Choose the word in each group that has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. A. though                B. enough                    C. cough                      D. rough

2. A. chair                   B. cheap                      C. chorus                     D. child

3. A. missed                B. closed                     C. called                      D. planned

4. A. fat                       B. any                          C. gas                          D. hat

5. A physics                B. basic                       C. sailor                       D. subject

I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:

      1. A. required                    B. opened                                C. solved                   D. worked

      2. A. bag                           B. face                                     C. pants                                                               D. fashion 

3. A. climate                     B. tropical                               C. official                                                       D. capital 

4. A. hit                             B. house                                  C. hour                                                           D. holiday

5. A. tide                           B. public                                 C. sight                                                           D. provide

      6. A. grade                        B. nature                                 C. exchange                                                          D. village                               

7. A. wants                        B. listens                                 C. looks                                                          D. develops

8. A. mother                      B. hobby                                 C. modern                                                      D. horror

9. A. apartment                 B. already                                C. across                                                        D. another

10. A. cough                     B. enough                                C. weigh                                                        D. laugh

11. A. thanks                     B. think                                   C. there                                                          D. three

12. A. measure                  B. Easter                                 C. each                                                          D. eager

13. A. group                      B. route                                   C. soup                                                          D. cousin

14. A. luggage                  B. pull                                     C. funny                                                        D. bulb

15. A. comic                     B. cotton                                 C. city                                                           D. computer                           

TEST 23

I. Circle the letter A, B, C or D before the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. (1,25pts)

1. A. promised               B. hopped                      C. booked             D. burned

2. A. though                             B. ought                         C. thought            D. bought

3. A. hard                      B. carry                          C. card                 D. yard

4. A. try                         B. why                           C. heavy               D. dry

5. A. cool                       B. food                           C. look                 D. flood

II. Circle A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences . (5,75pts)

1. The teacher told him ___________ up late.

A. to not stay                 B. to stay not                 C. to stay not       D. not to stay

2. My father is good at ____________ English.

A. speaking                              B. spoken                      C. speak               D. to speak

3. We are all ________ that you passed your English exam. Congratulation!

A. relieved                      B. afraid                         C. delighted                    D. certain

4. “__________to come and have dinner with us?” “I’d love to but I’m very busy”.

A. would you mind        B. could you please       C. Would you like          D. Do you enjoy

5. I am very _____________ in the information you have given me.

A. concerned                  B. interested                   C. surprised                   D. worried

6. Can you tell me where ______________ ?

A. she does                              B. does she                              C. she is               D. is she

7. You have to work ____________ for the coming exam.

A. hardly                        B. more hardly               C. more hard        D. hard

8. I saw her _____________ the flowers in the garden.

A. watering                              B. watered                     C. be watered       D. is watering

9. They had their luggage ___________ by the porter.

A. carry                         B. carrying                     C. to carry            D. carried

10. She often spends her weekend ___________ through pleasant open countryside.

A. travel                         B. traveling                              C. to travel           D. to traveling

11- My brother is studying hard .........................  pass the exam.

A. for                                       B. in order to                 C. so to                D. so that

12- We have studied ................... seven o'clock.

A. for                                       B. at                               C. since                D. to

13- He was born in England. English is his .................................

A. mother tongue                                        B. first language

C. foreign language                                     D. A and B  are correct

14- It's dangerous .......................... in this river.

A. swim                          B. to swim                     C. swimming        D. swam

15- ........................... to America yet ?

A. Were you                            B. Have you ever been   C.Were you been  D. Are you

16- The boy was ....................... by the dog

A. bite                            B. bit                              C. bited                D. bitten

17- My father used ...................... me to school.

A. took                           B. taking                        C. to take             D. take

18- Would you mind ................... for a few minutes?

