I. Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1. a. planet b. character c. happy d. classmate

2. a. letter b. twelve c. person d. sentence

3. a. humor b. music c. cucumber d. sun

4. a. enough b. young c. country d. mountain

5. a. sociable b. ocean c. receive d. special

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

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.

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

A. Phonetics (0,4P)

1/ Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the others. (0.2P)

A- classmate         B- character       C- place     D- grade

2/ Circle the word with a different stress parttern from the other (0.2P)

A- wardrobe    B- tradition C- folktale D- household

B. Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences (1.6p)

1/ She ___________ morning exercises regularly so as to improve his health.

A- does         B- did      C- has done       D- will do

2/ Her mother ___________ this city two years ago.

A- left        B- leaves       C- is leaving         D-will leave

3/ I promise I ___________ my best next semester.

A- try       B- tried      C- will try         D- have tried

4/ How long have you studied English? I ___________ it for six years.

A- have studied        B- study         C- studied      D- will study

5/ She asked her children ________.

A- stop to play          B- stop playing          C- to stop playing           D- to stop to play

6/ Let’s paint the house ____________ . It will be much cheaper.

A- yourself      B- herself       C- ourselves         D- themselves

7/ His parents are always proud _________ him.

A-about B- with C- on D- of

8/ She grew up in England, so her ________ is English.

A- mother tongue    B- first language    C- foreign language    D- a and b

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

Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the others:( hãy giải thích sao em chọn ô đó)

1. a. planet             b. character          c. happy                d. classmate

2. a. letter              b. twelve              c. person                d. sentence

3. a. humor           b. music               c. cucumber           d. sun

3. a. my                 b. curly                 c. library               d. lucky

4. a. fair                b. straight             c. train                  d. wait

GIÚP MÌNH VỚI MAI CÔ KIỂM TRA RỒI

1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other.
A. invited          B. ticket           C. pick           D. circus
2. Choose the word in each line that has different stress pattern.
A. casual          B. convenient           C. designer            D. embroider
3. She_______ in this flat since she _________ to this city.
A. lived/ has moved                   C. has lived/ moved
B. has lived/ has moved                     D. lived / has moved
4. Ho Chi Minh City was named ___________ Uncle Ho.
A. behind             B. at              C. on               D. after
5. She wishes she _________ a famous artist one day.
A. would be          B. will be            C. can be               D. were
6. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from that of the others.
A. impression         B. beautify       C. secondary           D. casual
7. This is the worst novel my mom ________.
A. ever buy          B. has ever bought
C. have ever bought               D. ever buys
8. Please don’t call me at night because it’s very ______.
A. convenience       B. convenient       C. inconvenience     D. inconvenient
9. Students take ________ in their school when they wear school uniform.
A. prid e          B. proud                C. embroider             D. embroidery
10. She has no friends at all, so she is ______.
A. friendly           B. friend               C. friendship             D. friendless
11. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others:
A. wished       B. introduced           C. corresponded           D. liked
12. Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others:
A. mountain            B. village          C. bamboo            D. forest
13. Minh wishes he ____________ a new bike.
A. had         B. has            C. can have            D. will have
14. Tom ____________to play soccer, but now he doesn’t play anymore.
A. uses          B. was used to          C. used           D. got used to
15. People like jeans. Jeans have never been out of ________.
A. fashion         B. work         C. question          D. money
16. These houses _________ blue last week.
A. was painted    B. were painted     C. had been painted     D. are painted
17. Islam is one of the great world __________.
A. religious      B. regions           C. religion         D. religions
18. Wearing seat betls in cars is __________ by law.
A. compulsory       B. compel         C. compulsorily        D. compulsoriness
19. English is compulsory for all students and music is ___________ .
A. option        B. optionally        C. optional         D. options
20. __________, men and women wear Ao dai.
A. Traditionally      B. Tradition       C. Traditional      D. Traditionalize
21. John wishes he _______ in Ha Noi now.
A. do      B. did          C. am       D. were
22. Lan _______ me to school.
A. used taking     B. uses to walk     C. used to take       D. used to taking
23. The ________ of Ho Chi Minh city is about 2,096 square kilometers.
A. population         B. design      C. area          D. climate
24. Many women today prefer to wear _______ fashion clothing.
A. lowly B. low C. highly D. high
25. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
A. convenient           B. consist         C. comfortable       D. secondary
26. For a long time the Ao Dai has been the________ of songs, poems and novels.
A. words             B. things         C. object             D. subject
27. What do you think about his _________ of coins ?
A. collect         B. collector          C. collection            D.collective
28. After an hour _________ on the farm, the buffalo was given someday.
A. plow B. plowing C. plowed D. plough
29. The tourists spent nearly half an hour_________ photos of the pagoda and the tower.
A. catching      B. to catch             C. taking         D. to take
30. He is considered one of the greatest _________ of the country.
A. heroes      B. heroin    C. heroines      D. heroic
 

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