Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
It's my father who _____________ to give a talk about our city. 
A. asked
B. has asked             
C. had asked            
D. was asked

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
He read a newspaper during breakfast.
 
A. After he had read a newspaper he had breakfast.
B. Before he read a newspaper, he had had breakfast.
C. While he was having breakfast, he read a newspaper.
D. When he was reading a newspaper, he had had breakfast.

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:  
cure                  mute                sure               pure
A. cure                  
B. mute               
C.  sure            
D.    pure

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:  
off                    of                       safe                         knife
A. off                    
B. of                       
C. safe                         
D. knife

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
hobbỵ                   nearby                   bicỵcle                      property
A. hobbỵ                   
B. nearby                  
C.  bicỵcle                      
D. property

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
On the first of next month, he _________________________ for five years.
A. will work
B. will be working
C. will have wrked
D. would have worked

Choose a word that has different stress pattern:
informal                 classmate                  library                   horrible
A. informal                 
B. classmate                 
C. library                   
D. horrible

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: 
peace                 ear                 hear               near
A. peace                 
B. ear                
C.  hear               
D. near

Choose a word that has different stress pattern:
brighten             friendship                  arrive              rumor
A. brighten             
B. friendship                  
C. arrive              
D. rumor

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
The man was shot in the bank robbery. The doctors are operating on him.
A. The man was shot in the bank robbery where the doctors are operating on him.
B. The man whom the doctors are operating on him was shot in the bank robbery.
C. The man was whom the doctors are operating on him shot in the bank robbery.
D. The doctor are operating on the man who was shot in the bank robbery.