A. to wait                       B. waiting                      C. wait                 D. be waiting

19. My aunt speaks English very ................................

20. We have math on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday; It means we have math .......... a week.

21. Lan promises to ............................ her best in learning English.

22. The manager asked me ............................. for him outside his office.

23. She hasn’t written to me ........................................

III. Give the correct form of the bold words in parentheses. (2,5pts)

1. This book has a lot of information. It’s very ____________________.         (use)

2. You’ll meet the tour guide on your ___________________ at the hotel.       (arrive)

3. Our post is delivered _______________________ except for Saturday         ( day)

4. Ha Long Bay was ___________by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.         (recognition)

5. Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more ________________ .                (comfort)

6. His parents are very __________________ of him.                                        (pride)

7. “The lost shoes” is one of the _______________ stories I like best.               (tradition)

8. The _____________ from Hanoi to London was delayed in two hours.         (fly)

9. I’m sure that I have connected the printer ___________ .                     (proper)

10. Each of my friends has a _________________ character.                            (differ)

IV. Each sentence below contains an error, underline and write the correct one in the space. 0 is done as an example. (2pts)

0. My brother are a teacher.                                                     0. _______ is _________

1. I go to see her if I have enough time.                                   1. __________________

2. It is not easy do that difficult work.                                              2.___________________

3. He drove such fast that he won the race.                                       3.___________________

4. I wish I can go with you to the countryside next weekend. 4. ___________________

5. When she came, I read her letter.                                         5 ___________________

6. It’s dangerous to drive fastly in busy streets.                      6.___________________

7. The bicycle is so expensive for me to buy.                                    7.___________________

8. Dave is a friend of mine. I knew him for a long time.                    8.__________________

V. Give the correct form of the bold verbs in parentheses. (2pts)

1. The dictionaries (1. buy _________________) yesterday.

2. While my mother and I (2. watch____________________) a film on T V last night, our

aunt in the USA (3. phone_______________).

3. My friend (4. not/visit_________________) me since he (5. move _________) to    another town.

4. We (6. already/ finish _________________________) our work.

5. My English (7. get____________________ ) better and better.

6. You should practise (8. speak___________________) English everyday.

7. How long _________ you (9. wait___________________) for me?

8. It was a nice day, so we decided (10. go ________________) for a walk.

VI- Complete the following sentences based on the given cues.(2pts)

1- How long / it / take you / get / school ?

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2- He / not interested / buy / new / house.

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3- I / play badminton / Nam / when / my friends / come.

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4- I / bored / doing / same thing / day after day.

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5- Marie Curie / born / Poland / 1867

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6- We ought / use/ cloth bags/ instead / reuse/ plastic bags.

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7- We / have / wonderful/ time / moment / SaPa.

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8- Could / give me / information ?

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VII. Read the passage then answer the questions below.(2pts)

            Nam moved to this neighborhood last year. Nam and his family lived in a big city before coming here. On the first days, he didn’t like the life in the country because there was not much to do. However, after a short time he has changed his mind. He now likes his new neighborhood very much because the air is fresh, the food is delicious and the people are friendly. There are a lot of things he can do in his free time such as going swimming, going fishing, going boating. He doesn’t want to live in a big city anymore.

1. When did Nam move to this neighborhood?

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2. Did he like the life in the country on the first days?

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3. Why does he like his neighborhood now?

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4. Does he want to live in a big city now?

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VIII. Complete the 2^nd sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the fist (2,5pts).

1. The children are too young to be in class 6.

→The children are not....................................................................................................

2. "Eat more fruits and vegetables", the doctor said to her

→The doctor told............................................................................................................

3. We began to study English 5 years ago.

®.We have ...................................................................................................................

4 “Can you wait for me here, Jerry?”

®Tom told......................................................................................................................

5. A dog is bigger than a cat.

® A cat isn’t as..............................................................................................................

6. The coffee is so hot that I can’t drink it.

®  The coffee is too .......................................................................................................

7. The ladder isn’t very long. It doesn’t reach the window.

® The ladder .................................................................................................................

8. The weather was fine. We could go camping.

® The weather    ..........................................................................................................

9. I often went boating when I was young.

® I used to....................................................................................................................

10. We built this house in 1975.                                                                                          

 ®This house .............................................................................................................

