I. Indentify the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest.
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II. Find the words which has a different stress pattern.
3. | A. appear | B. annoy | C. transmit | D. injure |
4. | A. convenient | B. selection | C. character | D. equipment |
III. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
5. Tim needs to ……………. his Spanish pronunciation. |
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A. improve | B. try | C. enroll | D. participate |
6. The children aren’t old enough to look after……………… |
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A. themselves | B. ourselves | C. herself | D. himself |
7. He ………… lots of old books for 5 years. |
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A. recycled | B. is recycling | C. has recycled | D. will recycle |
8. She worked hard ………… pass the final exams. |
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A. so that | B. in order to | C. in order that | D. so as |
9. When I was a child, I …………. follow my Mom to the market. | |||
A. used to | B. use to | C. get used to | D. usually |
10. They’ll arrive ………. Monday, 14 July. |
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A. in | B. at | C. during | D. on |
IV. Read the following passage, then choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete it.
Na is a newcomer to the neighborhood. Her family (1)_____here last week. She doesn’t
know anything about the new neighborhood. Nam, Na’s neighbor, is very happy (2) _____
her. Nam has lived here for about 10 years, so he knows the area quite well. Na wants to know the way to the nearest restaurant (3) _____ her mother is too tired to cook dinner.
Nam shows her the way to get there, just around the corner. The restaurant (4)_____ Hue
food. According to Nam, the food there is (5) _____, especially the pancakes. Na and her
mother will definitely try the food.
1. | A. arrives | B. arrive | C. arrived | D. arriving |
2. | A. help | B. to help | C. helping | D. helped |
3. | A. because | B. but | C. so | D. about |
4. | A. serve | B. serves | C. will serve | D. served |
5. | A. badly | B. well | C. deliciously | D. delicious |
V. Read the paragraph, then decide whether the following sentences are True (T) or False (F).
Charles Dickens was born in Ports Mouth in 1812. His family then lived in London. His father was a clerk in an office. There were eight children in the family, so life was hard. Charles went to school and his teacher thought he was very clever. When he was only eleven, he had to leave school and went to work in a factory. He worked ten hours a day and earned 30 pence a week. Every night, after work, he walked four miles back to his home. Charles hated it and never forgot. He used it in many novels, especially David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.
6. Charles’ family had eight children.
7. Charles went to school when he was only eleven.
8. He worked ten hours a day and earned thirty pence a day.
9. Charles liked walking back to his home after work.
10. Oliver Twist is one of Charles’ novels.
VI. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it is similar to the original one.
1. “Open the door, please, ” said my grandmother.
-> My grandmother told me………………………………………
2. Nam often played soccer very well.
-> Nam used ………………………………………… …………..
3. I’m not strong. I can’t take part in the games.
-> I’m not…………………………… …………………….………
