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Unit 1 More Exercises

This document contains an exercise with multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about English grammar, vocabulary, tenses and phonetic pronunciation. The multiple choice section tests word stress, vocabulary definitions and grammar concepts. The writing section includes fill-in-the-blank questions using suitable words, correct verb forms and tenses. It aims to assess knowledge of basic English skills.

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Unit 1 More Exercises

This document contains an exercise with multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about English grammar, vocabulary, tenses and phonetic pronunciation. The multiple choice section tests word stress, vocabulary definitions and grammar concepts. The writing section includes fill-in-the-blank questions using suitable words, correct verb forms and tenses. It aims to assess knowledge of basic English skills.

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Unit 1: A day in the life of

Exercises

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A. MULTIPLE CHOICE:
I. Phonetics:
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently
from the rest:
A. routine
B. line
C. combine
D. dine
A. plough
B. house
C. compound
D. touch
A. worked
B. pumped
C. watched
D. contented
A. scream
B. death
C. ready
D. peasant
A. chat
B. panic
C. park
D. passenger
A. technology
B. teaching
C. purchase
D. lunch

Choose the word which is stressed


7. A. another
B. tobacco
8. A. water
B. peasant
9. A. transplant
B. thirty
10. A. biology
B. mathematics

differently from the rest:


C. buffalo
D. occasion
C. farming
D. alarm
C. fellow
D. quarter
C. development
D. geography

II. Vocabulary and Grammar


Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best
answer.
11. Whenever I return my village, I enjoy watching the flowers which are growing on
the___ of each side.
A. blank
B. banks
C. banking
D. blanket
12. John isnt contented with his present salary.
A. excited about
B. satisfied with
C. disappointed about D. interested in
13. We seldom see each other anymore.
A. sometimes
B. occasionally
C. frequently
D. rarely
14. We use a ____ to break up the earth and plant the seeds.
A. car
B. plough
C. dog
D. land
15. Every passenger is required to ____ their seatbelt when they are on board.
A. fasten
B. take
C. leave
D. hold
16. The result of the exam will be announced at the end of the month.
A. publicized
B. delayed
C. adjusted
D. removed
17. The fire alarm went off when smoke rose.
A. exploded
B. shouted
C. rang
D. burned
18. Water ____ at one hundred degrees Celsius and freezes at zero degrees Celsius.
A. cooks
B. steams
C. boils
D. grills
19. Many vegetables and flowers are grown in greenhouses in late winter and early
spring, then ____ outside as the weather warms.
A. transplanted
B. harrowed
C. ploughed
D. prepared
20. - What were you doing in the garage? The tyres were flat, so I had to _____ them
up.
A. blow
B. pump
C. push
D. repair
21. The plane is due to leave at 10 oclock, so we should hurry up or we will be late for
it.
A. must
B. neednt
C. had better
D. shouldnt
22. When the passengers realized that the ship was flooded with water, they were very
upset and ___ in panic.

A. cheered

B. laughed

C. screamed

D. hurt

III. Find the underlined part in each sentence that should be corrected:
23. Mary immediate (A) comes (B) home after (C) she finishes school (D).
24. He sometimes (A) plays badminton or joining (B) a group of (C) workers for
talking (D).
25. Many (A) important information (B) will be broadcast (C) on TV tonight about the
resignation (D) of the president.
26. It was (A) an extremely (B) frightened (C) experience in (D) my life.
B. WRITING:
I. Fill in each blank with a suitable word:
1. I arrived__________ the airport quite early.
2. The meeting is _______ 9 oclock _______ Monday.
3. His alarm clock goes __________ at 5.30 every day.
4. What time do you often get up __________ the morning?
5. The Pikes live _____ farming. They work hard ______ the field every day.
II. Use the correct form of the words in bracket :
6. They were all hungry and the food smelled (good)_________________
7. It was the most (frighten) _____________________experience of my life.
8. It takes me 15 minutes (ride) _________________ to school by bicycle.
9. The (content) _________________ smile on her face shows that she (final)
_________________ passed the exam.
10. Their sleeping bags were warm and (comfort) _________________, so they all slept
(sound) _________________.
11. Is it an (interest) _________________ film, Kay?
12. (luck)_________________, the plane landed safely.
13. I usually went (fish) _________________ with my grandfather when I was a child.
14. The food was (well)_________________ and the people were
(interest)_________________
III. Use the correct tense of the verbs in bracket:
15. Johnny (read) ____________________ the paper when I (interrupt) _________________
him.
16. Fish were among the earliest forms of life. Fish (exist) ________________ on earth for
ages and ages.
17. I (wait) _______________ at the checkout when I (notice) ______________ a strange
looking man.
18. The house (be) ____________very quiet when I got home. Everybody (go)
_______________ to bed.
19. He (often/be) __________________very busy at the present. He (rarely/ have)
__________________ free time to go out.
20. Id like to borrow this book. (you/read)__________________ it yet?
21. No breakfast for Mark, thanks. He (not/eat) ___________________ breakfast.
22. My parents (meet / first) ______________________ each other at the Olympic Games in
1982.
23. The air-hostesses (just/begin) __________________ to serve lunch when the plane
(begin) ____________ _______ to shake.
24. I (get up/normally) ___________________ at six oclock, but sometimes I (have)
____________ to be up by five.

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