I. Choose the words that have the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. a. pan b. match c. lamp d. save
2. a. cover b. folder c. send d. answer
3. a. injure b. knife c. kill d.sink
4. a. steamer b. reach c. breakfast d.bead
5. a. reach b. such c. chemical d.chore
6. a. candy b. match c. rack d. wardrobe
7. a. object b. socket c. household d. opposite
8. a. safety b. electricity c. myself d. anything
9. a. cupboards b. boat c. soap d. road
10. a. knife b. socket c. desk d. bookshelf
II. Complete these sentences with “used to” or didn’t use to.
1. My father gave up smoking two years ago. He (smoke) _____ a packet of cigarettes a day.
2. There (be) _____ a movie theater here but it closed a long time ago.
3. Mr. An (not/ drink) coffee when he was young but he likes it now.
4. Peter (have) _____ a motorbike, but last month he sold it and bought a car.
5. I (not/ like) her but we are best friends now.
6. They came to live in the city last year. They (live) ______ in a small village in the country.
7. My sister (play) ______ tennis a lot but she doesn’t play very often now.
8. When I was a child I (not/ study) ______ hard.
III. Choose the best answer
1. He tried to give up smoking but couldn’t break the_______ .
a. hobby b. habit c. pastime d. favor
2. Our team won the game because we played very _______ .
a. good b. well c. goody d. better
3. You_____ take the baby to the doctor.
a. should b. ought c. need d. has to
4. The doctor______ he should take a few days off.
a. say b. said c. ask d. tell
5. He was more than a little proud _____ himself.
a. about b. to c. of d. for
6. The Chinese team ______ in the competition last week.
a. work very hard b. worked very hard c. work very hardly d. worked very hardly
7. James is very ill; he ______ to the hospital.
a. need to go b. needs to go c. need going d. needs going
8. His ______ towards me is very strange.
a. behave b. behavior c. behaved d. behaving
9. I was born in Vietnam; Vietnamese is my______ .
a. mother tongue b. first language c. foreign language d. a & b
10. How do you______ your name?
a. pronunciation b. pronounce c. pronounced d. pronoun
IV. Find and correct the mistake in each of the following sentences
1. He said that his mother was a badly cook.
A B C D
2. I should work harder at my English pronunciation.
A B C D
3. I got good grades at English and History.
A B C D
4. They write the meaning of new words by their mother tongue.
A B C D
5. Next I’d like you to make the grammar exercises on page 10.
A B C D
