IV. Complete the sentences with the correct form or tense of I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others 1. A. accept B. compliment C. except D. ancestor 2. A. cerenomy B. clasp C. commemorate D. companion 3. A. reflect B. hostess C. gather D. ceremony 4. A. sharp B. sense C. insignificant D. custom 5. A. virtual B. disturb C. pick D. basic
II. Circle the word A, B, C or D which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others. (1 pt)
1. A. ancestor B. nomad C. brave D. manner
2. A. custom B. pasture C. minority D. detest
3. A. lives B. teaches C. passes D. washes
4. A. started B. floated C. decided D. stayed
5. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. A. accept B. terraced C. majority D. custom 6. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently: A. fields B. crops C. farmers D. vehicles 7. Our village has no running water, which is _______. We have to collect water from the river. A. convenient B. convenience C. unconvenient D. inconvenient 8. You do leisure activities in your free time and they make you feel _______. A. satisfied B. satisfy C. satisfactory D. satisfying 9. Which one is the odd one out? - _______. A. enjoy B. detest C. fancy D. like 10. Using the computer as your hobby can be _______ to both your health and your social life. A. interesting B. harmful C. boring D. excited 11. A lot of people nowadays have become _______ to the Internet. A. addict B. addiction C. addicted D. addicting 12. The _______ fields of Sa Pa have entered in the top 11 most beautiful terraces in the world, according to Touropia. A. terrace B. terraces C. terraced D. terracing 13. When you game online, be careful when you make friends” with _______. A. relatives B. strangers C. classmates D. peoples 14. The exhibition building of the Museum of Ethnology was designed by the architect Ha Duc Linh, a _________ of the Tay ethnic group. A. member B. people C. ethnic D. tradition 15. Some peoples in the mountains of North Viet Nam used to have a _____ life. They had to move to get food and find new land for growing rice. A. nomadic B. easy C. comfortable D. nomad 16. In each village of the Bahnar there is a _______ house, where public activities are held. A. costume B. peaceful C. ethnic D. communal 17. The time when the farmers collect their crops is _______. A. free time B. leisure time C. harvest time D. good time 18. _______ is taking the cattle out for food and looking after them. A. Herding B. Feeding C. Ploughing D. Raising 19. The noun which does not go with the verb 'herd' is: A. the cattle B. the buffaloes C. the chickens D. the sheep 20. The nomads move two or three times a year to look for new pastures for their cattle. A. tents B. grasslands C. houses D. life 21. When the nomads move to a new place, they put _____ their traditional circular tent. A. down B. on C. up D. back 22. ______ has he lived there? - For over fifty years. A. How long B. How far C. How much D. How soon 23. _______ do the Thai worship? - Their ancestors A. Who B. What C. When D. Whose 24. _______ do you think is the most interesting museum in Ha Noi? -The Museum of Ethnology. A. Who B. What C. Which D. Where 25. _______ is the Hoa Ban Festival of the Thai people held? A. When B. Which C. What D. Who 26. _______ of your two sisters is good at playing the piano? A. Who B. Which C. Whom D. What 27. In the countryside, children learn to _______ the cattle when they are small. A. play B. do C. work D. herd
I. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 1. A. sights B. flights C. villages D. tribes 2. A. notebook B. compost C. found D. show 3. A. tasty B. danger C. waste D. January 4. A. moisture B. voice C. noisy D. going
I.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1.a. soundb. outc. foundd. enough
2. a. cattleb. circularc. countryd. collect
3. a. ethnicb. uniquec. basicd. diverse
4.a. trickb. kitc. addictd. virtual
5.a. satisfiedb. hookedc. boredd. socialised
II. Multiple choice.
1. We need a craft _______ to do dome DIYs.
a. kit b. street c. bracelet d. leisure
2.The young use _____ to socialize on the internet.
a. netlingo b. activity c. event d. centre
3.It is very easy for children to get …… on the Ipads, Iphones and other technological stuff.
