| 1. | A. camp | B.language | C. native | D. accent |
| 2. | A. capital | B. scenic | C.Scotland | D. iconic |
| 3. | A. increased | B. provided | C. haunted | D.founded |
| 4. | A. loch | B.schedule | C. French | D.chaos |
| 5. | A.brigade | B. kilt | C. liberty | D. icon |
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. vanilla B. vacuum C. add D. facsimile
2. A. whiten B. fiber C. zipper D. conveyor
3. A. remove B. wrote C. mold D. cocoa
4. A. follow B. powder C. show D. borrow
5. A. wood B. thousand C. procedure D. hairdryer
II. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is placed differently.
1. A. American B. Canadian C. Australian D. Portuguese
2. A. monument B. symbolize C. attraction D. spectacle
3. A. natural B. trainee C. unique D. parade
4. A. territory B. festivity C. traditional D. geography
5. A. official B. legendary C. historic D. iconic
I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others:
1. A. famous B. land C. catch D. match
2. A. train B. mountain C. maintain D. plain
3. A. chat B. character C. chain D. cheek
4. A. member B. comment C. entertainment D. pencil
III. Choose the correct answer:
English 8 – Practice unit 8 Teacher Pham Quynh Lien
9. The waterfall continues to be the major …………… at the park.
A. attract B. attractive C. attraction D. attractor
10. I feel …………. about my holiday in Adelaide.
A. excite B. exciting C. excited D. excitingly
11. English is an …………. language in Singapore.
A. office B. official C. officer D. officially
12. I am satisfied ……….. my holiday in America.
A. on B. at C. with D. of
13. Australia is home …………… animals such as kangaroos and koalas.
A. to B. in C. at D. on
14. English summer camp will take place ……… New Zealand next year.
A. in B. on C. up D. out
15. She ………. 30 minutes a day learning English.
A. spent B. spends C. are spending D. was spent
16. Spoken English makes it difficult for him ………….
A. understand B. understand C. to understand D. to understanding
17. I think that Minh ………… to Australia yet.
A. hasn’t been B. won’t be C. isn’t D. not being
18. He joined Microsoft as a ……… in 2015.
A. train B. training C. trained D. trainee
Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others.
1. A. historic B. festive C. iconic D. increase2. A. parade B. refugee C. koala D. excursion3. A.technology B.illustration C.definition D.electronic
5. A.number B.character C.legend D.diverse
Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting.
31. I'd like sending (A) these (B) poscards (C) to America (D) .
32. The new (A)shopping mall is quite (B) different with (C) the present shopping area (D).
33. She is a lovely girl (A). I have known (B)her for (C) January(D).
34. How long (A) have (B) she lived (C) in this neighborhood (D) ?
35. We (A) are (B) going to (C) cleaning (D) the banks of the lakes on weekends.
Question I. Find the word which has different sound in the part underlined.
1. A. wanted B. washed C. worked D. stopped
2. A. cycled B. stayed C. decided D. played
3. A. who B. when C. where D. what
4. A. watched B. danced C. walked D. bored
5. A. needed B. decided C. played D. wanted
6. A. provided B. started C. worked D. decided
7. A. closed B. played C. stopped D. stayed
8. A. whole B. why C. what D. when
9. A. called B. waited C. played D. loved
10. A. looked B. lived C. laughed D. watched
11. A. started B. decided C. worked D. waited
12. A. played B. stopped C. watched D. liked
13. A. whom B. when C. where D. what
14. A. watched B. missed C. walked D. played
15. A. collected B. decided C. played D. wanted
16. A. naked B. watched C. worked D. stopped
17. A. lived B. played C. stayed D. dogged
18. A. looked B. worked C. naked D. liked
19. A. wanted B. waited C. played D. beloved
20. A. missed B. stopped C. wanted D. watched
Question II. Choose the correct adjectives.
