Basic Grammar in use ( Grammar )

PRACTICE EXERCISES
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I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others in each group
1. A. pottery B. local C. control D. fold
2. A. artisan B. establish C. attraction D. handicraft
3. A. environment B. environmental C. entertainment D. document
4. A. helped B. struggled C. remarked D. watched
5. A. chairs B. suitcases C. things D. calculators
6. A. endangered B. generation C. accept D. memorable
7. A. traditional B. graduation C. handicraft D. grandparent
8. A. environment B. repeat C. embroider D. transfer
9. A. pottery B. opinion C. communicate D. behavior
10. A. handicraft B. publish C. remind D. historical
11. A. pottery B. product C. workshop D. conical
12. A. surface B. layer C. frame D. birthplace
13. A. weather B. thread C. together D. rather
14. A. historical B. system C. landscape D. business
15. A. carved B. impressed C. embroidered D. weaved
16. A. attraction B. artisan C. frame D. handicraft
17. A. drumhead B. illustration C. earplug D. drugstore
18. A. strip B. visual C. artistic D. remind
19. A. thread B. treat C. pleasure D. deadline
20. A. embroider B. preserve C. benefit D. effect
21. A. east B. head C. street D. season
22. A. although B. southern C. theatre D. these
23. A. developed B. located C. founded D. completed
24. A. capital B. liberty C. empire D. mingle
25. A. famous B. neighbour C. harbour D. southern
26. A. surface B. attraction C. lacquerware D. artisan
27. A. layer B. artisan C. frame D. place
28. A. drum B. culture C. museum D. sculpture
29. A. weave B. treat C deal D. drumhead
30. A. although B. authenticity C. through D. tablecloth
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I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others in each group
1. A. pressure B. depressed C. expect D. relaxed
2. A. encourage B. empathy C. embarrassed D. remember
3. A. delighted B. continue C. medicine D. situation
4. A. advice B. sympathize C. decide D. responsibility
5. A. collaboration B. particularity C. manage D. activate
6. A. wipe B. alive C. micro D. link
7. A. cleaner B. threat C. ahead D. instead
8. A. breathe B. ethane C. thank D. healthy
9. A. choose B. moon C. food D. look
10. A. burden B. survive C. curtain D. furnish
11. A. camel B. sandy C. travel D. stable
12. A. dune B. hummock C. scrublands D. gun

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13. A. basic B. desert C. president D. season
14. A. separate B. network C. letter D. prepare
15. A. stretches B. slopes C. ranges D. faces
16. A. insect B. percent C. wetland D. extinct
17. A. agencies B. medicine C. species D. circle
18. A. crisis B. exist C. primary D. fertile
19. A. serious B. thousand C. found D. around
20. A. chart B. postcard C. leopard D. hardly
21. A. rival B. title C. silver D. surprise
22. A. golden B. compete C. host D. propose
23. A. clear B. dear C. wear D. sear
24. A. wrestling B. level C. medal D. result
25. A. ranked B. gained C. prepared D. proved
26. A. childhood B. champagne C. chapter D. charity
27. A. culture B. popular C. regular D. fabulous
28. A. conflict B. forbidden C. reliable D. determine
29. A. lighthouse B. heritage C. hotel D. hour
30. A. conducts B. returns C. wanders D. wonders
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I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others in each group
1. A. columnist B. frustrated C. study D. adulthood
2. A. helpline B. September C. embarrassed D. depressed
3. A. tense B. skill C. decision D. house-keeping
4. A. resemble B. adolescence C. independence D. destruction
5. A. delighted B. depressed C. embarrassed D. relative
6. A. drumhead B. illustration C. earplug D. drugstore
7. A. strip B. visual C. artistic D. remind
8. A. thread B. treat C. pleasure D. dead line
9. A. embroider B. preserve C. benefit D. effect
10. A. emotion B. shoulder C. cognitive D. cold
11. A. explore B. exotic C. destroy D. mentor
12. A. drumhead B. illustration C. earplug D. drugstore
13. A. strip B. mine C. line D. remind
14. A. thread B. treat C. pleasure D. deadline
15. A. embroider B. preserve C. benefit D. effect
16. A. treasure B. pleasure C. ensure D. measure
17. A. daughter B. author C. laundry D. sausage
18. A. dials B. calls C. says D. plays
19. A. education B. graduate C. individual D. confident
20. A. embarrassed B. awareness C. abandoned D. captain
21. A. concentration B. question C. attraction D. emotion
22. A. exist B. exchange C. extreme D. expect
23. A. recognize B. opinion C. adolescence D. conflict
24. A. urban B. craft C. organize D. Canada
25. A. artisan B. handicraft C. machine D. heritage
26. A. skill B. house-keeping C. tense D. decision
27. A. advice B. decision C. delighted D. helpline
28. A. study B. adulthood C. columnist D. frustrated
29. A. concentrate B. self-aware C. stressed D. tense
30. A. embarrassed B. depressed C. helpline D. empathise
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I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others in each group
1. A. mind B. sympathize C. decide D. possibility
2. A. collaboration B. particularity C. manage D. action
3. A. pressure B. sentence C. membership D. repeat
4. A. encourage B. empathise C. embarrassed D. replace
5. A. delighted B. continue C. medicine D. situation
6. A. emotion B. indecisive C. obesity D. believable
7. A. hanging B. belong C. singer D. anger
8. A. behaved B. passed C. entertained D. changed
9. A. imagination B. average C. language D. appearance
10. A. increase B. surprise C. release D. promise
11. A. shifts B. thinks C. joins D. soups
12. A. busy B. basic C. person D. answer
13. A. bags B. graphs C. lands D. days
14. A. rules B. shares C. arrives D. dates
15. A. coach B. chore C. chorus D. check
16. A. clap B. catch C. waving D. handle
17. A. maximum B. jump C. summarize D. abrupt
18. A. kidding B. signal C. whistle D. slight
19. A. cue B. cite C. course D. cable
20. A. reason B. realize C. lead D. speak
21. A. path B. tooth C. theme D. mother
22. A. sound B. amount C. country D. noun
23. A. climbing B. basket C. subway D. club
24. A. problem B. popular C. convenient D. rod
25. A. rose B. house C. sound D. cloud
26. A. notebook B. hoping C. cock D. potato
27. A. dam B. planning C. plane D. candle
28. A. theory B. therefore C. neither D. weather
29. A. shoot B. mood C. poor D. smooth
30. A. dosage B. massage C. voyage D. carriage
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I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others in each group
1. A. astounding B. cavern C. citadel D. acceptance
2. A. tents B. keys C. beds D. days
3. A. enough B. tough C. laugh D. though
4. A. because B. nurse C. horse D. purpose
5. A. marriage B. dosage C. collage D. shortage
6. A. limestone B. pilgrim C. rickshaw D. citadel
7. A. geological B. imagine C. agency D. together
8. A. wonder B. complex C. backdrop D. proper
9. A. historic B. picturesque C. enter D. sentence
10. A. plumber B. sculpture C. measure D. structure
11. A. island B. pilgrim C. surprising D. shrine

