PRACTICE TEST-02 (Word-Form)
1. They did everything possible to ______ the police force.
a. strength b. strengthen c. strong d. strongly
2. I spent a(n) ______ night because of toothache. I’m very tired now.
a. sleepy b. sleeping c. sleepless d. asleep
3. His low scores in the tests ______ him quite a lot.
a. discouraged b. courageous c. encouraging d. encouragement
4. George cut ______ while he was shaving this morning.
a. him b. his c. himself d. he
5. The United States and Canada have many trade agreements that benefit ______.
a. each b. another c. other d. each other
6. Many students in my class expressed a strong ______ for the project.
a. prefer b. preference c. preferential d. preferentially
7. I think it’s very ______ of him to expect us to work overtime every night this week.
a. reason b. reasonable c. unreasonable d. reasonably
8. Most of the food in supermarkets is very ______.
a. attraction b. attractive c. attractively d. attracting
9. The Island has very few ______ resources.
a. nature b. natural c. naturally d. natures
10. Burning garbage will give off ______ odour.
a. pleasure b. pleasantly c. pleasant d. unpleasant
11. These chemicals are ______. They can cause death or illness if taken into the body.
a. poison b. poisoning c. poisonous d. poisonously
12. If you are ______when you write your composition, you will probably get a good grade.
a. careful b. carefully c. careless d. carefulness
13. Baseball is the______ sport in the United States.
a. nation b. native c. national d. nationally
14. He wants to be a ______ engineer.
a. chemistry b. chemical c. chemist d. chemicals
15. There have been many wonderful ______ in this century.
a. developing b. developer c. development d. developmental

How to pronounce the final –S or –ES in plural nouns:
• / s / : When the nouns end in : f , k , p , t : (cliffs, desks, shops, plates…)
• / iz / : When the nouns end in : s , x , sh, ch, ge, z : ( buses, boxes, dishes, watches, chages, buzzes…)
• / z / : For the remaining nouns : (trees, flowers, boys, girls…)
How to pronounce the final –ED
• /id / : when the verbs end in: t / t / , d / d / ( wanted, needed, prevented, divided…)
• / t / : when the verbs end in: f / f /, p / p /, k / k / , ch / t∫ /, sh / ∫ /, x / ks /, s / s / , ss /s / ( laughed, stopped, cooked,
watched, finished, boxed, focused, kissed….)
• / d / : For the remaining verbs : (opened, changed, allowed, preserved….)
PRONUNCIATION : Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest.
1. a. history b. film c. file d. various
2. a. awareness b. nation c. date d. face
3. a. pulse b. popular c. shut d. runner
4. a. cooked b. stopped c. finished d. visited
5. a. contribute b. use c. bull d. due
6. a. industry b. documentary c. suspend d. succeed
7. a. bird b. blind c. kind d. bind
8. a. whatever b. whoever c. wherever d. whenever
9. a. lost b. popular c. role d. pop
10.a. tips b. lifts c. trucks d. films
11.a. tide b. tiny c. time d. till
12.a. helps b. laughs c. cooks d. finds
13.a. school b. chemist c. merchant d. ache
14.a. advertise b. age c. standard d. natural
15.a. cheap b. dead c. head d. bread
16.a. weight b. eight c. height d. eighth
17.a. exercise b. decide c. mile d. practice
18.a. jog b. move c. pot d. modern
19.a. account b. pause c. cause d. clause

50.a. minute b. purity c. studio d. pursue