Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest

PRACTICE TEST 8- G9

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.

1. a. arrange                   b. canyon             c. name                 d. age

2. a. seven            b. level                  c. ruler                  d. next

3. a. honor           b. hike                  c. heritage             d. hundred

4. a. enjoyed                   b. performed                  c. urged                d. finished

II. Choose the best answer: (2.0ms)

1. She told me that she ..........................English well.
A. speak      B. spoke              C. speaks             D. to speak

2. I’ve been a teacher ............................... 1980
A. for           B. in                    C. at                     D. since

3. The letter .................................. by Miss Lan yesterday.
A. writes      B. wrote              C. was written      D. writing

4. Do you mind if I .................................. your bike?
A. borrow    B. borrowing      C. borrowed        D to borrow

5. When I came, she ............................... dinner yesterday.
A. cooks      B. is cooking       C. cooked            D. was cooking

6. Ian ……………… in Scotland for ten years. Now he lives in London.

A. has been living B. lives                                    C. was living                  D. has lived

7. ……………….a computer when you was living in the country?

A. Do you have    B. Did you have   C. Have you had  D. Were you having

8. Ben writes very quickly. He's ……………..     finished his essay.

A. for                             B. been                           C. already                      D. yet

9. That printer  is………………………guarantee so the company will repair it.

A. under               B. in                     C. of                               D. on

10. My house.................... in 1998.

A.build                           B. built                 C. were build                           D. was built

11. This is the boy............. Tim.

A. called               B. calls                           C. calling                        D. call

12. Would you………………..helping me with the washing?

A. like                            B. mind                          C. show                         D. please

13. Tim said he ……………….. a chocolate factory then.

A. visited              B. are visiting               C. has visited                 D. was visiting

14. Are you................. in detective films?

A. interest   B. interesting                 C. interested                            D. interests

15. Mount Rushmore .................. from more than 100 kilometers away.

   A- can see              B- can be seen                C- was seen          D-  sees

16.  He was watching TV .................. his brother was playing with his toys.

   A- when                 B- why                           C- where               D-while

17.  Trung ………….  Minh if he lived in Quang Nam province then.

   A- said                        B- told                                     C- asked               D- wondered

18.  Liz said that she ……………. me some information about her school the following week.

   A- sent                             B- will send                    C- would send      D- were sending

19. The festival was held in the communal house yard.

     a. organized    b. started    c. designed  d. met

20. She ................the letter yet.

     a. has finished b. haven’t finished         c. have finished    d. hasn’t finished

21. Has the flight ……… Hong Kong departed yet?.

     a. with                      b. of            c. from           d. to   

22. The freshmen have to gather at universities in early October.

a. first- year students          b. teachers            c. workers            d. engineers

23. It was so exciting to see those ……….. caves.

          a. magnificence         b. magnificent   c. magnificently   d. magnificentness

24.  A ........................ is a person who repair water pipes.
A. plumber            B. doctor             C. carpenter         D. driver

25. The girl........................ next to me is a new comer.
A. sitting      B. sit                    C. sat                             D. sits

III. Use the correct verb forms: (1.0m)

1. The letter (write)………………by Mr. Nam last week.

2.  Nga told him how (go)……………there.

3.  She doesn’t like (wear)…………………..Ao dai.

4.  She (take)……………….a shower at eight o’clock last night.

5. When he arrived, my mother (cook) __________ dinner.

6. Would you mind (close) __________ the door?

IV.  Find out the mistake in each sentence and correct it: (1.0m)

1.     Jack asked his boss whether could he have a day off.

                A                       B           C                     D

2.     I am not very fond of get up early.

         A          B           C  D

3.     He has someone cuts his hair every six weeks.

            A                   B                  C              D

4.     I can see a boy to ride  a bike on my way to school.
      A                   B                  C                      D
V.  Read the text then answer the questions: (2.0 ms)

Ha Long Bay of the Descending Dragon is popular with both Vietnamese and international tourists. One of the attractions of Ha Long is the Bay’s calm water with Limestone Mountains. The Bay’s water is clear during the spring and early summer. Upon arriving in Ha Long City, visitors can go along Chay beach. From the beach, they can hire a boat and go out to the Bay . It is here that the visitors can find some of Southeast Asia’s most beautiful sites. Dau Go Cave is one of the most beautiful caves at Ha Long. It was the cave in which General Tran Hung Dao hid wooden stakes to beat the Mongols on Bach Dang River in 1288.

