UNIT 4: LIFE IN THE PAST

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. PHONETICS

I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each

group.

1. A. particularity

B. collaboration

C. manage

D. action

2. A. fresh

B. preservation

C. entertain

D. specific

3. A. delighted

B. continued

C. decided

D.

minded

II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the other in each

group.

4. A. dogsled

B. fatal

C. igloo

D. downtown

5. A. illiterate

B. entertainment

C. ability

D. especially

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. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

III. Choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the following sentences.

6. I didn’t recognize her at the party last night. She__________ up beautiful.

A. got

B. took

C. dressed

D. talked

7. Jenny draws very badly. She wish she__________ better.

A. draw

B. to draw

C. drew

D. drawn

8. I don’t think Jane will leave this Sunday. - I wish__________.

A. she won’t

B. she wouldn’t

C. she will

D. she isn’t

9. Due to personal__________, they are not friends any more.

A. interest

B. conflicts

C. skills

D. concerns

10. This residential area used__________ a huge landfill.

A. being

B. been

C. was

D. to be

11. Raising roosters for cockfighting__________ heavy investments in time and labour.

A. requests

B. requires

C. satisfies

D. asks

12. They are running a__________ program to help these kids read and write better.

A. social skills

B. cognitive

C. literacy

D. stress-coping

13. If I were you, I would start working on the assignments well before the deadline, she__________ me.

A. offered

B. advised

C. complained

D. promised

14. My parents sometimes don’t understand me. I wish they were in my__________.

A. shoes

B. sleeves

C. hands

D. boots

15. A large percentage of the rural population was__________.

A. rich

B. illiterate

C. famous

D. ill

16. In Germany there is a__________ of giving workers a say in how their company is run.

A. tradition

B. practice

C. behaviour

D. habit

Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the

following sentences.

17. Men are usually the breadwinner of the family.

A. boss

B. owner

C. worker

D. supporter

18. My grandparents didn’t have a mobile phone, so they used to talk face to face.

A. facing them

B. in person

C. looking at them

D. seeing them

Choose the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the

following sentences.

19. What music is serious and traditional Western European music?

A. uncommon

B. incorrect

C. impossible

D. irregular

20. Like my grandparents, people used to go bare-footed, even in winter.

A. without shoes

B. with shoes

C. on foot

D. for a walk

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