Choose a word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest. 1. A. hear B. bear C. clear D. near 2. A. she B. sugar C. sightseeing D. shocking 3. A. apple B. afternoon C. dance D. plant 4. A. bought B. taught C. thought D. sound 5. A. although B. together C. math D. weather 6. A. learned B. laughed C. studied D. loved II. Identify the word whose main stress is different from that of the other three. 1. A. wonder B. appear C. island D. happy 2. A. award B. reduce C. careful D. because 3. A. festival B. pagoda C. tomato D. computer 4. A. afraid B. police C. collect D. cupboard III. Choose the correct option A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. 1. I am delighted _____________ you passed your exam. A. that B. to C. in order to D. so that 2. He told me to write the essay again because I _________ many mistakes. A. did B. made C. got D. wrote 3. Reading many books________ you widen your knowledge . A. helps B. helping C. help D are helped . 4 He can’t earn money ____________ he has a job. A. if B. until C. unless D. without 5. He worked hard ________ pass the final exams. A. so that B. in order to C. so as to D. B&C 6. He said that he ___________ her there again the next day. A. meets B. would meet C. will meet D. is meeting 7. Clothes _______ in shops in the town are much more expensive than those in markets. A. selling B. are sold C. sold D. are being sold 8. Minh is very _____________. He is always on the phone, chatting to his friends. A. friendly B. humorous C. talkative D. confident 9. Last summer, our school students participated in ___________ funds for street children. A. raising B. making C. gathering D. taking 10. Vy was terribly tired __________ she finished the project on time. A. but B. and C. although D. because 11. Nam: “Let’s go to school by bike ________ of motorbikes.” – Tan: That’s a good idea!” A. because B. instead C. despite D. in spite 12. Mrs. Ngoc: “Can you help me carry my bags? I’ve hurt my arm” - Hoa: “_________” A. Yes. Thank you B. That’s very kind of you C. No problem D. No. Thank you. I’m fine 13. Let’s paint the house __________. It will be much cheaper. A. themselves B. ourselves C. myself D. yourself IV. Supply the verb in the brackets with the correct form. 1. While we were having dinner yesterday, the lights (go out) ____________. 2. Phuc: Do you know the girl (talk) ______ to Mrs. Hoa over there?” - Khang: “I don’t know” 3. We haven’t seen Nick since we (leave) _____________ the secondary school. 4. The first festival (hold) _____________ nearly eight hundred years ago. 5. This is the first time Tim and Shannon (eat) ____________ food with chopsticks. 6. Boy: “Would you mind if I (take) ___________ you home?” – Girl: “I’d rather you didn’t” 7. The life in the countryside nowadays (become) _____________ better and better. 8. My son is interested in (take) ______________ to the zoo every Sunday. V. Find and correct one mistake in each sentence below. 1. Because getting up late, he did not have enough time to have breakfast. 2. Many trees are planting in the garden at the moment 3. The driver of the car was serious injured in the accident. 4. Mai said that she is doing homework then. 5. Mrs. Huyen told us don’t make noise in the art museum. 6. My brother didn’t have money enough to buy that dictionary. 7. He asked me when I would leave Vinh to Ha Noi 8. Lan seemed happily when she received her aunt’s letter. 9. New York is an excited city with many skyscrapers. VI. Supply the correct form of the words to complete following passage. 1. Those children should be punished because of their bad ______________. BEHAVE 2. Peter is a ________________student, who always gets good marks. STUDY 3. We are pleased to hear you had an _______________ Christmas vacation. ENJOY 4. My parents always ______________me to learn English to have a bright future. COURAGE 5. _______________, we missed our first bus so we had to wait for thirty more minutes. SAD 6. _____________ children how to keep the environment unpolluted is very necessary. TEACH 7. The room was fully furnished; however, I felt __________________. COMFORT VII. Using the word in brackets, complete the second sentence. 1. They have just sold that old house. → That old house_______________________________________________________ 2. The cake was so hard that I couldn’t eat it. → The cake was too ___________________________________________________ 3. I haven’t gone to Hue for 6 years. → The last time I _______________________________________________ 4. “I must stay at home tomorrow”, she said. → She said that _________________________________________________ 5. He is such a slow speaker that his students get bored. → He speaks so ______________________________________________________ 6. I thought the ending of the film is quite shocking. → I was quite __________________________________________________________