a. familiarb. closec. hookedd. addicted
4.On YouTube you can find many videos on _______ all aspects of your English.
a. surfingb. workingc. takingd. improving
5.You can raise a _______ pet like a Neopet if you aren’t allowed to own a real pet.
a. domesticb. virtualc. weirdd. beloved
6.My sister enjoys _______. She usually walks around the mall, but not buying anything.
a. going shoppingb. hanging outc. window shoppingd. doing DIY
7.Farmers who are working on …… look very happy with shining smiles in summer days.
a. grasslands b. paddy fields c. factories d. construction sites
8.……. is often the hardest but the most important time to people living in the countryside.
a. Tet holiday b. Harvest time c. Daylight d. Travelling time
9.I think country life is so boring and ______ because you’re not close to shops and services.
a. unhealthyb. inconvenientc. comfortabled. peaceful
10.On the farm, uncle Duong showed us how to _______ apples.
a. ploughb. herdc. pickd. put up
11.Have you ever seen a buffalo-drawn __________?
a. cart b. herd c. cattle d. ger
12.On the side of the road, a boy was herding _______.
a. kitesb. hayc. cattled. blackberries
13.How many people are there in the community ____?
a. center b. area c. window d. leisure
14.Vietnam is a ……country with 54 ethnic groups.
a. bilingualb. ethnic c. diversified d. multi –cultural
15.I have stayed in a ……………………. area for two weeks. The transportation was very inconvenient and there was no entertainment center to relax.
a. ruralb. urbanc. outskirtsd. suburb
16.The Kinh have the largest number of people, ________ for 86% of the population.
a. holdingb. takingc. accountingd. numbering
17.The ________ house is a place where villagers gather for festivals and rituals.
a. terracedb. splendidc. communald. thatched
18.The typical house type of the ethnic minority peoples is the……………… house.
a. steelb. concretec. cottaged. stilt
19.I am very impressed with sarong – a traditional …………………. of the Khmer people.
a. custom b. clothingc. clothesd. costume
20.The chapi is a traditional …………………. of the Raglai people.
a. music instrument b. musical instrument
c. farming toold. farming tools
21.Today, teenagers rely ________ technology more than in the past.
a. onb. inc. ford. with
22.Why don’t you apply for this job? It looks right _______ your street.
a. onb. inc.atd. up
23. The library allows you to check ________ six books at a time.
a. upb. outc.atd. in
24. The farmers loaded the rice straw_________ buffalo drawn carts.
a. aboutb. ontoc. ind. with
25. She is always envious _________ her cousin’s long blond hair.
a. inb. aboutc. outd. of
26. The nomad move two or three times a year to look _________ new pastures.
a. forb. offc. ond. to
27.Surfing the Net too many hours can be harmful________ your health.
a. forb. inc. withd. to
28.A ger can be put _________, then taken _________ and transported.
a. up/inb. on/downc. in/upd. up/down
29.Nick is curious ___________ the ethnic minority groups in Vietnam.
a. inb. aboutc. outd. up
30.The Viet account ___________ about 86% of Vietnam’s population.
a. ofb. onc. ford. up
31.I always enjoy _______ to my grandfather. He always tells me great stories.
a. to talkb. to talking c. talkingd. talk
32. Mobile games are great, but I don’t like ___________ them for too long.
a. to playingb. play c. be playedd. playing
33.Sue loves ___________ origami. She can fold some animals, birds and flowers.
a. makingb. to madec. maded. makes
34.I detested ___________ two hours every day travelling to work and back.
a. spentb. spendingc. to spendd. to spending
35.Jane prefers _______ music to listening to it.
a. playingb. playc. to playd. played
36. Millions of Mongolians ___________ semi-nomadic herders for thousands of years.
a. has been b. werec. have beend. are
37. Look! A boy on the buffalo …………a kite.
a. flyb. is flyingc. fliesd. has flied
38. The children ......................... soccer at the moment.
a. are playingb. play c. played d. have played
39. ….she………London yet?