* New word: wooden stake: cọc gỗ

1. Who(m) is Ha Long popular with?

      …………………………………………………………………………………..

     2. What is one of the attractions of Ha Long?

     ……………………………………………………………………………………    

      3. What is the Bay’s water like?

    …………………………………………………………………………………….

4. Which is one of the most beautiful caves at Ha Long?

    …………………………………………………………………………………..

VI. Use the correct form of the word in brackets for each gap: (1.0m)

 1. For some people UFOs only exist in films for …………….     (ENTERTAIN)

 2. My brother is a stamp…………………………………………  (COLLECT)

 3. Vung Tau beach is considered as a ................. beach in Viet Nam.      (SUN)

 4. Lots of ………. festivals are celebrated in Vietnam nowadays. (TRADITION)

5. The Internet is a wonderful (invent) __________ of modern life.

6. It’s (danger)___________to be near the stove.

VII. Rewrite each sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meaning is unchanged

    1. They made the fire in the tradition way.

    - The fire ...………………………………………………………………………………………..

    2. Will you please open the window?

    - Would you mind ………………………………………………………………………………...

    3. "I will clean all the class windows" Thuy said.

    - Thuy said………………………………………………………………….……………………..

    4. The children are decorating the sitting-room.

   - The sitting-room .……………………………….………………………………………………..

    5. They began living in Ha Noi in 2005.

    - They have………………………………………………………………………………………..

    6. "I want my room to look nice at the festival" Hoa said

    - Hoa said .…………………………………………………………………….…………………..

7 . They have just built a new church near my house.

A new…………………………………………………………………………

8. Could you send the letter for me?

Would you mind ………………………………………………………………

9. “Do you know the name of the men talking to our teacher?” he said.

He asked me ……………………………………………………………………

10. The last time he met her was in 2010.

     He hasn't………………………………………………………………………

TEST 9- G9

I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest

1. A. allow                         B. follow                      C. yellow                         D. fellow

2. A. exhaust                    B. hour                         C. honest                        D. house

3. A. frightened                B. stamped                   C. walked                        D. laughed

II. Find the word which has a different stress pattern.

1. A. refugee                     B. employee                 C. reference                  D. committee

2. A. unkind                       B. kindness                  C. impure                      D. machine

III. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences.

1. I think I _______ soccer with my friends this time next weekend.

A. am going to play             B. will be playing         C. are playing                D. was playing

2. Arms crossed over the chest is an example of ___________

A. text messages                 B. chat room              C. videoconferencing      D. body language

3. After three hours of considering, we have decided _______ the final decision.

A. making                              B. to make                 C. to making                    D. make

4. Communicating by expressing your thoughts with words is called verbal ___________.

A. Communicating                 B. Communicate         C. Communication         D. communicator

5. If I were you, I ______________ that car .

A. would buy                         B. buy                          C. bought                        D. buying

6. People from other planets may use ___________ to communicate, which is not possible for human beings.

A. landlines                           B. letters                      C. chat rooms                D. telepathy

7. I prefer __________ a nine-to-five job to working shifts.

A. did                                     B. doing                        C. do                                D. does

8. Facebook was built on the ………of earlier social network sites like MySpace and Bebo.

A. succeed                           B. successful               C. successfully                  D. success

9. I intended __________ to New York next month.

A. flew                                 B. to fly                         C. fly                                  D. flies

10. _____systems use several different ways of giving information with sounds, pictures, and texts on a screen.

