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

6. A. payee               B. Chinese                        C. coffee                      D. trainee

7. A. dramatic           B. tornado                         C. historic                     D. injury

10. A. permanent     B. Chemical                      C. dramatic                      D. herbicide

I. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is placed differently.

1. a. confusion                   b. magician                        c. important                   d. otherwise

2. a. performance             b. nevertheless                 c. however                     d. procession 

3. a. preserve                    b. fortune                            c. ritual                           d. lantern 

4. a. reunion                       b. bamboo                          c. festival                       d. display

5. a. participate                b. politician                        c. communicate            d. commemorate

 II. Choose the underlined word or phrase A, B, C or D that needs correcting.

1. The ritual is made in order to thank the Sun Goddess for the rice harvest.

2. I found it very excited to take part in the spring festival of Bai Dinh pagoda.

3. I like both the green or the blue T-shirt, but I don't have enough money to buy two T-shirts.

4. Your marks in English are low although you don't study hard enough.

5. Which festival do you like much, Huowng Pagoda or Hung Temple?

6. We follow a custom to buy lanterns and moon cakes at Mid-Autumm Festival.

7. Before Tet, Vietnamese people are busy cleaning and decorating their houses and they cook trditional foods 

8. Until recently, people talk to each other instead of relying on texting and e-mail to communicate with their peers.

9. She was offered the prestigious job, however she turned it down because she did not want to move to Texas

10. It started to rain hardly while we were playing some folk games at the festival.

Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the other .

turmeric

allergy

pottery

delicious

Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the other

perform

regard

anthem

compose

Choose the word in each group which has the underlined part pronounced differently. 

need ed

perform ed

invit ed

plant ed  

Circle the best answer to complete these sentences  

Ha’s parents like ..................... vegetables because they’re good for our health

eat

has eat

eats

eating

Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences

Vietnamese spring rolls are very  delicious  so a lot of people like eating them

salty

sweet

bitter

tasty

Circle the best answer to complete these sentences  

I never play soccer, and my close friends don’t ......................

so                      

either

neither

too    

Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences

Ngoc is very  interested in  watching cartoon on TV

fed up with

tired of

fond of

sick with

Choose the word in each group which has the underlined part pronounced differently 

c ompare

en c ourage

c ommunity

c ertain

Choose the best sentence that can be made from the cues given  

Your grandfather/ old/ my grandfather

Your grandfather is the same old as my grandfather

Your grandfather is as old my grandfather

Your grandfather is old as my grandfather

Your grandfather is as old as my grandfather

Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D for each of the gaps to complete the following text  

Vietnamese people often (19) ……. a new day by a breakfast and the next meals are lunch and dinner. Breakfast means a (20) …… meal that a person eats in the morning. In previous years, there was no definition of breakfast as a light meal in Vietnam (21) ……..  breakfast was regarded as one of the main meal. In rural areas, many people have the main meal at 4 or 5 a.m to go to field. When the sun goes down, darkness covers the air, they just have the second meal and then go home and have an early sleep. In the city, Vietnamese meals have some changes. Breakfast becomes official sub-meal between 6 or 7 a.m. It may (22) …… of sticky rice, rice soup, or bread with Vietnamese sausage salad, onion, spicy and pork fat. One of the favourite dishes for breakfast is (23) ……… with pork, chicken or beef called “phở”.

Câu 19

become

start

go

be

Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D for each of the gaps to complete the following text

Vietnamese people often (19) ……. a new day by a breakfast and the next meals are lunch and dinner. Breakfast means a (20) …… meal that a person eats in the morning. In previous years, there was no definition of breakfast as a light meal in Vietnam (21) ……..  breakfast was regarded as one of the main meal. In rural areas, many people have the main meal at 4 or 5 a.m to go to field. When the sun goes down, darkness covers the air, they just have the second meal and then go home and have an early sleep. In the city, Vietnamese meals have some changes. Breakfast becomes official sub-meal between 6 or 7 a.m. It may (22) …… of sticky rice, rice soup, or bread with Vietnamese sausage salad, onion, spicy and pork fat. One of the favourite dishes for breakfast is (23) ……… with pork, chicken or beef called “phở”.

