I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others by circling A, B, C, or D.

1. A. character    B. school        C. teacher        D. chemistry

2. A. earth           B. earn           C. heart             D. heard

II. Find the word which is not the same with the others in a group.

3. A. comedian  B. newsreader     C. film producer     D. programme

4. A. cartoon     B. world news      C. studio                 D. documentary

III. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentence.

5. "Which __________ is Britain in?" - "Europe"

A. country           B. continent               C. city               D. area

6. That city is most famous __________ its fashion shops.

A. to            B. with                    C. for                    D. of

7. Nam plays sports very often, so he looks very __________.

A. sport               B. sports            C. sporty               D. sporting

8. Last summer, I __________ fishing with my uncle in the afternoon.

A. go                     B. went              C. goes               D. going

9. They cancelled their picnic __________ the weather was bad.

A. because            B. when               C. but               D. or

10. __________ the programme is late, we will wait to watch it.

A. Because           B. Although              C. When            D. So

11. You can watch Harry Potter on TV __________ you can read it.

A. so                 B. when                  C. but                   D. or

12. I __________ born on the first of May.

A. were               B. was                    C. are                  D. is

13. In team sports, the two teams __________ against each other in order to get the better score.

A. are                   B. do     C. make            D. compete

14. __________ draw on the walls and tables, please.

A. Do                   B. Don't                C. Should             D. Shouldn't

I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.(1 pt)

1. A. heritage               B. flakes             C. famous                   D. tray

2. A. ceremony                B. preserve              C. incense             D. generation

3. A. worked             B. promised              C.played                      D. stopped

4. A. custom           B. unique            C. museum                  D. computer

I. Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the others. 1: A. planet          B. character                   C. happy              D. classmate

Câu 2:A. letter               B. twelve                        C. person             D. sentence

Câu 3: A. humor            B. music                         C. cucumber                   D. sun

Câu 4: A. enough           B. young                        C. country            D. mountain

Câu 5: A. sociable                   B. ocean                         C. receive              D. special

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others:

1.  A. laughed  B. watched  C. exported  D. helped

2.  A. house B. mountain C. drought D. though

Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others:

3.  A.technical B. villager C. introduce D. atmosphere

4.  A. shortage B. export C. knowledge D. manage

Ex 1: Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1. a. books b. clubs c. hats d. stamps

2. a. character b. classmate c. happy d. photograph

3. a. speech. b. March c. machine d. children

4. a. worked b. cleaned c. watched d. stopped

5. A. chair B. chicken C. chore D. character

6. A. speak B. leave C. deaf-mute D. reach

7. A. named B. lived C. stopped D. grazed

8. A. tiger B. wisdom C. wife D. fire

9. A. lives B. works C. starts D. Stamps

10. A. hour B. help C. head D. hear

Ex 1: Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1. a. books b. clubs c. hats d. stamps

2. a. character b. classmate c. happy d. photograph

3. a. speech. b. March c. machine d. children

4. a. worked b. cleaned c. watched d. stopped

5. A. chair B. chicken C. chore D. character

6. A. speak B. leave C. deaf-mute D. reach

7. A. named B. lived C. stopped D. grazed

8. A. tiger B. wisdom C. wife D. fire

9. A. lives B. works C. starts D. Stamps

10. A. hour B. help C. head D. hear

I. PRONUNCIATION: Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others. 1. A. character B. charity C. chiefly D. chill 2. A. peace B. please C. meal D. weather 3. A. leader B. instead C. deafness D. headache 4. A. wife B. who C. two D. power 5. A. champion B. scholar C. mechanize D. chemistry II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR: *Choose the best answer: 11. Those foreign tourists are looking forward to enjoying Vietnamese Tet holidays with___. A. excite B. excited C. exciting D. excitement 12. The Tet holiday is often well__________ by most Vietnamese people. A. prepare B. prepared C. preparation D. preparative 13. The _______ of football spreads not only throughout England but also all over the world. A. popular B. popularize C. popularly D. popularity 14. There is ________outside the house. A. one B. someone C. anyone D. anybody 15. I haven’t spoken to ___________all day because I have a sore throat. A. someone B. nobody C. anybody D. ones 16. People believe that what they do on the first day of the year will _______ their luck during the whole year. A. control B. influence C. exchange D. result 17. ________told me she was ill so I didn’t visit her. A. Everyone B. Someone C. Anyone D. No one 18. I need _______reliable to look after the baby while I am at work. A. anyone B. someone C. everybody D. none 19. That resort is popular ________young people, especially on Tet holidays. A. for B. to C. with D. in 20. The whole family usually try to get together at Christmas. A. contact B. gather C. relate D. communicate 21. Tet is a ______occasion for all members of families to gather. A. special B. specially C. specialize D. specializing 22. Banh chung and Mut are ______food on Tet holidays. A. exciting B. popular C. ripe D. colored 23. When people ________, they speak to God to give thanks or to ask for help. A. believe B. try C. entertain D. pray 24. Lunar New Year, or Tet, is the Vietnamese’s main holiday. A. important B. serious C. excited D. short 25. Tet is a grand and important occasion in the year. A. excited B. colored C. great D. necessary . GIÚP EM VỚI Ạ EM ĐAG CẦN GẤP . CÁM ƠN Ạ.

