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.

He tried his best to make his birthday party more ________

They're having a party in ________ of his 84th birthday.

I was delighted________ my old friends again.

Jack's mother ________ a birthday cake with seventeen lighted candles on it.

When they get together, all they talk ________ is football.

– Kevin: "Do you mind if I smoke?" – David: “________”

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

These anniversaries mark the milestones of a happy and lasting relationship between married couples.

Rosa and Luis are happy to be ________ for their golden anniversary.

Jane ________ any dinner. She had eaten already.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Friendship is two-sided ­­­________ ; it lives by give-and-take.

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.