Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

1.  a. volunteer                    b. hospital                  c. orphanage              d. mountainous

2.  a. museum                      b. interest                   c. handicapped         d. difficult

3.  a. participate                  b. organize                c. voluntary              d. usually

4.  a. problem                      b. enough                   c. listen                      d. summer

5.  a. example                      b. happiness              c. advantage              d. disaster

Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others.

1. a. generous      b. suspicious     c. constancy      d. sympathy

2. a. sorrow       b. mutual        c. pursuit               d. influence

3. a. acquaintance       b. unselfish     c. attraction           d. humorous

4. a. intelligent      b. interesting          c. hospitable         d. favourite

5. a. loyalty        b. success            c. incapable           d. sincere

I. Phonetics A. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest 1. A. game​B. bridge​C. against ​D. garage 2. A. machinery ​B. march​C. cheerful​D. merchant 3. A. page​B. message ​C. danger​D. ringer B. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest 4. A. sympathy​B. loyalty​C. acquaintance​D. quality 5. A. rumor​B. believe​C. common​D. mutual II. Vocabulary and Grammar Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best answer 6. He was so ________ that he distrusted all his friends. ​A. suspect​B. suspicious​C. suspicion​D. suspiciously 7. Friendship offers us great ________ in life. ​A. pleasure ​B. pleasant​C. please​D. pleased 8. Man is engaged in a ________ struggle with nature. ​A. constantly​B. constancy​C. inconstantly​D. constant 9. __________ is a two-sided affair. ​A. Friendly​B. Friendship​C. Friendliness​D. Friend 10. He is always __________ in words and deed. ​A. loyalty​B. loyally​C. loyal​D. loyalist 11. Daisy made me _________ him next week. ​A. promise calling​B. to promise calling​C. to promise to call​​D. promise to call 12. Some companies never allow ________ in their offices ​A. to smoke ​B. smoke​C. smoking ​D. smoked 13. They would __________ go by plane than spend a week traveling by train. ​A. love ​B. like​C. prefer​D. rather 14. I can hear a cat __________ at the window. ​A. scratches​B. scratching ​C. to scratch ​D. was scratching 15. If we leave now for our trip, we can stop __________ lunch at 11:00 sharp. ​A. to have​B. having​C. to have had​D. being having 16. He is very stubborn, so it will be difficult to __________ him to go. ​A. make​B. suggest ​C. let​D. persuade 17. She is busy ___________ for her wedding. ​A. shopping​B. shop​C. to shop​D. shopped 18. __________ Mr. Green nor his wife can drive. ​A. Not​B. Either​C. Neither​D. Both 19. I couldn’t repair my bicycle, __________ I didn’t have the right tools. ​A. although​B. because​C. because of​D. therefore 20. Two of the factories in our small town have closed. ___________, unemployment is high. ​A. Consequently​B. Because​C. So that​D. However

I. Phonetics A. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest 1. A. game​B. bridge​C. against ​D. garage 2. A. machinery ​B. march​C. cheerful​D. merchant 3. A. page​B. message ​C. danger​D. ringer B. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest 4. A. sympathy​B. loyalty​C. acquaintance​D. quality 5. A. rumor​B. believe​C. common​D. mutual II. Vocabulary and Grammar Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best answer 6. He was so ________ that he distrusted all his friends. ​A. suspect​B. suspicious​C. suspicion​D. suspiciously 7. Friendship offers us great ________ in life. ​A. pleasure ​B. pleasant​C. please​D. pleased 8. Man is engaged in a ________ struggle with nature. ​A. constantly​B. constancy​C. inconstantly​D. constant 9. __________ is a two-sided affair. ​A. Friendly​B. Friendship​C. Friendliness​D. Friend 10. He is always __________ in words and deed. ​A. loyalty​B. loyally​C. loyal​D. loyalist 11. Daisy made me _________ him next week. ​A. promise calling​B. to promise calling​C. to promise to call​​D. promise to call 12. Some companies never allow ________ in their offices ​A. to smoke ​B. smoke​C. smoking ​D. smoked 13. They would __________ go by plane than spend a week traveling by train. ​A. love ​B. like​C. prefer​D. rather 14. I can hear a cat __________ at the window. ​A. scratches​B. scratching ​C. to scratch ​D. was scratching 15. If we leave now for our trip, we can stop __________ lunch at 11:00 sharp. ​A. to have​B. having​C. to have had​D. being having 16. He is very stubborn, so it will be difficult to __________ him to go. ​A. make​B. suggest ​C. let​D. persuade 17. She is busy ___________ for her wedding. ​A. shopping​B. shop​C. to shop​D. shopped 18. __________ Mr. Green nor his wife can drive. ​A. Not​B. Either​C. Neither​D. Both 19. I couldn’t repair my bicycle, __________ I didn’t have the right tools. ​A. although​B. because​C. because of​D. therefore 20. Two of the factories in our small town have closed. ___________, unemployment is high. ​A. Consequently​B. Because​C. So that​D. However