Pronunciation & Grammar Exercises

Pronunciation - Underlined Part Differences

• heritage: The underlined "a" is pronounced differently compared to advantage, teenager, and villager.
• month: The underlined "o" differs in pronunciation from son, tomb, and ton.

Main Stress Position

• species: The stress is on the first syllable, unlike limestone, area, and surprise.
• animal: Stress placement differs compared to pagoda, company, and heritage.

Sentence Completion - Prepositions and Verb Forms

• prevented from: "From" is the correct preposition to follow "prevented."
• took: "Took" is the appropriate verb to use with "photos" in this context.
• knocked down: "Down" is the correct particle to complete the phrasal verb.
• practice speaking: "Speaking" is the proper form of the verb after "practice."
• passed: "passed" is the correct verb to indicate the enactment of a law.

Pronunciation - Underlined Part Differences (Set 2)

• flood: The "oo" sound differs from pool, food, and noon.
• threat: The "ea" sound is different from spread, bread, and peak.

Main Stress Position (Set 2)

• issue: Stress is on the first syllable, differing from essay, amount, and city.
• mosquito: Stress is on the second syllable, unlike adventure, volcano, and temperature.

Sentence Completion (Set 2)

• impact on: "On" is the correct preposition to follow "impact."
• have a negative effect: "Have" correctly completes the phrase.
• were destroyed: "Were destroyed" is the correct passive form in this context.
• Pollutants make harm: "Make" is the word to use.
• I have been swimming: "I have been swimming" correctly expresses an action done in the lake.

Reading Comprehension - Letter Analysis

• Purpose: The writer expresses concerns about environmental problems.
• Structure: The letter presents problems, suggests solutions, and includes reasons and comparisons.
• Extinction Causes: Plastic is not listed as a direct cause of extinction in the text.
• Writer's Attitude: The writer's attitude is serious.
• Trudi's Response: A plan for an environmental project is not a likely response.

Pronunciation - Underlined Part Differences (Part 1)

• healthy: The underlined letters have a different pronunciation from "easy," "pleasant" and "ready."
• career: The underlined letters have a different pronunciation from "safety," "patience" and "savings."

Stress Position (Part 1)

• hungry: The word stress differs than other words.
• assignment: The word stress differs than other words.

Use of English

• with: The correct preposition to indicate sharing a house with others.
• have: The correct word choice for this sentence.
• difficult getting: The best response for the question.
• which: The best response for the question.
• turning: The best response for the question.

Sentence Completion (Word Form)

• IMPRESSive
• PRESERVed
• HISTORically
• ADVENTUROUS
• NORTHern

Word Formation

• threatened
• productively
• imprecise
• dependently

Sentence Transformations

• It is by the Cat Ba Langur Conservation Project which monitored the langur population and its habitat.
• It is during twilight hours that these animals are most active.
• It was a wallet that Jean picked up on the way home yesterday.
• I don't think you should eat lukewarm food so often.

Word Order

• It was because she was unhappy with the price that she complained.

Sentence Completion

• It was in the cave they had been trapped for 19 hours before (their) rescue.

Sentence Meaning Unchanged

• It is the first time I have flown alone.
• I have been writing this report for hours and it is still not right!
• We had just got on the plane when the pilot told us to get off again.

Word Order (Set 2)

• Even a child can tell you that answer is wrong.
• Only after you have finished your homework can you play.

Sentence Completion (Set 2)

• At present, those televisions are only available in Japan.

Meaning Unchanged (Set 2)

• Having been hunted close to extinction, the rhino is once again common in this area.
• It is useful for students to be receiving constructive feedback on their progress.
• Tony denied having stolen his friend's pocket calculator.

Correct the sentence

• Why don't we look at the websites for more information about the environment?
• It is unreasonable to expect somebody to come at such short notice.

Use the given words or phrases to make a complete sentence.

• Why don’t you put a better lock on the door?