Câu 22

obtain

have

consist

include

Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D for each of the gaps to complete the following text  

Vietnamese people often (19) ……. a new day by a breakfast and the next meals are lunch and dinner. Breakfast means a (20) …… meal that a person eats in the morning. In previous years, there was no definition of breakfast as a light meal in Vietnam (21) ……..  breakfast was regarded as one of the main meal. In rural areas, many people have the main meal at 4 or 5 a.m to go to field. When the sun goes down, darkness covers the air, they just have the second meal and then go home and have an early sleep. In the city, Vietnamese meals have some changes. Breakfast becomes official sub-meal between 6 or 7 a.m. It may (22) …… of sticky rice, rice soup, or bread with Vietnamese sausage salad, onion, spicy and pork fat. One of the favourite dishes for breakfast is (23) ……… with pork, chicken or beef called “phở”.

Câu 20

major

big               

small

main

Circle the best answer to complete these sentences  

My brother said that Harvard University ...................... in 1636

was founded

founded

found

is founded          

Choose the best sentence that can be made from the cues given  

My father/ newspapers/ every day

My father will read newspapers every day

My father will to read newspapers every day

My father read newspapers every day

My father reads newspapers every day

Choose the sentence (A, B, C or D) that is closest in meaning to the root sentence  

Mr Pike hasn’t visited his hometown since 2015.

Mr Pike last visited his hometown since 2015

Mr Pike visited his hometown in 2015

Mr Pike last visited his hometown in 2015

Mr Pike hasn’t visited his hometown in 2015

Choose the best sentence that can be made from the cues given

They/ not contacted/ each other/ a long time

They have not contacted to each other for a long time

They have not contacted each other for a long time.

They have not contacted to each other since a long time.

They have not contacted to each other a long time.

Choose the sentence (A, B, C or D) that is closest in meaning to the root sentence

The rock concert of James Brown is not as good as it was in 2010

The rock concert of James Brown in 2010 is better than the one in this year

James Browns is not as good as his friend

James Brown is a good rock singer.

The rock concert of James Brown now is better than the one in 2010

Choose the underlined part that needs correcting in each sentence below  

Did you  buy   any  bottle  of  fish sauce  yesterday ?

of

any

buy

yesterday

Circle the best answer to complete these sentences  

Yesterday, Ngan had a cold ................... she didn’t wear warm clothes in the cold weather

and

because

although

or

Choose the sentence (A, B, C or D) that is closest in meaning to the root sentence

I usually paint portraits in my spare time

I don’t like painting because I am so busy

I usually paint portraits when I am busy

I like looking at portraits in the art gallery in my leisure

I usually paint portraits in my free time

Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D for each of the gaps to complete the following text  

Vietnamese people often (19) ……. a new day by a breakfast and the next meals are lunch and dinner. Breakfast means a (20) …… meal that a person eats in the morning. In previous years, there was no definition of breakfast as a light meal in Vietnam (21) ……..  breakfast was regarded as one of the main meal. In rural areas, many people have the main meal at 4 or 5 a.m to go to field. When the sun goes down, darkness covers the air, they just have the second meal and then go home and have an early sleep. In the city, Vietnamese meals have some changes. Breakfast becomes official sub-meal between 6 or 7 a.m. It may (22) …… of sticky rice, rice soup, or bread with Vietnamese sausage salad, onion, spicy and pork fat. One of the favourite dishes for breakfast is (23) ……… with pork, chicken or beef called “phở”.

Câu 21

although

because

so                          

and              

Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D for each of the gaps to complete the following text

Vietnamese people often (19) ……. a new day by a breakfast and the next meals are lunch and dinner. Breakfast means a (20) …… meal that a person eats in the morning. In previous years, there was no definition of breakfast as a light meal in Vietnam (21) ……..  breakfast was regarded as one of the main meal. In rural areas, many people have the main meal at 4 or 5 a.m to go to field. When the sun goes down, darkness covers the air, they just have the second meal and then go home and have an early sleep. In the city, Vietnamese meals have some changes. Breakfast becomes official sub-meal between 6 or 7 a.m. It may (22) …… of sticky rice, rice soup, or bread with Vietnamese sausage salad, onion, spicy and pork fat. One of the favourite dishes for breakfast is (23) ……… with pork, chicken or beef called “phở”.

Câu 23

soup

cake

pizza  

noodles