Unit 8 Practice Test 1 GRADE 10

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest

• A. famous

• B. nervous

• C. dangerous

• D. mountain

Answer explanation

D. /au/ --> còn lại /əs/

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest

• A. town

• B. cow

• C. snow

• D. brown

Answer explanation

C. snow /əʊ/ còn lại /aʊ/

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest

• A. fields

• B. insects

• C. frogs

• D. villagers

Answer explanation

insects --> /s/

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Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest

• A. development
• B. resurface
• C. essential
• D. possible

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest

• A. useless
• B. village
• C. bumper
• D. hotel

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest

• A. electricity
• B. instead
• C. decided
• D. enclose

7. They try to find a way of bettering their lives.

• A. moving
• B. changing
• C. achieving
• D. improving

8. Last year we had a bumper crop of strawberries.

• A. large crop
• B. poor crop
• C. early crop
• D. record crop

9. I don’t like quizzes because my general _______ is so poor.

• A. appearance
• B. memory
• C. knowledge
• D. thinking

11. The roads need ______ as there is more and more traffic nowadays.

• A. broadening
• B. thickening
• C. widening
• D. making bigger