Exercise 1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1. A. collection                      B. tradition                  C. exhibition                                                   D. question

2. A. version                           B. pleasure                  C. usual                                                           D. design

3. A. closure                            B. sure                         C. pleasure                                                      D. leisure

4. A. ocean                              B. concert                    C. musician                                                     D. official

5. A. so                                    B. expensive               C. saxophone                                                 D. music

Exercise 2. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is place differently from that of the other in each group.

1. A. gallery                            B. musician                  C. recently                                                                                       D. excellent

2. A. fantastic                          B.museum                    C. colourful                                                                       D. melodic

3. A. necessity                         B. definitely                  C. traditional                                                                                       D. curriculum

4. A. perform                          B. painting                    C. concert                                                                                       D. cello

5. A. national                          B. festival                     C. saxophone                                                                                       D. violin

Exercise 3. Complete the sentences with the words in the box. 

comedian

pianist

actress

drum

composer

singer

musician

poet

clown

artist

1. They danced to the beat of the ....................................

2. Truyen Kieu is written by the great ....................... Nguyen Du.

3. Son Tung MTP is a Vietnamese ....................... He sang the song Em cua ngay hom qua.

4. Mozart was an Austrian classical ................ He wrote over 600 pieces of music

5. Every joke the .................... made was greeted with gales of laughter.

6. Vietnamese ................... Dang Thai Son studied piano in Moscow.

7. The ............... is playing some sad tune on his saxophone.

8. This young ...... ....... is currently exhibiting his work at the gallery.

9. Vietnamese ..............., Huyen Lizzy starred in the film Thuong ngay nang ve.

10. The ................. wears funny clothes, has a painted face, and makes people laugh by performing tricks.