I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. started B. weighed C. measured D. called
2. A. appointment B. affect C. amount D. add
3. A. serious B. symptom C. sugar D. sauce
4. A. great B. beautiful C. teacher D. means
5. A. wet B. better C. rest D. pretty
II. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences.
1. This food tastes ______________
A. sweetly B. sweety C. sweet D. sweets
2. My mother usually helps me _____________ English.
A. learnt B. learns C. learn D. learning
3. My friend and ____________ went for a walk.
A. me B. my C. mine D. I
4. Nobody likes to pay ____________ prices.
A. high B. tall C. big D. great
5. Some people are used to _____________ in crowed streets and don't mind it at all.
A. ride B. rode C. riden D. riding
6. I took my swimming suit, ___________ and then went for a swim.
A. try it on B. put it on C. wore it D. get dress it
7. When I saw her, I thought she looked ______________.
A. happy B. happily C. to be happy D. happiness
8. "Was he disappointed? ". "Yes, he found the movie ___________."
A. boring B. boringly C. bores D. bored
9. Some scientists spend most of their lives ___________ at rocks.
A. look B. to look C. looked D. looking
10. They advised me _________?
A. not smoke B. not smoking C. not to smoke D. not to smoking
III. Choose the word which has the same meaning as the underlined word in each sentence.
1. Yesterday was my birthday so I received a lot of presents from my relatives and friends
A. brought B. got C. spend D. told
2. Henry is a pilot for British Airway. He flies airplanes all over the world.
A. businessman B. carpenter C. driver of an airplane. D. captain
3. My mother worries who will look after our house when we are away for our holidays.
A. see B. take after C. take care of D. look at
4. Today I don't have to go to school. I have no homework to do. I can do whatever I like.
A. anything B. anytime C. anywhere D. anyone
5. She wants a dozen eggs and a kilo of beef.
A. twelve B. ten C. six D. fifteen
IV. Give the correct form of the bold words in parentheses.
1. Mai Anh is ________ at math than me. (good)
2. People say that the film at the Rex Cinema is very _____ . (interest)
3. We're ________ to hear that you and your family are well. (pleasant)
4. I took the medicine, and the headache ____________ . (appear)
5. Our students are going to have a _____ check up next Monday. (medicine)
6. People can take a look at marine life and discover its _____. (beautiful)
7. Gramophone was one of J Edison's great ___________ . (invent)
8. Lan, who is my new ________, learns English very well. (class)
9. The nurse wanted to know Nga's height and ________. (weigh)
10.We take part in many different _________ at recess. (act)
V. There is one mistake in each line, find it then correct. Do as example (0).
Nowadays, television become very popular. Both       0.____ becomes _____
old and young people enjoy to watch it very much      1._________________
now. Television programs attract million of viewers      2._________________
all around a world. In addition to the news,            3._________________
Television stations also broadcast much interesting     4._________________
programs such as sports, musical, cartoons, wild life,    5._________________
popular science, reports, contests, movies, etc. In      6._________________
present, people can enjoy a live program in TV. Live     7._________________
programs help us see events at the same time like they   8. _________________
are happening. On our country, we often watch live       9._________________
programs of importance events and international        10.________________
football matches.
VI. Some phrases are removed from the text. Put them in the correct order. Write the appropriate letter in each number.
A. who was sitting quietly on a chair in the garden.
B. that she wasn't in a hurry
C. and they had to be at the airport at 11.40 am.
D. without worrying about being late.
E. Mrs Will and their children
Mr and (1) _________were going to begin their vacation one day (2) __________. Mr Will said that it would take them half an hour to get to the airport in the taxi so they all had to be ready by 11 o'clock.
At ten minutes to eleven they were still all running around doing things, except Mrs Will, (3) ______ enjoying the Sun.
Her husband and the children were very surprised (4) _____, too, until the taxi arrived and Mrs Will said to them "Well, I knew that this was going to happen, so before I went to bed last night, I moved all our clock and watches ahead twenty minutes. So now we can go to the airport quietly (5) _______ .
IV. Give the correct form of the bold words in parentheses.
1. Mai Anh is ________ at math than me. (good)
2. People say that the film at the Rex Cinema is very _____ . (interest)
3. We're ________ to hear that you and your family are well. (pleasant)
4. I took the medicine, and the headache ____________ . (appear)
5. Our students are going to have a _____ check up next Monday. (medicine)
6. People can take a look at marine life and discover its _____. (beautiful)
7. Gramophone was one of J Edison's great ___________ . (invent)
8. Lan, who is my new ________, learns English very well. (class)
9. The nurse wanted to know Nga's height and ________. (weigh)
10.We take part in many different _________ at recess. (act)
V. There is one mistake in each line, find it then correct. Do as example (0).
Nowadays, television become very popular. Both       0.____ becomes _____
old and young people enjoy to watch it very much      1._________________
now. Television programs attract million of viewers      2._________________
all around a world. In addition to the news,            3._________________
Television stations also broadcast much interesting     4._________________
programs such as sports, musical, cartoons, wild life,    5._________________
popular science, reports, contests, movies, etc. In      6._________________
present, people can enjoy a live program in TV. Live     7._________________
programs help us see events at the same time like they   8. _________________
are happening. On our country, we often watch live       9._________________
programs of importance events and international        10.________________
football matches.
VI. Some phrases are removed from the text. Put them in the correct order. Write the appropriate letter in each number.
A. who was sitting quietly on a chair in the garden.
B. that she wasn't in a hurry
C. and they had to be at the airport at 11.40 am.
D. without worrying about being late.
E. Mrs Will and their children
Mr and (1) _________were going to begin their vacation one day (2) __________. Mr Will said that it would take them half an hour to get to the airport in the taxi so they all had to be ready by 11 o'clock.
At ten minutes to eleven they were still all running around doing things, except Mrs Will, (3) ______ enjoying the Sun.
Her husband and the children were very surprised (4) _____, too, until the taxi arrived and Mrs Will said to them "Well, I knew that this was going to happen, so before I went to bed last night, I moved all our clock and watches ahead twenty minutes. So now we can go to the airport quietly (5) _______ .