I.  Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest :

1.         a. locate                             b. celebrate                        c. nominate                       d. private

2.         a. hobby                            b. honest                           c. humor                            d. hole

3.         a. dynamite                        b. terrify                            c. symbol                           d. deny

4.         a. love                                b. oven                              c. prove                             d. lovely

5.         a. account                          b. aboard                           c. acquaintance                 d. alien

6.         a. voice                              b. volume                          c. volcano                          d. volunteer

7.         a. crazy                              b. sample                           c. grade                             d. spacecraft

8.         a. spot                                b. object                            c. hole                                d. model

9.         a. launder                          b. laundry                         c. laugh                             d. launch

10.       a. catalogue                       b. card                               c. catwalk                          d. hat

II.  Pick out the word that has the main stressed syllable different from the others :

1.         A. conclusive                    B. evidence                       C. mineral                          D. terrify

2.         A. capture                         B. infant                            C. precious                        D. aboard

3.         A. exist                              B. gemstone                      C. planet                            D. public

4.         A. creature                        B. object                            C. sample                          D. despite

5.         A. wonderful                    B. volunteer                      C. disappear                      D. disappoint

6.         A. reputation                     B. description                    C. suggestion                    D. pollution

7.         A. economic                      B. volcano                         C. psychedelic                   D. scientific

8.         A. priority                         B. terrify                           C. identify                         D. compulsory

9.         A. earthquake                    B. evidence                       C. disappear                      D. slavery

10.       A. generous                       B. humorous                      C. precious                        D. mysterious

I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest

1.         a. behave                           b. lake                               c. bake                               d. battery

2.         a. earthquake                     b. easy                               c. Easter                            d. eat

3.         a. funnel                            b. fun                                c. fund                              d. further

4.         a. cycle                              b. widely                           c. typhoon                         d. fly

5.         a. intermediate                  b. immediate                     c. medium                         d. medicine

6.         a. great                              b. bread                             c. break                             d. steak

7.         a. carrier                            b. carriage                         c. car                                 d. carrot

8.         a. children                         b. child                              c. line                                 d. sign

9.         a. eight                              b. weight                           c. freight                            d. heighten

10.       a. bury                               b. hurry                             c. hungry                           d. thunder

II.  Pick out the word that has the main stressed syllable different from the others :

1.         A. abrupt                           B. erupt                             C. behave                          D. bureau

2.         A. carriage                         B. collapse                         C. damage                         D. forecast

3.         A. battery                          B. extensive                      C. volcano                         D. detective

4.         A. border                           B. destroy                         C. earthquake                    D. funnel

5.         A. tidal                              B. expect                           C. typhoon                        D. award

6.         A. ancient                          B. charity                          C. compose                       D. humor

7.         A. decoration                    B. expectation                   C. composition                  D. pollution

8.         A. temperature                  B. acquaintance                 C. distinguish                    D. describe

9.         A. generous                       B. priority                          C. nominate                       D. battery

10.       A. damage                         B. collapse                         C. border                           D. funnel

III.  Pick out the word that is of different topic from the others :

1.         A. earthquake                    B. famine                          C. volcano                         D. tornado

2.         A. rainy                             B. easy                              C. foggy                            D. snowy

3.         A. how                              B. which                            C. what                             D. whose

4.         A. shower                          B. thunder                         C. raincoat                         D. wind

5.         A. typhoon                        B. hurricane                       C. snowstorm                    D. cyclone

Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:

1-

A. celebration            

B. collection         

C. education              

D. question

2-

A. relax                      

B. snack                

C. area                  

D. atlas

3-

A. find                        

B. miss                  

C. live                  

D. think

4-

A. rehearse                 

B. hour                 

C. household        

D. horrible

I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. A. express                    B. exciting            C. expensive         D. excellent

