I. Choose the best option to complete the sentences. (2.0 ms)

1. We __________ to school two years ago. Now I go to school on foot.

A. used to cycle            B. cycled                C. was cycling                D. went

2. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group.

A. iron                                        B. fill                                  C. drill                                         D. comic

3. __________ the silly story, many people enjoyed the film.

A. In spite of                B. Although             C. However                    D. Nevertheless

4. Choose the underlined words or phrases (A, B, C or D) that are incorrect in standard English.

  Talking to friends are very interesting

      A       B              C                  D

5. Careless driving __________ accidents on the road.

A. will cause              B. have caused          C. is causing                    D. are going to cause

6. The film was so boring .  .  .  .  .  , Jack saw it from beginning to end.

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

           7. Wind, hydro and solar are ……………….resources.

           A. modern                    B. renewable               C. non-renewable                    D. new

           8. Nick washes his hand a lot, …………..he doesn’t have flu.

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

1. Children prefer watching TV……….reading books.

A. from                 B. to                               C. of                     D. for

2. Video games can be …………….if you spend too much time on it.

A. interesting                  B. exciting               C. addictive                  D. wonderful

3. He ought …………..his homework before he plays tennis

A. to finish            B.  finish               C. finishing           D. finished

4. We may know the land very well, ………we know very little about the oceans.

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

5. My mother plays volleyball …………..

A. skill                  B. skillful                  C. skillfully                 D. not skillful

6.. …………………………………..   – I had a headache

A. What was wrong with you ?           B. What are you doing?            

C. What about you?                                     D. What would you like?

7. …………..didn’t she go to school yesterday? – Because she was sick.

A. Why                 B. What                C. When               D. How

8. My sister doesn’t like fish, and …………………….

A. either do I                   B. neither do I       C. neither I do       D. I don’t ,too

9. Two weeks ago, The Bakers ……………for a picnic in the countryside.

A. go                    B. going                C. will go              D. went

10.  Swimming can be fun but accidents can happened

                 A                  B               C                 D

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

from the others.

1. A. cap               B. paddy               C. woman             D. crab

2. A. famous         B. nervous            C. loud                 D. serious

3. A. flu                B. drugstore          C. runny               D. up

4. A. helped          B. talked               C. rented               D. stopped