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Exercises for English Pronunciation 1

I. 1. B 2. A 3. A 4. A 5. B 6. B 7. B 8. B 9. B 10. A 11. A 12. A 13. A 14. B 15. B 16. A 17. A 18. A 19. B 20. B II. (1)

1. Can we have a look at your cart, please? (A) cart — card 2. It was raining so hard that the girl was sopping. (A) sop — sob 3. They were talking about stabling them. (A) stable — staple 4. He spends hours riding every day. (B) riding — writing 5. Where are the bills? I remember putting them on the desk. (A)

bill — pill

6. Did you say the man hid the dog? (B) hid — hit 7. Did the boys enjoy praying (A) pray — play

8. I can see the new teacher likes his new glass. (B) glass — class 9. How will the girls clean them? (A) clean — glean 10. They have to try it. (A) try — dry (2)

1. Isn’t this a good prize? (A) prize — price 2. There’s something in my ice! (B) ice — eyes 3. Is he busy? (A) is he — is she

4. What were you washing? (B) wash — watch 5. Does Jack eat mush? (B) mush — much 6. What does “path” mean? (A) path — pass 7. Did you say the number is free? (A) free — three

8. The news brought her great pressure. (A) pressure — pleasure 9. Did you see the frame? (B) frame — flame

10. We didn’t expect such a southern wind. (B) southern — sudden