I. PRONUNCIATION: Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others. 1. A. character B. charity C. chiefly D. chill 2. A. peace B. please C. meal D. weather 3. A. leader B. instead C. deafness D. headache 4. A. wife B. who C. two D. power 5. A. champion B. scholar C. mechanize D. chemistry II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR: *Choose the best answer: 11. Those foreign tourists are looking forward to enjoying Vietnamese Tet holidays with___. A. excite B. excited C. exciting D. excitement 12. The Tet holiday is often well__________ by most Vietnamese people. A. prepare B. prepared C. preparation D. preparative 13. The _______ of football spreads not only throughout England but also all over the world. A. popular B. popularize C. popularly D. popularity 14. There is ________outside the house. A. one B. someone C. anyone D. anybody 15. I haven’t spoken to ___________all day because I have a sore throat. A. someone B. nobody C. anybody D. ones 16. People believe that what they do on the first day of the year will _______ their luck during the whole year. A. control B. influence C. exchange D. result 17. ________told me she was ill so I didn’t visit her. A. Everyone B. Someone C. Anyone D. No one 18. I need _______reliable to look after the baby while I am at work. A. anyone B. someone C. everybody D. none 19. That resort is popular ________young people, especially on Tet holidays. A. for B. to C. with D. in 20. The whole family usually try to get together at Christmas. A. contact B. gather C. relate D. communicate 21. Tet is a ______occasion for all members of families to gather. A. special B. specially C. specialize D. specializing 22. Banh chung and Mut are ______food on Tet holidays. A. exciting B. popular C. ripe D. colored 23. When people ________, they speak to God to give thanks or to ask for help. A. believe B. try C. entertain D. pray 24. Lunar New Year, or Tet, is the Vietnamese’s main holiday. A. important B. serious C. excited D. short 25. Tet is a grand and important occasion in the year. A. excited B. colored C. great D. necessary

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. (0.5 point)

1. A. unhappy       B. character                            C. activity                       D. vacation 

2. A. teacher                      B. pleasure                            C. pleased                     D. clean      

3. A. named                      B. lived                       C. washed                       D. used      

4. A. drives              B. watches                                      C. brushes                       D. misses

5. A. celebration             B. collection                             C. education                             D. suggestion

II.  Choose and circle the best answer. (1.0 point)

A. lives               B. lived                        C. has lived                    D. is living

2. He always ………………… to improve his English pronunciation.

A. try                  B. trys                          C. tries                                     D. trying

3. Lan’s mother told her  ………………… up too late.

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

4. Living in the country is not expensive and it isn’t complex, ………………… .

A. too                 B. either                       C. neither                       D. so

5. Minh is 15 years old. He isn’t ………………… to drive a car.

 A. young enough              B. enough young                  C. enough old                          D. old enough

6. My friend suggested ………………… by bus.

A. go                  B. to go                        C. goes                           D. going

7. I am very ………………… in the information you have given me.

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

8. They used to …………………  to school together  when they were in primary school.

A. walk              B. walking                             C. walked                       D. walks

9. Customers can shop  ………………… in the new shopping mall in town.                  

     A. convenient     B. convenience            C. comfort                               D. comfortable

10.The doctor advised him ………………… a rest and ………………… any heavy work.

A. to take-not do       B. to take-not to do                  C. to take-don’t do                   D.  to take-to do

III. Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets. (0.5 point)

1. We (study) …………………… English since we were in grade 3.

2. My father (buy) …………………… this car two days ago.

3. Students always (wear) …………………… uniform on Monday, Thursday and Saturday.

4. Who (look) …………………… after your children when you are away tomorrow?   

5. My mother (cook) …………………… in the kitchen now.

IV. Read the passage and choose the correct answer to fill in each blank. (1.0 point).

          Language learners learn words in (1) __________ ways. Some learners make a list and put into it the (2) __________ of new words in their mother tongue, and try to learn them by heart. However, others do not do so. Instead, they write one or two example sentences with each new word (3) __________ remember how to use the word in the right way.

          In order to remember words (4) __________ some learners even write each word and its use (5) __________ a small piece of paper and stick it somewhere in their house so as to learn it any time.

1. A. different          B. modern                    C. same                          D. important

2. A. use                 B. list                           C. example                     D. meaning

3. A. but                 B. to                                      C. so                              D. instead of

4. A. good               B. worse                      C. better                         D. less

5. A. into                B. up                                     C. at                               D. on

V. Read the passage and answer the questions. (1.0 point).

When I was twelve, my family moved to the city. At first, everything was strange and difficult to me. Life in the city is always busy and the people are often in a hurry. Lots of bikes, motorbikes, cars and buses coming from every direction scared me. Now I get used to the life in the city. I am used to the noise and busy city traffic. I’m no longer afraid of crossing the road. However, I don’t really like to live in the city. I prefer to live in the countryside.

          Answer the questions:

1. Where did his family move? ……………………………………………………………………………………………

      2. Was everything difficult or easy to him at first?

……………………………………………………………………………………………

      3. What does he think about the city life and the city people?

……………………………………………………………………………………………

      4. What scared him?

……………………………………………………………………………………………

      5. Is he afraid of crossing the road now?                           

……………………………………………………………………………………………

VI. Rewrite the following sentences. (1.0 point)

1. Ba is very strong . He can lift this table .(enough to)

→ Ba is strong ………………………………………………………………………………………..

2. Lan said to me: “Turn off the lights, please .”

→ Lan told me  ……………………………………………………………………………………….

3. My brother started working in Ha Noi 5 years ago.

→ My brother has .................................................................................................................................

4. He failed the exam because of his laziness.

→ Because…………………………………………………………………………………………….

VII. Arrange these words into their correct order. (1.0 point)

1. We / is / like/ teacher of English / our / because / he / humorous / very.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. She / to / always / wants / improve / her English.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. Hoa’s character / very/ is / from / different / her mother’s.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

4. My children / speaking / enjoy / English / much.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………