I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
1. a. post
b. closet
c. plice
d. phone
2.a. stove
b. lose
c. improve
d. move
3.a. modern
b. shopping
c. orange
d. awful
4. a. area
b. rack
c. capital
d. snack
5.a. racks
b. shows
c. readers
d. tittles
6.a. banana
b. favorite
c. famous
d. grade
7.a. erase
b. essay
c. many
d. equation
8.a. event
b. senior
c. friend
d. energetic
9. a. exit
b. fixing
c. written
d. excited
10.a. wished
b. gripped
c. loved
d. liked
11.a. excited
b. enjoyed
c. bored
d. amazed
12.a. laughed
b. ended
c. shocked
d. missed
13.a. advertised
b. murdered
c. performed
d. approached
14. a. produced
b. terrified
c. entertained
d. engaged
VI. Give the correct forms of the words in brackets
1. Jenny cut the cake into.............................. ( Half )
2. Mr Hoang always drives his car very............................ ( Care )
3. Thomas Edison was a great............................................ ( Invent )
4. You should take a................. check- up every three months ( Medicine )
5. This dictionary is very .............. for you to learn English ( Use )
6. One of the most popular.......... at recess is talking ( Act )
7. In the countryside, people often know all the people in the.............. ( Neighbor )
8. What is the .................. of that river ? Is it the............... river in the world ( Long )
9. I love..................... stamp very much ( Collect )
1.This novel is more interesting than any other novel
→This is the..................................................................
2.Have you got a cheaper book than this?
→Is this....................................................................
5.Yesterday the temperature was nine degrees.Today it's only six degrees
→It's..................................................................................
6.Tom works harder than Peter
→Peter...............................................................
10.Ba plays soccer more skillfully than Tam
→Tam..............................................................................
11.He flew to Paris last week
→He traveled................................................................
12.Do you a cheaper computer than this?
→Is this...............................................................................
13.It isn't important for you to finish the work today
→You don't.........................................................................
14.He speaks E.L well
→He...................................................................................
17.How much is it to send a letter to America
→.....................................................................................
19.I will be fifteen years old next week
→It will...............................................................................
1 + 1 +1 +1 = 4
Rewrite the following sentences:
1. The room is so tidy that it took us one hour to clean it
=> It is.........................................................................
2. The man is so fool that no one took any notice of him
=> He is..........................................................................
3. The film is so long that they can't broadcast it on one night
=> It is............................................................................
4. The books are so interesting that we have read them many times
=> They are.............................................................................
5. The news was so bad that she burst into tears on hearing it
=> It was.......................................................................................
6. The food was so hot that it turned my tongue
=> It was......................................................
7. The boy is so fat that every calls him stuffy
=> He is.......................................................
8. The milk is so excellent that all the chidren want some more
=> It is.................................................................................
9. The weather was so warm that they had a walk in the garden
=> It was.............................................................................