a. Has/arrived b. Does/arrive c. Did/arrived. Is/arriving
40. The team ……………. numerous setbacks so far.
a. experienced b. will experience c. has experienced d. is experiencing
41. Vietnam is ____________ multiethnic country with 54 ethnic groups.
a. ab. anc. thed. Ø
42. The Ba Na are one of the oldest ethnic minority groups living in _____ Central Highlands.
a. ab. anc. thed. Ø
43. Among 54 ethnic groups in Viet Nam, the Odu group has ……….smallest population.
a. ab. anc. thed. Ø
44. Y Phon lives in the city, but his family still live in ________ small village in _____mountains.
a. a/ Øb. an/ Øc. the/ thed. a/ the
45. What colour is ________ symbol of good luck for the Hoa?
a. ab. anc. Ød. some
46.‘Look at this dish, Nick. It has five colours.’ ‘_________’
a. How nice!b. What a shame!c. Sounds bad.d. Okay.
47.‘Let’s go to the local open-air market’ ‘_________’
a. Good idea.b. I’d love to.c. Not at all.d. Yes, of course.
48.‘After a 20 day homestay tom, I can use chopsticks, harvest rice, and cook some Vietnamese dish.’ ‘_________’
a. Yeah, I’d like to.b. That’s awesome!c. It’s wrong.d. No problem.
49.‘I have two tickets to a gong performance. Would you like to go?’ ‘_________ What time?’
a. Sorry, I can’t.b. Not very good.c. Yes, I’d like that.d. Never mind.
50.‘Tomorrow we will go to Coc Ly market. You can buy lots of handmade items there.’
‘_________’
a. What a pity!b. How interestingc. How thoughtful!d. Well done.
51.He drives ............. his brother.
a. more careful thanb. more carefully
c. more carefully than d. as careful as
52.People in rural areas live ________ than those in cities.
a. simplierb.more simplyc. more simpled. simpler
53. Robert arrived at the meeting _____________ than Francis.
a. laterb. more latelyc. latelierd. lately
54.Can’t you think of anything _____________ to say?
a. more intelligentlyb. more intelligentc. most intelligentd. intelligently
55.I think his new book is much _____________ than his last one.
a. boringb. boredc. more boringd. more bored
56. What does the text say?
I.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1.a. soundb. outc. foundd. enough
2. a. cattleb. circularc. countryd. collect
3. a. ethnicb. uniquec. basicd. diverse
4.a. trickb. kitc. addictd. virtual
5.a. satisfiedb. hookedc. boredd. socialised
Question I. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. transmit B. style C. knife D. device
2. A. needed B. booked C. stopped D. washed
Question II. Choose the word (A, B, C or D)whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group.
3. A. A. neighborhood B. comfortable C. application D. underline
4. A. yourself B. humor C. daughter D. drawing
I. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (0.5pt)
1. A. planet B. character C. happy D. classmate
2. A. sociable B ocean C. receive D. special
II. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group. (0.5 pt)
3. A. event B. behave C. surprise D. damage
4. A. expensive B. official C. impossible D. beautiful
II. Choose the word A, B, C or D which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. (1pt)
1. A. festival B. ancestor C. celebration D. member
2. A. changes B. games C. costumes D. clothes
3. A. populated B. lived C. harvested D. loaded
4. A. tradition B. about C. pagoda D. manner
1.1. PRONUNCIATION
Exercise 1 Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. predict B. preparation C. expect D. extensive
2. A. abrupt B. funnel C. volume D. thunder
3. A. climate B. comprise C. consist D. divide
4. A. economic B. conclusion C. sailor D. minority
5. A. united B. university C. universe D. unknown
6. A. design B. loose C. style D. symbol
7. A. choice B. research C. schedule D. chopsticks
8. A. hobby B. deny C. poetry D. primary
9. A. bottle B. folk C. orange D. chopsticks
10. A. qualify B. baggy C. grocery D. scenery
