15 MINUTE TEST

Name:................................................................................ class:................
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs
from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
1. A. decide B. hide C. independent D. reliable
2. A. charity B. campaign C. donate D. attitude
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three
in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
3. .A. involve B. cancel C. forget D. rely
4. A. referee B. management C. practical D. memory
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
5. Teens should have the ability to ___________ loneliness.
A. deal B. cope with C. set up D. look after

6. General ___________ skills are part of being independent and responsible.

A. house B. housekeeping C. housekeeper D. house- making

7. Parents can teach their teen to ___________ to achieve positive outcomes.

A. affect B. succeed C. encourage D. strive

8. Effective ___________ skills help you break each project down into the achievable tasks.
A. time-keepingB. time-consuming C. time-management D. time-line

9. Students decided to get involved in a __________ event to provide practical help for those in need.
A. help B. charity C. need D. kindness

10. Students with _____ disabilities may suffer from difficulties with memory, information processing.
A. memory B. studying C. learning D. cognitive

11. The boy ___________ his sight due to the accident at the age of nine.
A. loses B. lost C. has lost D. was losing

12. He ___________ at the National Institute for nearly four years.

A. treats B. have been treated C. was treated D. has been treated

13. Before you start cooking, you should gather together all the necessary_____.
A. ingredients B. substances C. elements D. factors
14. The director gave her a(n) _______ scarf.
A. attractive reddish Japanese B. Japanese reddish attractive
C. attractive Japanese reddish D. reddish Japanese attractive
15. It’s ten years since I came back to my hometown.
A. The last time I have come back to my hometown was ten years.
B. I haven’t come back to my hometown for ten years.
C. I have come back to my hometown for ten years.
D. I last come back to my hometown ten years ago.
16. Child development workers in Britain say that getting children to become library members can improve
_______ standards.
A. educate B. education C. educational D. educators
 17. The more problems she has, _______ she may seem.
A. Furious B. The more furious C. As furious as D. The most furious
18. Her friends saw heartbreaking photos from the second wave of the covid-19 pandemic in India. They
were well aware of the complication of the deadly virus.
A. But for her friends’ good awareness of the complication of the deadly virus, they couldn’t have seen
heartbreaking photos from the second wave of the covid-19 pandemic in India.
B. Hardly had her friends been well aware of the complication of the deadly virus when they saw
heartbreaking photos from the second wave of the covid-19 pandemic in India.
C. Not until did her friends see heartbreaking photos from the second wave of the covid-19 pandemic in
India they were well aware of the complication of the deadly virus.
D. Only after her friends saw heartbreaking photos from the second wave of the covid-19 pandemic in India
were they well aware of the complication of the deadly virus.
19. Certainly she was surprised at the news.
A. She may have been surprised at the news. B. She shouldn’t have been surprised at the news.
C. She must have been surprised at the news. D. She needn’t have been surprised at the news.
20. Last month the company ____________ to donate fifty trucks to help the flooded areas.
A. volunteered B. volunteers C. voluntary D. voluntarily
21. John enjoys___________to Jane’s birthday party.
A. inviting B. being invited C. to invite D. to be invited
22. Peter __________ a book when I saw him.
A. read B. reading C. was reading D. is reading
23. I am very happy ____________ good marks.
A. have B. to have C. having D. had
24. They asked him _______ carefully.
A. to drive B. drive C. driving D. drives
25. The instructor warned the students ............ sailing alone on the lake.
A. on B. for C. of D. against
26. The final competition included the of three classes.
A. worksheets B. rules C. judges D. representatives
27. All students denied ________ her.
A. to see B. of seeing C. seeing D. having seeing
28. Your friendship should be based on ______ trust.
A. basic B. suspicious C. mutual D. blind
29. __________ the museum last Sunday, we decided to have lunch in the park.
A. Visited B. Having visited C. Have visited D. Visit
30. _________ is a condition in which a part of a person’s body or mind does not work well because of
physical or mental damage
A. Campaign B. Impairment C. Integration D. Condition