Selection E test 3

Full name:……………………….

 School:…………………………..

 Class:……………………………


SELECTION ENGLISH TEST 3
Time allowed: 90 minutes
Total: 120 points
A. PHONETICS
Question I: In three of these words the first syllable is stressed. In the fourth the second syllable is stressed. Find the word in which the second syllable is stressed (2 points)
1/ A. person B. enough C. picture D. people
2/ A. poem B. father C. lucky D. designer
3/ A. modern B. novel C. musician D. lovely
4/ A. addition B. special C. curly D. frequent
5/. A. public B. occasion C. player D. problem
Question II: Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group. (5 pts)
1. A. Tamil B. baggy C. casual D. article
2. A. cupboards B. cigarettes C. maps D. ghosts
3. A. great B. bread C. break D. steak
4. A. dropped B. looked C. laughed D. raised
5. A .cook B. flood C. book D. woman
B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
Part 1: Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D.(20 p)
1. His parents never allowed him .........
a. any smoking B. smoking C. to smoke D. some smoke
2. I hope he doesn’t keep us ..............
A. to wait B. waiting C. for waiting D. wait
3. The boy .............next to me is very good at English.
A. is sitting B. sitting C. sits D. sat
4. ............are easy to dissolve.
A. Plastic bags B. Banana leaves C. Glass bottles D. Tins and cans
5. Does the grass need ...................................?
A. be cut B. cut C. cutting D. to cut
6. You ‘d better .......................... harder.
A. working B. worked C. to work D. work
7. The boy forgot __________________the newspaper for his father on his way home. A. buy B. to buy C. buying D. bought
8. When I questioned him, he finally _________________stealing my pen. A. admitted B. accused C. accepted D. confessed
9. No one in our class ____________________his opinion. A. agree to B. agree with C. agrees to D. agrees with
10. The boy came __________________a cold walking in the rain for too long. A. up against B. up with C. down with D. along with
11. The sky is getting dark. It____ rain is on its way.
A. looks B. looks like C. seems to D. will be
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11. The sky is getting dark. It____ rain is on its way.
A. looks B. looks like C. seems to D. will be
12. The house is …….at the corner of a busy street.
A. situated B. placed C. stood D. put
13.I have never……..any experience of living in the countryside.
A. had B. wished C. done D. made
14. How did you get to Hawaii? - We …………………… a plane.
A. made B. took C. did D. fly
15. I don`t like the wine. It _________ so sweet.
A. takes B. looks C. sounds D. feels

Part 2: Which sentence expresses the same