1. Are you (interesting/ interested) in football?
2. The football match was quite (exciting/ excited). I enjoyed it.
3. It’s sometimes (embarrassing/ embarrassed) when you have to ask people for money
4. Do you usually get (embarrassing/ embarrassed)?
5. I had never expected to get the job. I was really (amazing/ amazed)when I was offer it.
6. She has really very fast. She has made (astonishing/ astonished) progress
7. I didn’t find the situation funny. I was not (amusing/ amused)
8. It was a really (terrifying/ terrified). Afterwards everybody was very (shocking/ shocked)
9. Why do you always look so (boring/ bored)? Is your life really so (boring/ bored)?
10. He’s one of the most (boring/ bored) people I’ve ever met. He never stops talking and he never say anything (interesting/ interested).
11. At first I thought Jake was an interesting/ interested guy, but tonight I felt somewhat boring/ bored with his company.
12. She has really learnt very fast. She has made astonishing/ astonished
13. It was very disappointing/ disappointed not to get the job.
14. Philip was exceptionally annoying/ annoyed at Joanne's behaviour.
15. I thought the program on wildlife was fascinating/ fascinated. I was absolutely fascinating/ fascinated.
16. We were thrilling/ thrilled to hear your good news.
17. It was really terrifying/ terrified. Afterwards, everybody was very shocking/ shocked.
18. The journey took all day and night. They found it very tiring/ tired.
19. Did Tim feel frightening/ frightened when he saw the snake at his feet?
20. Why do you always look so boring/ bored. Is your life really
VIII. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English. (1)
1. She actually(A) prefers (B) do C) things by (D) herself.
2. Is (A) the (B) boat C) from Hai Phong arriving on (D) 10.30?
3. She is (A) a famous (B) musician so C) well as being (D) a photographer.
4. He worked hard (A) in order (B) to getting C) good (D) grades.
5. The shop assistant (A) asked (B) Helen whether (C) the shoes was (D) too
small for her.
6. We must act now (A) before it is too late (B) doing (C) anything about
(D) the problem.
7. Can (A) you tell me (B) what you have done (C) at 8 o’clock yesterday
evening (D)?
8. We are (A) looking (B) forward to seeing (C) you on April.
9. I am interesting (A) in the rice - cooking (B) contest (C) you organized
(D) yesterday.
10. Humans can(A) even die(B) if they will drink C) contaminated (D) water.
I/ Choose the best answer
1. Thanks to the summer camp in England, my English __________ a lot.
A. improved B. have improved C. improves D. has improved
2. The country’s ____________ language is Spanish.
A. officially B. official C. office D. speaker
3. Many International students find it hard to understand their Australian friends who speak with a strong ____.
A. dialect B. accent C. slang D. language
4. Lan wants to study overseas in an________country such asNew Zealand, England, Australia, and the us.
A. English-spoken B. English-speaking C. speaking English D. spoken English
5. English is spoken by far more people who use it as a foreign or language than those who use it as a mother tongue.
6. The Canadians are native ___________________ of English.
A. speakers B. spoke C. speaking D. speaker
7. English is an _____________________ language of France.
A. official B. unofficial C. office D. officing
V. Choose the underlined word or phrase, A, B, c or D that needs correcting.
1 Could you meet us at the airport tomorrow afternoon? Our flight will land at 4 o’clock.
2. Australia is home of many unique species of animals that cannot be found anywhere else.
3 The English language has approximate 400 million native speakers worldwide.
4 The United States of American is the world’s third largest country in size.
| 5. About 20 percents of the world’s population speaks English as a first or second language. | |||
| 6 Scottish kilts were traditionally wore as full length garments by Gaelic-speaking male. | |||
7. The Australian flag consists a dark blue field with the Union Jack and six white stars.
| 8. I find it’s difficult to understand some of my Scottish friends because of their accent. | |||
9. Niagara Falls is one of the most spectacle waterfalls in the world.
| 10. Visitors to Scotland can spend endless days to explore its historic centuries-old castles. | |||
