C. to D. in 13.I usually go out for dinner with my friends______________ Saturday nights. A. at B. in C. on D. for 14. “Do you mind if I borrow a chair?” “_______. Do you need only one?” A. I’m sorry B. Not at all C. Yes, I do D. Yes, I would 15.Mr. Brown ____________ home before 8 p.m. A. rarely get B. rarely gets C. gets rarely D. get rarely