II - Pronouced differently from the others. 1. A. books B. clubs C. hats D. stamps 2. A. which B. what C. who D. why 3. A. community B. computer C. museum D. custom 4. A. impolite B. night C. tradition D. slight 5. A. education B. question C. pollution D. collection 6.A. populated B. loaded C. wanted D. lived III . Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern. 1.A. people B. enough C . picture D. father 2.A. depend B. begin C .agree D. happen 3. A. father B. enjoy C. attend D. depend 4. A. determine B. pagoda C. fabulous D. convenient 5. A. enjoy B. picture C. develop D. determine 6. A.picture B. people C.agree D. visit

1. ​A. academy​B. scenery​C. qualify​D. grocery 2. ​A. worked​B. liked​C. watched​D. studied 3. ​A. design​B. consist​C. musician​D. tropical​​ 4. ​A. begin​B. pagoda​C. argument​D. vegetable​ 5.​A. books​B. clubs​C. hats​D. stamps 6.​A. entrance​B. paddy​C. bamboo​D. banyan 7. ​A. prayed​B. divided​C. arrived​D. seemed 8. ​A. ethnic​B. depend​C. impress​D. religion 9.​A. plays​B. looks​C. stops​D. meets 10.​A. benefit​B. interactive​C. deny​D. Internet II.Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions 1. ​A. comic​B. cotton​C. equal​D. unique 2. ​A. collection​B. occasion​C. correspond​D. religion 3. ​A. contest​B. complete​C. passage​D. standard​ 4. ​A. picnic​B. gather​C. enjoy​D. blanket​​ 5.​A. pagoda​B. grocery ​C. institute ​D. benefit 6.​A.teenager​B. excellent​C. currency​D.religion 7. ​A. electronic​B. education​C. development​D. entertainment 8. ​A. minority​B. banyan​C. occasion​D. embroider 9.​A. mention​B. bamboo​C. enjoy​D. arrive 10.​A. divide​B. improve​C. attend​D. label III. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is of the topic or part of speech different from the other in each of the following questions 1. ​A. examiner​B. designer​C. teacher​D. wander 2. ​A. tourist​B. traveler​C. villager​D. visitor​ 3. ​A. practical​B.musical​C. material​D. traditional​​ 4. ​A. relative​B. impressive​C. effective​D. active​ 5.​A. religion​B. pagoda​C. church​D. mosque 6.​A. lovely​B. friendly ​C. lively​D. perfectly 7. A. communicate​B. campus​C. dormitory​D. institute 8. ​A. saying​B. speaking​C. listening​D. reading 9. ​A. newspaper​B. magazine​C. academy​D. television 10.​A. course ​B. tuition ​C. scenery ​D. academy IV. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions 1. I wish I___________ your country some day. ​A. can visit​B. visited​C. could visit​D. will visit 2. What aspect___________ learning English do you find most difficult? ​A. in​B. from ​C. of​D. at 3. He got up late, __________he couldn’t catch the first bus. ​A. but​B. so​C. so that​D. as 4. Most students are staying in the_________ of the university. ​A. collection​B. dormitory​C. minority​D. hotel 5. If I attend a course in London, I’ll have a chance to speak to _________ speakers. ​A. natural​B. native​C. national​D. formal 6. She _________ English here for ten years. ​A. teaches​B. taught​C. has taught​D. has been taught 7. I really dislike __________to answer questions when I haven’t prepared my lesson. ​A. asking​B. to ask​C. being asked​D. to be asked 8. I___________ English since 2014. ​A. learned​B. have learned​C. will learn​D. is learning 9. People don’t like eating fast foods, __________? ​A. don’t they ​B. are you​C. do you​D. do they 10. She often goes to the __________ to pray because her religion is Islam. ​A. mosque​B. pagoda​C. church​D. temple 11. I wish I __________ my teacher’s telephone number. ​A. were​B. remembered

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. Choose the word which is pronounced differently from the other.

1. A. passage B. village C. message D. massage

2. A. changed B. learned C. laughed D. earned

3. A. hope B. offer C. shop D. stop

4. A. shut B. cut C. sun D. push

5. A. chair B. chin C. chemical D. cheek

Paper was(1)……............... by the Chinese in the first century AD. Most paper is made (2)…. ............. wood. When trees are (3)…… ............., they are transported (4)….. ............. land or water to paper mill. Here they are cut(5).. ............. and the wood is broken up into fibres. Which are (6) ................. with water and chemicals. This wood pulp is then dried on a machine and (7)…. .............into paper.

