Choose the best answer that is suitable for each blank or the underlined word or phrase.

Newspapers should _______ printing statements that they cannot check.

If they aren’t more careful with their money, they’ll get into __________.

What a _____________ that your father is ill again!

Circle the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from those of the other three.

The commander gave ___________ talk to his men.

Circle the word whose stress is on the first syllable.

During the boss’s __________, his assistant took over.

Circle the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from those of the other three.

Circle the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from those of the other three.

Circle the word whose stress is on the first syllable.

Circle the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from those of the other three.

Circle the word whose stress is on the first syllable.

Circle the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from those of the other three.

Circle the word whose stress is on the first syllable.

Circle the word whose stress is on the first syllable.