. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words in each group. 

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.

1. A. bought                B. daughter                 C. cough                      D. sight

2. A. sure                     B. soup                        C. sugar                   D. machine

3. A. but                      B. bury                        C. nut                          D. young

4. A. measure              B. decision                  C. permission          D. pleasure

5. A. dose                    B. chose                      C. close                       D. lose

6. A. position              B. oasis                        C. desert                      D. resort

7. A. stone                   B. zone                        C. phone                      D. none

8. A. give                    B. five                                     C. hive                  D. dive

9. A. switch                 B. stomach                  C. match                      D. catch

10. A. study                B. ready                      C. puppy                     D. occupy

II. Pick out the words whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest.

1. A. facility                B. characterize            C. irrational                 D. variety

2. A. agreement           B. elephant                  C. mineral                    D. violent

3. A. professor            B. typical                     C. accountant              D. develop

4. A. electrician           B. majority                  C. appropriate          D. traditional

5. A. decay                  B. vanish                     C. attack                      D. depend

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.

1.     A. played              B. watched            C. danced             D. walked

2.     A. amazed             B. hilarious           C. pavement          D. animation

3.     A. ahead               B. present              C. center               D. break

4.     A. waited              B. needed              C. hated                D. closed

5.     A. except               B. there                 C. then                   D. hey

6.     A. covered             B. fixed                 C. promised          D. picked

7.     A. make                 B. playground                C. station    D. many

8.     A. washed             B. attended            C. decided             D. disappointed

9.     A. safely               B. pavement         C. animation         D. female

10. A. filled                B. opened             C. played              D. wanted

11. A. ready               B. break                C. ahead                D. festival

12. A. ended               B. shocked            C. laughed            D. missed

II. Choose the word whose main stress position is placed differently from that of the others in each group.

13. A. prepare             B. project              C. enjoy                D. machine

14. A. celebrate          B. cultural            C. festival             D. performance

15. A. action               B. horror               C. thriller              D. parade

16. A. romantic          B. comedy            C. terrify               D. satisfied

17. A. manner            B. tourist              C. machine           D. action

18. A. chaos               B. circle                C. direct                D. cannon

19. A. listen                B. travel                C. borrow             D. obey

20. A. traffic               B. agree                C. noisy                D. student

21. A. listen                B. travel                C. borrow             D. obey

22. A. traffic               B. agree                C. noisy                D. student

23. A. perform            B. festival             C. celebrate           D. seasonal

24. A. music               B. religious           C. unusual             D. tomato

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group. (1.5p)

1. A. boat               B. snow                  C. crowded             D. postcard

2. A. house             B. so                      C. town                  D. mountain

3. A. fold                B. hold                   C. love                   D. show

II. Find one odd word A, B, C or D: (1.5p)

4. A. Australia        B. Africa                C. Rome                           D. America

5. A. mine              B. her                     C. our                               D. your

6. A. played            B. watched             C. visited                          D. went

III. Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following sentences. ( 4.5p)

7. Ho Chi Minh City is very ______.

A. exciting              B. long                   C. boring                          D. friendly

8. The weather in Da Lat is very ______ in winter.

A. hot                     B. long                   C. cold                             D. quiet

9. The ______here are friendly and kind.

A. people                          B. street                  C. city                              D. food

10. This is my house and that is _________.

A. Lan                    B. Lan’s                 C. Lan house                              D. house’s Lan

11. Minh _______ a good movie last night.

A. watches             B. watched             C. will watch                              D. is watching

12. This is Mai’s umbrella. _______ umbrella is blue.

A. Her                    B. Hers                   C. Mai                              D. You

13. What ____ they _____ yesterday morning?

A. do/ do                B. will/ do              C. did/ do                         D. did/ did

14. Minh studied very hard, _________ he passed the final exam.

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

15. This dictionary is ________than the one I have.

A. more expensive            B. most expensive   C. expensive           D. the most expensive

IV. Write the following sentences as suggested: (2.5p)

16. My car is here and her car is over there. (hers)

- My car………………………………………………………………………………………….

17. You (meet) Hoang and Phuong two days ago? (Give the correct tense of the verb in bracket)

- ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

18. Can you help me with the housework, please? (Imperative)

- Please…………………………………………………………………………………………

19. They played the game very well. They didn’t win the game. (but)

- They…. ……………………………………………………………………………………….

20. Life in the city is more exciting than in the country. (peaceful)

- Life in the country …………………………………………………………………………….

Exercise 1 : Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.

1.A. chef                     B. choose                        C. cheese                         D. watch

2.A. picls                    B. laughs                        C. facilities                      D. ropes

3.A. peace                   B. meat                          C. bread                           D. beach

4.A. folk                      B. rope                           C. top                               D. home

5.A. send                     B. herb                           C. sell                               D. send

Exercise 2 : Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the other in each group.

6.A. visit                         B.follow                       C.travel                         D. enjoy

7.A.family               B.tradition              C.family                     D. festival

8.A.library              B.vehicle                 C.pollution                 D. hospital

9.A. facility             B.activity                 C.environment           D. transportation

10.A. hometown    B. weather               C.police                     D. country 

I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.

1. A. aerobic                                                         B. airplay                      C. rarely                        D. atmosphere

2. A. goggles                           B. sport                       C. stop                         D. not

3. A. match                             B. machine                  C. champion               D. chess

I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.

1. A. aerobic                                                         B. airplay                      C. rarely                        D. atmosphere

2. A. goggles                           B. sport                       C. stop                         D. not

3. A. match                             B. machine                  C. champion               D. chess

4. A. spare                               B. play                        C. game                       D. table

5. a. swimming                       b. skipping                  c. driving                    d. fishingV