One tree is needed for every 400 (8)…. .............of a typical forty-page newspaper. If half the adults in Britain each buy one daily paper, this uses up over 40.000 trees a day. Trees are being cut down faster than they are being (9)… ............., so there may be a (n) (10) ...................paper shortage before the year 2010.

1.a. imagined b. invented c. thought d. brought

2.a. from b. of c. by d. with

3.a. cut in b. cut of c. cut down d. cut up

4. a. on b. of c. through d. by

5.a. up b. all c. over d. in

6. a. turned b. mixed c. beaten d. joined

7. a. make b. making c. made d. to make

8.a. covers b. texts c. sheets d. copies

9. a. set up b. replaced c. grown up d. found

10. a. able b. important c. serious d. essential

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 

1.    A. shut                             B. put                          C. cut                           D. such

2.    A. the                               B. there                       C. think                       D. this

3.    A. books                          B. clubs                       C. hats                         D. stamps

4.    A. paper                           B. happy                     C. passage                  D. handbag

5.    A. flood                            B. moon                      C. food                                    D. soon

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B,C, or D) to complete each sentence. 

6.   The children felt__________when their mother was coming back home.

       A. excitement                  B. excitedly                 C. excited                    D. exciting

7.    He laughed__________when he was watching “Tom and Jerry” on TV.

       A. happy                          B. happily                   C. happiness               D. unhappy

8.    If I__________free, I’ll come to see you.

       A. am                                B. was                         C. will be                     D. have been

9.    What would you do if you__________me?

       A. are                               B. have been              C. were                       D. will be

10.  She felt tired. __________, she had to finish her homework.

       A. However                     B. Therefore              C. So                            D. Although

11.   I suggest__________a picnic on the weekend.

       A. to have                                    B. having                    C. had                          D. have

12.  You__________better if you took this medicine.

       A. will feel                                    B. feel                          C. felt                           D. would feel

13.  Lan and her family had a__________to their home village.

       A. two-days trip              B. day-two trip           C. two-day trip           D. day trips

14.  A country which exports a lot of rice is called a(n)__________country.

       A. rice-export                  B. exporting-rice       C. export-rice             D. rice-exporting

15.  He__________to Ha Noi ten days ago.

       A. has gone                     B. went                       C. was going               D. goes

16.  When my father was young, he__________get up early to do the gardening.

       A. was used to                B. use to                     C. got used to             D. used to

17.  __________I came to see her yesterday, she was reading a book.

       A. Before                                     B. When                      C. While                      D. After

18.  The boy__________eyes are brown is my friend.

       A. whose                          B. who                        C. whom                     D. which

19.  The teacher told his students__________laughing.

       A. stop                             B. stopping                 C. to stop                    D. stopped

20.  I don’t have a computer. I wish I__________a new one.

       A. have                             B. have had                C. had                          D. will have

Read and choose the words or phrases that best fit each of the blank spaces.

Paper

Paper was …….(1)…… by the Chinese in the first century AD. Most paper is made …..(2)…. wood. When trees are …….(3)……, they are transported …..(4)….. land or water to paper mill. Here they are cut …(5).. and the wood is broken up into fibres. Which are ….. (6) with water and chemicals. This wood pulp is then dried on a machine and ….(7)…. into paper.

One tree is needed for every 400 ….(8)…. of a typical forty-page newspaper. If half the adults in Britain each buy one daily paper, this uses up over 40.000 trees a day. Trees are being cut down faster than they are being …….(9)…, so there may be a (n) ……(10) paper shortage before the year 2010.

1. a. imagined b. invented c. thought d. brought

2. a. from b. of c. by d. with

3. a. cut in b. cut of c. cut down d. cut up

4. a. on b. of c. through d. by

5. a. up b. all c. over d. in

6. a. turned b. mixed c. beaten d. joined

7. a. make b. making c. made d. to make

8. a. covers b. texts c. sheets d. copies

9. a. set up b. replaced c. grown up d. found

10. a. able b. important c. serious d. essential