I. Choose the word with a different way of pronunciation in the underlined part.
1. B. wanted (The "ed" in "wanted" is pronounced as /ɪd/, while in the other words, it's pronounced as /t/ or /d/.)
2. D. message ("s" in "message" is pronounced as /ʒ/, while in the others it’s pronounced as /s/.)
3. D. likes (The "s" in "likes" is pronounced as /s/, while in the others it is pronounced as /z/.)
4. D. tortoise ("oi" in "tortoise" is pronounced differently compared to the other words.)
5. D. enough ("ough" in "enough" is pronounced as /ʌf/, different from the others.)
II. Fill each blank with the correct form of the word in brackets.
1. Most students detest having homework during the weekends.
2. Alice is fond of creating small animals with paper.
3. After a course with a native teacher, Nam can speak English better than before.
4. Chi is intelligent, but she needs to study harder than her first semester to pass the examination.
5. These students are learning how to deal with pressure before the final test.
III. Circle the best options (A, B, C, or D).
1. My brother enjoys going B. fishing in the river with my grandfather every Sunday morning.
2. A camping trip to the countryside is a good way to experience D. nature
3. Carlos doesn’t like A. chatting online with his friends. He prefers hanging out with them.
4. Our school is building a new sports B. facility on the west side of its campus.
5. My parents let me stay up late until midnight on Christmas’ C. Eve to unwrap the presents.
6. I hate B. designing jewelry because it’s boring. I like playing board games with my sister.
7. I D. have/until a karate class every evening after school until 7 p.m.
8. My sewing classes are C. from/to/on 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
9. This store sells D. lots of candies and cookies, but I don’t have B. much money to buy.
10. Linh: “I think it’s better to live in the city.”
- Nga:B. That’s true. There are lots of things there.
IV. Choose the underlined part (A, B, C, or D) that needs correcting.
1. My house in the city center doesn’t have too much rooms for everyone to stay overnight.
(B. too much) → too many (for countable nouns like "rooms")
2. Many kids in my village love to picking flowers and playing with spinning tops in their free time.
(B. to picking) → to pick (correct infinitive form)
3. She is boring with the silent surrounding because she used to live in a big city.
(A. boring)→ bored (correct form is "bored," describing a feeling)
4. My brother spend lots of his free time practicing roller skating in the backyard.
(A. spend) → spends (correct verb conjugation)
5. She is very keen at drawing and she really wants to have her own gallery.
(A. keen at)→ keen on (correct preposition)