A. PHONETICS I. Choose the word whose UNDERLINED PART is pronounced differently from that of the others. Question 1. A. wanted B. washed C. watched D. helped Question 2. A. fight B. child C. fit D. nice Question 3. A. carrot B. city C. camping D. country II. Choose the word whose STRESS PATTERN is different from that of the others. Question 4. A. address B. coffee C. begin D. become Question 5. A. invention B. computer C. century D. collection B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR I. Choose the most SUITABLE ANSWER to complete the following sentence. Question 6. My parents __ very tired after the trip last night. A. was B. were C. is D. are Question 7. Do you dream of __ the winning goal in a football match? A. scoring B. pointing C. winning D. placing Question 8. I would like to book a __ here to play football with my friends. A. court B. field C. house D. ice Question 9. __ sports do you like to watch on television? A. What B. How C. Do D. How often Question 10. My dad has got a very big __ of CDs. A. collect B. collection C. collective D. collecting Question 11. Yesterday she __ to the cinema and __ a horror movie. A. went/ watched B. went/ watches C. goes/ watches D. goes/ watched Question 12. I __ that teacher Mike is a great guy, but he gives us too much homework. A. agree B. disagree C. listen D. likes Question 13. Why __ you get up so early yesterday? A. was B. do C. done D. did Question 14. Liverpool was in the cup __ but they lost the game and could not be the champion. A. final B. tournament C. league D. quarter

**A. PHONETICS**<br /><br />**Question 1:** The correct answer is **D. helped**. The underlined /p/ sound is aspirated (pronounced with a puff of air), while the /p/ sounds in the other options are unaspirated.<br /><br />**Question 2:** The correct answer is **B. child**. The underlined /ch/ sound is a voiceless palatal affricate, while the others have different sounds.<br /><br />**Question 3:** The correct answer is **B. city**. The underlined /i/ sound is a short 'i' sound, while the others have a long 'i' sound.<br /><br /><br />**II. Choose the word whose STRESS PATTERN is different from that of the others.**<br /><br />**Question 4:** The correct answer is **A. address**. The stress is on the second syllable, while the others are stressed on the first.<br /><br />**Question 5:** The correct answer is **B. computer**. The stress is on the second syllable, while the others are stressed on the first.<br /><br /><br />**B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR**<br /><br />**Question 6:** The correct answer is **B. were**. The subject "My parents" is plural, requiring the plural past tense verb "were."<br /><br />**Question 7:** The correct answer is **A. scoring**. Scoring a goal is the action related to achieving the winning goal in a football match.<br /><br />**Question 8:** The correct answer is **B. field**. Football is played on a field.<br /><br />**Question 9:** The correct answer is **A. What**. "What" is used to ask about the type of sports.<br /><br />**Question 10:** The correct answer is **B. collection**. "Collection" is a noun meaning a group of similar things.<br /><br />**Question 11:** The correct answer is **A. went/ watched**. Both verbs need to be in the past tense.<br /><br />**Question 12:** The correct answer is **A. agree**. The sentence expresses agreement with the statement about the teacher.<br /><br />**Question 13:** The correct answer is **D. did**. "Did" is the past tense auxiliary verb used to form questions in the simple past tense.<br /><br />**Question 14:** The correct answer is **A. final**. A cup final is the final match of a cup competition.<br />