GRADE 12 - PRACTICE TEST8

Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

• drinks

• finds

• blows

• cleans

Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

• night

• bike

• price

• spring

Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

• remember

• develop

• establish

• celebrate

Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

• signal

• dentist

• student

• cartoon

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Televised lessons prove very useful in assisting students to revise what they have learnt in class.

• preventing

• defending

• helping

• saving

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

The soup was so tasty that Harry asked for another serving.

• soft

• tough

• delicious

• awful

Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Henry is interested in wildlife and takes pleasure in watching animals in their natural habitats.

• sadness

• change

• surprise

• delight

Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Joe’s outstanding performance in the exams made him think he was the cat’s whiskers.

• a troublemaker

• the worst person

• an animal lovers

• the best performer

The bicycles......in that shop are the most expensive in town.

• are sold

• selling

• sold

• are selling

My father is fond...... playing volleyball.

• of

• with

• on

• in