A. Emailing                         B.Telephoning                C. Multimedia                   D. Chatting

11. We reminded Lily_________ late for our appointment the next day.

A. to be not                        B. not to be                    C. to don’t be                    D. don’t be

12. We _____________ with each other by mobile phone in 2050.

A. won’t be communicating                                     C. aren’t communicating

C. haven’t communicated                                       D. aren’t going to communicate

13. Do you want ……….. a mobile phone battery that uses solar energy?

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

14. They chose ………… the bus there.

A. to take                         B. will take                      C. taking                        D. took

15. Garbage…………….…. every day.

A. collect                         B. collecting                    C. is collected                 D. are collected

16. You will be …….……. a present when you go to the party tomorrow night.

A. give                          B. giving                            C. gave                          D. given

17. In 1876, the telephone ……….first introduced by Graham Bell.

A. was                          B. is                                  C. has been                    D. had been

18. Milk should………….to your house.

A. bring                        B. brought                        C. be brought                   D. been brought

19. English is……………. all over the world.

A. spoken                      B. speak                         C. spoke                          D. speaks

20. Look! The trees and flowers ………………. care of by the gardeners of the Temple of Literature.

A. are being taken                    B. taken                 C. were taken                D. is taken

21. The students in the university ……………. by famous lecturers and tutors.

A. are taught                B. are learned                    C. are studied                D. are played

22. A new university …………….. in my town in the near future.

A. is built                      B. will be built                    C. was built                   D. has been built

23. Thousands of people ………….by natural disasters every year.

A. are affected              B. are affecting                 C. have affected             D. were affected

24. The roof of the building ………….in a storm a few days ago.

A. damaged                 B. was damaged              C. has damaged              D. has been damaged

25. All the villagers ………….to safe areas before they came last night.

A. evacuated (sơ tán)             B. were evacuated         C. had evacuated          D. had been evacuated

26. I like ______________ back my home village on holiday.

A. comes                     B. come                           C. came                              D. coming

27. By the time we … to the cinema, the film had started.

A. gets                         B. had got                      C. has got                           D. got

28. All people who were without homes in the flood were provided with …… accommodation.

A. short                        B. temporary                   C. present                         D. instant

29. A severe tropical___________ is called a typhoon.

A. drought                    B. rain                             C. flood                             D. storm

30. The road in front of my office is always __________ when it rains heavily.

A. to flood                    B. flooding                       C. flood                            D. flooded

31. When the policeman came there, the robber ……………………………

A. had left                    B. has left                        C. left                              D. was left

32. Seven of ten people prefer face-to-face … when having a date.

A. language                 B. contact                        C. code                          D. sign

33. When the policeman came to the scene, the driver of the car …………………..…

A. have left                  B. had left                      C. leaves                         D. was left

34. You will recognize Jenny when you see her. She ………………….. a red hat.

A. wears                       B. is wearing                 C. will wear                      D. will be wearing

35. ____workers were sent to the area immediately, but no villager was survived when the landslide happened.

A. help                         B. rescue                       C. volunteer                      D. assistance

36. Three hundred people were left _____ by the earthquake.

A. home                       B. property                    C. homeless                      D. house

37. The train or Ha Noi ______ at 7a.m tomorrow.

A. leaves                     B. leaving                       C. to leave                        D. left

38. The heavy rain has caused _______ in many parts of the country.

A. drought                   B. storms                        C. forest fire                      D. floods

39. If we use water………, more people will have cleaner water.

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

40. She prefers English ……France

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

IV. Write the correct form of verbs or words ( 1 mark ) :

1.There was a ……………….eruption in The philippines yesterday.( volcano)

2.There is a good…………………..that they will win.(possible)

3.This time next month he ……………………a new language. (learn)

4.Water pollution……………. mainly by industrial waste and sewage from households.( cause)

5. They ………………………(play) football at 10a.m tomorrow morning.

6. Radio waves…………………….. ( discover ) by Heinrich Hertz.

 7. She has become a big name in documentary ……………………… ( photo)

 8. Communicating by expressing your thoughts with words is called………….. commmunication.(verb)