I/ Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. Write the letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.

Question 1.     A. Wanted             B. Decided            C. Needed                        D. Washed

Question 2.     A. Eats                  B. Stops                 C. Lives                        D. Cooks

Question 3.     A. Many                B. Fat                    C. Man                        D. Cat

Question 4.     A. Husband           B. Humour            C. Hurry                        D. Hundred

Question 5.     A. Century            B. Structure           C. Infectious                        D. Question

II/ Choose the best word or phrase to complete the following sentences. Write the letter A, B, C or  D on the answer sheet.

Question 6. This machine _________ used since last week.

            A. has been                 B. is                             C. was            D. will be

Question 7. If he _________ hard, he will pass his math test next week.

            A. study                       B. studies                    C. studied            D. is studying

Question 8. We _________ go swimming together when we _________ in the village.

            A. used to/lived                                              B. used to/live

            C. are used to/lived                                        D. get used to/lived

Question 9. My brother got wet _________ he didn’t bring the umbrella with him.

            A. but                          B. so                            C. because            D. and

Question 10. Mai made a big beautiful cake _________ her mother’s birthday.

            A. by                           B. in                            C. at            D. on

Question 11. They say that solar energy doesn’t cause _________.

            A. pollution                 B. pollute                    C. polluted            D. pollutant

Question 12. Peter fell over while he _________ basketball.

            A. is playing               B. was playing            C. played            D. plays

Question 13. The people _________ live in England speak English.

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

Question 14. Be _________ ! He is looking at you.

            A. carefully                 B. care                         C. careful            D. carelessly

Question 15. According to the weather _________, it will be raining tonight.

            A. forecasting             B. forecasted               C. forecaster            D. forecast

Question 16. Jane speaks English _________ than you do.

            A. more fluently         B. more fluent             C. more faster            D. more better

Question 17. Let’s go out for a walk, _________?

            A. don’t we                 B. do we                      C. shall we            D. will we

Question 18. He made an interesting speech in the opening _________.

            A. competition            B. ceremony               C. preparation            D. solidarity

Question 19. Due to the bad weather, the flight to Manchester was _________.

            A. taken off                 B. cut down                 C. turned down            D. put off

Question 20. Nam: “Congratulations on your success!”      Hoa: “_________”

            A. You’re welcome    B. No, thanks              C. Thank you            D. Yes, of course

Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest.

A. aged

B. bridged

C. marched

D. enjoyed

Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest.

A. chance

B. teaching

C. psychological

D. children

I.  Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest :

1.         a. locate                             b. celebrate                        c. nominate                       d. private

2.         a. hobby                            b. honest                           c. humor                            d. hole

3.         a. dynamite                        b. terrify                            c. symbol                           d. deny

4.         a. love                                b. oven                              c. prove                             d. lovely

5.         a. account                          b. aboard                           c. acquaintance                 d. alien

6.         a. voice                              b. volume                          c. volcano                          d. volunteer

7.         a. crazy                              b. sample                           c. grade                             d. spacecraft

8.         a. spot                                b. object                            c. hole                                d. model

9.         a. launder                          b. laundry                         c. laugh                             d. launch

10.       a. catalogue                       b. card                               c. catwalk                          d. hat

II.  Pick out the word that has the main stressed syllable different from the others :

1.         A. conclusive                    B. evidence                       C. mineral                          D. terrify

2.         A. capture                         B. infant                            C. precious                        D. aboard

3.         A. exist                              B. gemstone                      C. planet                            D. public

4.         A. creature                        B. object                            C. sample                          D. despite

5.         A. wonderful                    B. volunteer                      C. disappear                      D. disappoint

6.         A. reputation                     B. description                    C. suggestion                    D. pollution

7.         A. economic                      B. volcano                         C. psychedelic                   D. scientific

8.         A. priority                         B. terrify                           C. identify                         D. compulsory

9.         A. earthquake                    B. evidence                       C. disappear                      D. slavery

10.       A. generous                       B. humorous                      C. precious                        D. mysterious

I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest

1.         a. behave                           b. lake                               c. bake                               d. battery

2.         a. earthquake                     b. easy                               c. Easter                            d. eat

3.         a. funnel                            b. fun                                c. fund                              d. further

4.         a. cycle                              b. widely                           c. typhoon                         d. fly

5.         a. intermediate                  b. immediate                     c. medium                         d. medicine

6.         a. great                              b. bread                             c. break                             d. steak

7.         a. carrier                            b. carriage                         c. car                                 d. carrot

8.         a. children                         b. child                              c. line                                 d. sign

9.         a. eight                              b. weight                           c. freight                            d. heighten

10.       a. bury                               b. hurry                             c. hungry                           d. thunder

II.  Pick out the word that has the main stressed syllable different from the others :

1.         A. abrupt                           B. erupt                             C. behave                          D. bureau

2.         A. carriage                         B. collapse                         C. damage                         D. forecast

3.         A. battery                          B. extensive                      C. volcano                         D. detective

4.         A. border                           B. destroy                         C. earthquake                    D. funnel

5.         A. tidal                              B. expect                           C. typhoon                        D. award

6.         A. ancient                          B. charity                          C. compose                       D. humor

7.         A. decoration                    B. expectation                   C. composition                  D. pollution

8.         A. temperature                  B. acquaintance                 C. distinguish                    D. describe

9.         A. generous                       B. priority                          C. nominate                       D. battery

10.       A. damage                         B. collapse                         C. border                           D. funnel

III.  Pick out the word that is of different topic from the others :

1.         A. earthquake                    B. famine                          C. volcano                         D. tornado

2.         A. rainy                             B. easy                              C. foggy                            D. snowy

3.         A. how                              B. which                            C. what                             D. whose

4.         A. shower                          B. thunder                         C. raincoat                         D. wind

5.         A. typhoon                        B. hurricane                       C. snowstorm                    D. cyclone

I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: (1m)

1.   A. recycle                     B. sky                          C. why                          D. country

2.   A.university                  B. unit                         C. discuss                     D. computer

    3.   A. emergency                B. elevate                    C. pressure                   D. stretcher

    4.   A. wanted                     B. raised                      C. needed                      D. waited

I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:

      1. A. required                    B. opened                                C. solved                   D. worked

      2. A. bag                           B. face                                     C. pants                                                               D. fashion 

3. A. climate                     B. tropical                               C. official                                                       D. capital 

4. A. hit                             B. house                                  C. hour                                                           D. holiday

5. A. tide                           B. public                                 C. sight                                                           D. provide

      6. A. grade                        B. nature                                 C. exchange                                                          D. village                               

7. A. wants                        B. listens                                 C. looks                                                          D. develops

8. A. mother                      B. hobby                                 C. modern                                                      D. horror

9. A. apartment                 B. already                                C. across                                                        D. another

10. A. cough                     B. enough                                C. weigh                                                        D. laugh

11. A. thanks                     B. think                                   C. there                                                          D. three

12. A. measure                  B. Easter                                 C. each                                                          D. eager

13. A. group                      B. route                                   C. soup                                                          D. cousin

14. A. luggage                  B. pull                                     C. funny                                                        D. bulb

15. A. comic                     B. cotton                                 C. city                                                           D. computer