Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
What a pity you failed the final exam!
A.  I wish you had passed the final exam.
B.  You failed the exam was pitiful. 
C. You were unlucky to pass the exam. 
D. If only you passed the exam.

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: 
butter                 put                    sugar                        push
A. butter                 
B. put                    
C. sugar                        
D. push

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
The traffic was making so much noise that I couldn't hear what he ___________. 
A. said                
B. say                  
C. says                
D.  was saying

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
It is a waste of time ______________ such a boring party.
 
A. attend                        
B. to attend           
C.  attending            
D. attended

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
I always suffer from feelings of _________________ when I am talking about art with him.
 
A. adequate                 
B. inadequate               
C.  inadequately              
D. inadequacy

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
His daughter continued to cry until he was out of sight.
A. His daughter continued to cry because he was nowhere to be seen.
B. He made his daughter cry a lot.
C. She could not help crying because of her father.
D. His daughter continued to cry until he could not be seen any longer.

Choose a word that has different stress pattern:
generation                  adventurous                     aeronautics                   international
A. generation                  
B. adventurous                    
C.  aeronautics                   
D. international

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
I have invited some friends to our house for _____________________________ dinner.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. no article

Choose a word that has different stress pattern:
 major              event                  decline               rename
A. major             
B.  event                  
C. decline              
D.  rename

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: 
but                     cut                       Sun                       put
A. but                     
B. cut                       
C. Sun                       
D. put