I. From each number, pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1. A. three                   B. with                        C. father                      D. there

2. A. meat                   B. break                      C. steak                       D. great

3. A. clown                 B. south                       C. southern                  D. plough

4. A. method               B. death                      C. think                       D. those

5. A. nature                 B. natural                    C. explain                    D. nation

6. A. kitchen               B. torch                       C. mechanic                D. church

7. A. ocean                  B. beach                      C. clean                       D. reason

8. A. climb                  B. surburb                   C. comb                       D. doubt

9. A. treasure              B. reasure                    C. measure                  D. pleasure

10. A. feature  B. reason                     C. season                     D. pleasant

II. Choose the word or the phrase or sentence that best completes each unfinished sentence below.

1. How about ______ lunch with us on Sunday? 

A. to have       B. have                        C. have had                 D. having

2. I suggest  ______ A shortcut through the park. It’ll take much less time

A. to take                    B. take                         C. taking         D. is taking 

3. If you don’t pay the bill within two week, electricity will be _________..

A. turn off  .                B. come off                 C. cut off                    D. take off

4. We are leaving Hue for Ho Chi Minh city  ______ 4 o’clock this  affternoon.

A. in                            B. from                        C. to                            D. at

5. We’re very worried  ______ spending lots of money on energy in our home.    

A. about                      B. with                        C. to                            D. on

6. The villagers are interested in  ______ Natural resources but they don’t know how to do so

A. to conserve             B. conserve                 C. conserving              D. conserved

7. The girl was not pretty but she sang  ______.

A. beauty        B. more beautiful       C. beautiful                  D. beautifully

8. Check the faucets for dripping water  ______ you will have to pay an enormous water bill.

A. although                 B. or                            C. because                   D. however

9. If we  ______ wasting water, there will be shortage of fresh water in a few decades.

A. turn on                    B. turn off                   C. go on                      D. look for

10. You should  ______ all the lights before going out.

A. turn on                    B. turn off                   C. turn up       D. turn out

11. Many women nowadays are fond of  ______  football.

A. playing                   B. to play        C. play                         D. played

12. The doctor suggested that the secretary _________.. at least three days off work.

A. to have       B. having        C. should have            D. have

13. My brother was  ______ as the most effective activist in the school charity programme.

A. said                         B. nominated              C. invited                    D. appointed

14. I’m going to tell you something important, so please listen  ______.

A. care                         B. careful        C. carelessly                D. carefully

15. If it  ______ this evening, I won’t go out.

A. rain                         B. rains                        C. raining                    D. rained

16. Ba ate a lot of food _________.. he wasn’t very hungry.

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

17. Mrs. Yen forgot to __________________. the faucet when she left for work.

A. turn on                    B. turn off                   C. look for                   D. look after.

18. I ’d love to play volleyball  _________…I have to complete an assignment.

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

19. What  about ….. fishing with  me this morning?

A. go                           B. goes                        C. to go                       D. going

20. _________ we go on littering, the environment will become seriously polluted.

A. And                        B. But                         C. So                           D. If

21. She is tired _________she stayed up late watching TV.

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

22. Tuan sighed ….. when he heard that he failed the test.

A. sad                          B. sadly                       C. more sad                 D. sadlier

23. They couldn’t send the parcel….. the post office closed on the national holiday.

A. because                   B. although                 C. so                            D. or

24. When he was in university, he wasted much time _________ by Internet.

            A. to chat                    B. chat             C. chatting                  D. chatted

25. He denied ________the shop.

A. breaking into          C. break into               C. breaking on D. to break into

26. She suggested __________ for a swim.

A. going                      B. go                           C. to go                       D gone

27. You don’t know French, __________?

A. does you                 B. don’t you                C. do you                    D. didn’t you

28. I don’t ________ the action films. I prefer documentaries.

            A. likes watching        B. like watching          C. hardly to watch      D. hardly watching

29. _________ we were tired, we sat down beside the stream.

A. Because of B. As                           C. If                            D. And

30. Tom doesn’t have to go to lecture, __________?

A. does Tom               B. did he                     C. doesn’t Tom           D. does he

31. He finished _________ and sat down.

A. to speak                  B. speaking                 C. speak                      D. spoken

32. I’ll write in Spanish finished _________ understand English.

A. because he don’t                            B. because he doesn’t                        

C. because of he doesn’t                     D. because of he don’t)

33. Sue _______. She never seems to stop.

A. work continuously             B. works continuously

C. works continuous               D. continuously works

34. She ___________ when she heard the news.

A. can’t help crying                            B. can’t helped crying

A. couldn’t help cry                            D. couldn’t help crying

35. The children _________ surprised, were they?

A. weren’t                   B. was                         C. haven’t been           D. hasn’t been

36. Did you go to Jane’s party last night? Of course, I did. But now I regret _______ there.

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

37. _______ the meat was cooked, I took it out of the oven.

A. Because of B. Because                  C. If                            D. And

38. He looked me _______ when I interrupted him.

A. angry                      B. angrily                    C. hungry                    D. thirsty

39. It’s essential that ________ here on time.

A. you are                   B. you is                      C. you were                 D. you be

40. Bill puts money in the bank, ________?

A. didn’t he                B. did he                     C. doesn’t he               D. does he

41. I’m leaving next week. And I think I’ll never forget ________ with you.

A. worked                   B. work                       C. to work                   D. working

42. He _______ to find a job, but he had no luck.

A. tried hard               B. hardly tried C. tried hardly D. try hardly

43. It is necessary that the mother __________ by breast milk.

A. feed her baby up                            C. feeds her baby up

A. bed her baby up                             D. feeds up her baby

44. Maria is studying laws, _________?

A. isn’t Maria              B. is Maria                   C. isn’t she                  D. wasn’t she

45. Would you mind ________ your pet snake somewhere else?

A. put                          B. putting                    C. to put                      D. puts

46. ________ the manager is out today, I’ll sign the letter.

A. Because                  B. If                            C. Because of D. But

47. My leg was hurting me. I ________ walk.

A. could hardly           B. can hardly   C. could hard              D. can hard

48. The driver was ________.

A. serious injured        B. injure seriously       C. seriously injured     D. injured seriously

49. You haven’t written to her_________, have you?

A. recently                  B. never                       C. late                          D. recent

50. The boy likes ________ games but hates ___________ his lessons.

A. play/ study B. playing/ study         C. play/ studying         D. playing/ studying