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12. A. sculpture B. structure C. future D. culture
13. A. complex B. citadel C. cavern D. contestant
14. A. pleasure B. measure C. treasure D. great
15. A. aging B. cavern C. cave D. ancient
16. A. cleaned B. caused C. decided D. studied
17A. hour B. history C. honor D. honest
18. A. bottles B. tables C. teachers D. lips
19. A. found B. sound C. source D. count
20. A. scream B. sneaky C. pleasant D. feature
21. A. style B. type C. classify D. sympathy
22. A. storage B. encourage C. shortage D. garage
23. A. classify B. geology C. psychology D. photography
24. A. amusing B. practising C. advertising D. arising
25. A. universe B. technical C. profession D. content
26. A. climate B. comic C. hike D. website
27. A. worked B. laughed C. hoped D. naked
28. A. cover B. category C. ancient D. decorate
29. A. erupt B. humor C. UFO D. communicate
30. A. chorus B. champion C. cheap D. child
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I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others in each group
1. A. trench B. depressed C. expect D. relaxed
2. A. encourage B. pedestrian C. embarrassed D. replace
3. A. delighted B. continue C. anniversary D. situation
4. A. advice B. decide C. impossible D. likelihood
5. A. collaboration B. particularity C. manage D. activate
6. A. hobby B. honest C. humor D. hole
7. A. measure B. dream C. weave D. team-building
8. A. misbehave B. minor C. equipment D. initial
9. A. relaxed B. depressed C. expect D. pressure
10. A. mention B. entrance C. encourage D. melting
1. A. know B. knowledge C. knee D. kind
2. A. measure B. cheaper C. weave D. team-building
3. A. populous B. cosmopolitan C. annoying D. downtown
4. A. exhausted B. employed C. implant D. regular
5. A. tradition B. generation C. question D. fiction
11. A. know B. knowledge C. knee D. kind
12. A. measure B. cheaper C. weave D. team-building
13. A. populous B. cosmopolitan C. annoying D. downtown
14. A. exhausted B. employed C. implant D. regular
15. A. tradition B. generation C. question D. fiction
16. A. religion B. divide C. primary D. comprise
17. A. attended B. started C. persuaded D. learned
18. A. campus B. access C. underpass D. backpack
19. A. invention B. suggestion C. information D. protection
20. A. pedestrian B. equipment C. trench D. elevated
21. A. artisan B. handicraft C. attraction D. authenticity
22. A. carve B. cart C. sculpture D. facing

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23. A. versatile B. layer C. cookery D. teacher
24. A. willow B. charcoal C. over D. minor
25. A. tunnel B. underpass C. upgrade D. university
26. A. satisfied B. matched C. thatched D. depressed
27. A. consequence B. obedient C. demand D. report
28. A. suffer B. rubber C. suburban D. tunnel
29. A. weather B. sympathetic C. worthy D. bother
30. A. happens B. vehicle C. exhibition D. exhaust

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