2. A. coffee                      B. see                    C. agree                D free

3. A. son                          B. sugar                C. soup                 D. sing

4. A. family                     B. lamp                C. classmate          D. traffic

5. A. plays                       B. lives                 C. talks                 D. listens

Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the rest.
1. A. reduce                B. conserve     C. enjoy           D. explore
2. A. collapsed            B. occured       C. controlled   D. received
Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern
3. A. typhoon              B. response      C. device         D. garbage
4. A. comfortable        B. convenient  C. dangerous   D. marvelous
III. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following sentences (3ms)
1. I ............................. very surprised if Melissar came to Bob’s party. Normally, she hates parties.
A. will be        B. would be     C. was D. were
2. - “What a nice T-shirt!”
- .............................
A. It’s my pleasure      B. You’re welcome     C. Not at all     D. It’s nice of you to say so
3. It............................. for months, so farmers can’t start their crops.
A. didn’t rain  B. doesn’t rain C. hasn’t rained           D. won’t rain
4. By ............................. used paper, plastic and metal you can minimize the amount of waste produced at home.
A. reducing     B. recycling     C. preventing  D. producing
5. I suggest............................. lessons to the poor children in the neiborhood.
A. give B. giving         C. to give         D. gave
6. Home lighting can ............................. for 10 percent to 50 percent of the electricity bill.
A. take B. hold C. account       D. spend
7. ............................. they live a poor life, they always feel happy.
A. in spite of   B. Although    C. Because      D. Because of
8. A ............................. is a violent trpical storm with very strong winds, especially in North and South America.
A. cyclone       B. typhoon      C. hurricane     D. tornado
9. Let me congratulate you ............................. winning the first prize in the English Speaking Contest.
A. on   B. in    C. for   D. about
10. Lan has to stay home to ............................. her sick mother.
A.play with     B. look after    C. look D. talk
11. The house in............................. she was born and grew up was destroyed in an earthquake ten years ago.
A. which         B. that C. who D. whom
12. ............................. putting garbage bins around the schoolyard?
A. Why not     B. Shall we     C. Why don’t we        D. What about
IV. Use the correct form of the word given in each sentences (1m)
1. Have you ever seen a .................... eruption?         (VOLCANO)
2. ...................., the flood didn’t cause much damage to the local residents. (LUCKY)
3. They first met on a.................... from Atlanta to Massachusetts.   (FLY)
4. Scientists around the world are searching for the most........................................ source of power.            (EFFECT)
V. Reading
A. Read the passage and choose the best option A, B, C or D to fill in each gap. (1m)
Scientists are now looking for ceaper ways to use solar energy to heat air and water. Many buildings are using solar energy to heat their water now. Solar units on the (1)....................... of buildings collect the energy and use it to heat water. (2)....................... these units are still very expensive, more and more people are buying solar hot water heaters. Universities and colleges give solar energy couses where students learn to build their own solar collectors. There are also many books (3)....................... explain the construction of solar collectors. (4)....................... the future, there will be more and more solar collectors, especially in the sunny desert areas of the world.
1. A. ceilings   B. yards           C. roofs           D. dorways
2. A. Because  B. Although    C. If                D. But
3. A. which     B. who             C. whose         D. whom
4. A. At           B. On              C. for               D. In
B. Read the passage and then answer the following questions (1m)
BOXING DAY
Boxing Day in the United Kingdom is the day after Christmas Day and falls on December 26. Traditionally, it was a day when employers gave money, food, cloth (material) of other valuable goods to their employees. In modern time, it is an important day and an opportunity to spend time with their family, friends and neighbors. Some people choose to go for a walk in the countryside, while others gather and wait in a ine for the post-Christmas sales in large stores that often begin on Boxing Day.
Boxing Day is also an important day for sports events. Traditionally, using dogs to hunt for foxes was a popular sport among the upper classes. Pictures of hunters on horseback dressed in red coats and surrounded by hunting dogs are often seen as symbolic of Boxing Day. Nowadays, fox hunting is not allowed. Horse racing and football (soccer) are now popular sports.
Answer the questions:
1. When is Boxing Day celebrated? 
2. What was Boxing Day by traditional?
3. Who do people usually spend time with?
4. Is fox hunting a popular sport nowadays?
VI. Writing
A. Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first (1m)
1. Do not eat all the ice-cream or you will be sick.
If you 
2. The children receive a good education. They attend that school.
The children who      
3. People cut down many trees in the forests, so there are often big floods every year.
There are       
4. Why don’t we use public buses instead of motorbikes to reduce exhaust fume?
He suggested 
B. Use the suggested words or phrases to write meaningful sentences (0.5m)
1. teacher / pleased / students / passed / final test.

2. Tet / festival / occurs / late January / early February.