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LIFF AV1 - Partic 
1. 
How many phonemes are there in the following words: cat, chat, fish, stick, blue? 
x1) 3, 3, 3, 4, 3 
2) 3, 3, 3, 4, 4 
3) 3, 3, 3, 3, 4 
4) 3, 4, 4, 4, 4 
5) 3, 4, 4, 5, 4 
2. 
How many graphemes are in the following words: cat, chat, fish, stick, blue? 
1) 3, 3, 4, 5, 4 
2) 3, 4, 4, 5, 3 
3) 3, 4, 4, 4, 4 
4) 3, 3, 4, 4, 4 
x5) 3, 4, 4, 5, 4 
3. 
Which two words from the following list have the same vowel sound: kept, bag, weigh, head, be? 
1) be and head 
2) kept and head 
x3) weigh and head 
4) be and weigh 
5) bag and weigh 
4. 
Which word has the same number of phonemes as in SHIP? 
1) it 
2) bee 
3) takes 
x4) pig 
5) I 
1. 
Which of the forms below may be used in a FORMAL context? 
1) Kids 
2) Guy 
3) Awesome 
4) Won’t 
x5) Invigorating 
2. 
Which of the forms below may be used in an INFORMAL context? 
1) Cannot 
x2) Begin 
3) Ensure 
4) Several 
5) Please refer to… 
3. 
In which alternative all words may be used in a FORMAL context? 
1) Can’t – Supply - Entail 
2) Submit – Receive – Carry out 
x3) Submit – Receive - Effect 
4) Disclose – Exceed – Go over 
5) On receipt – Exceed – Take away 
4. 
Choose the most formal alternative in each pair of words given in bold below. 
1 - The aim of this study is to develop an environmentally friendly and ( ) portable energy source. 
2 - Nanotechnology is the art and science of manipulating matter at the atomic or molecular scale and may 
lead to ( ) improvements in technologies for protecting the environment. 
3 - The ( ) characteristics of nanotechnologies may lead to unforeseen environmental problems. 
4 - Many things that we are already familiar with are nanoscale and ( ) to applications of nanotechnology. 
5 - Timbre is ( ) to distinguish from other features in music. 
6 - Chemical syntheses typically result in ( ) yields of desired products with many unwanted by-products. 
7 - Analysis of sound can be spectral or perceptual characterization of sound. In the perceptual analysis, 
accomplishing meaningful perceptual parameterization is a very ( ) task. 
8 - A fuel cell creates electricity, which is a form of ( ) energy, directly from the energy in chemical fuels 
without an ( ) conversion into thermal energy. 
9 - Fuel cells are almost three times as ( ) as ( ) vehicles and emit virtually no pollutants. 
10 - In the USA, the trend has been towards ( ) vehicles like SUVs with ( ) fuel consumption. 
1) good / significant / novel / like / difficult / bad / heavy / outside / intermediate / good / conventional / 
bigger / higher 
2) effective / big / new / analogous / hard / poor / laborious / external / middle / efficient / regular / larger / 
bigger 
x3) effective / significant / novel / analogous / difficult / door / laborious / external / intermediate / 
efficient / conventional / larger / higher 
5. 
As you know, the English vocabulary is composed by Latin-origin words and Anglo-Saxon words. The Latin-
origin words are, in general, used in a more formal context. Match the words with their correspondent. 
 
1. virulent ( ) infirm, weak 
2. voluble ( ) harmful 
3. senile ( ) talkative 
4. masticate ( ) maze 
5. labyrinth ( ) chew 
 
1) 1 – 2 – 4 – 5 – 3 
2) 4 – 1 – 3 – 2 – 5 
x3) 3 – 1 – 2 – 5 – 4 
4) 5 – 4 – 1 – 2 – 3 
5) 2 – 1 – 4 – 2 – 3 
1. 
Which of the following words does NOT have the sound shown on the picture? 
a) pick - peak - bean - bread 
b) bid - bit - bead - bin 
c) bed - feed - fed - bell 
d) bus - bun - bat - bud 
 
x1) pick - bead - feed - bat 
2) bean - bead - feed - bat 
3) pick - bin - feed - bat 
4) bean - bin - bell - bus 
5) peak - bit - fed - bud 
2. 
Choose the odd sound: 
a) go - so - no - do 
b) cleared - heard - beard - feared 
c) shoes - goes - nose - toes 
d) load - road - showed - board 
e) among - wrong - sung - begun 
 
1) so - feared - toes - board - begun 
x2) do - heard - shoes - board - wrong 
3) no - cleared - goes - showed - wrong 
4) go - beard - nose - board - wrong 
5) do - cleared - shoes - showed - begun 
3. 
Which word sounds different? 
1) why 
2) I 
x3) a 
4) my 
5) lie 
4. 
Which word sounds different? 
 
1) tea 
2) pea 
3) see 
4) we 
x5) the 
5. 
Which word does NOT have three phonemes? 
 
1) ride 
2) knock 
3) wreck 
4) road 
x5) among 
1. 
Mark the option that indicates the CORRECT ending sound of each word. 
1) hotels /z/ pages /s/ 
x2) walks /s/ calls /z/ 
3) babies/z/ rings /s/ 
2. 
Mark the CORRECT sequence: 
1) /s/: invites – makes – pays 
2) /z/: says – works – lives 
x3) /iz/: wishes – watches – washes 
3. 
In which word the first consonant is voiceless? 
x1) paint 
2) bet 
3) get 
4) then 
5) mend 
4. 
In which word the first consonant is voiced? 
1) think 
2) priest 
3) kind 
4) home 
x5) deed 
5. 
Which of the following words begin with a voiceless fricative? 
1) dogs 
x2) hang 
3) cut 
4) chip 
5) zip 
1. 
Which word has a long vowel sound? 
1) beat 
x2) bet 
3) man 
4) men 
2. 
Which word sounds different? 
1) mother 
2) brother 
x3) bother 
4) another 
3. 
Which word sounds different? 
1) hot 
2) knot 
x3) taught 
4) what 
4. 
Which word sounds different? 
1) what 
2) bottle 
3) got 
x4) boot