Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest
I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. torch B. sport C. record D. colorful
2. A. tower B. slow C. flower D. down
3. A. balloon B. hand C. band D. bamboo
4. A. prepare B. prepayment C. preposition D. prescribe
5. A. competition B. competence C. competent D. compete
6. A. flow B. row C. know D. now
7. A. fly B. hobby C. energy D. ordinary
8. A. dump B. bulb C. nuclear D. plumber
9. A. dental B. send C. pretty D. petty
10. A. would B. should C. shoulder D. could
II. Choose the best answer to complete these following sentences.
1. I believe that our new manager has the ______ to work well in this business environment.
A. flexible B. inflexible C. flexibly D. flexibility
2. When my father retired, he decided to take ______ golf.
A. in B. with C. up D. for
3. That’s a nice coat, and the color ______ you well.
A. matches B. fits C. suits D. agrees
4. I come from Vietnam so I am not used to ______ on the left
A. drive B. drove C. driven D. driving
5. The Ao dai is the ______ dress of Vietnamese women
A. beautiful B. traditional C. casual D. baggy
6. I ……English here since I graduated from university
A. teach B. taught C. have taught D. am teaching
7. I wish you ______ here tomorrow.
A. come B. came C. will come D. would come
8. Your teacher writes poems or stories ______ she?
A. don’t B. won’t C. didn’t D. doesn’t
9. Let’s ______ somewhere for a drink.
A. go B. do C. going D. doing
10. it’s raining heavily ______ I can’t go to the movie with you.
A. and B. but C. because D. So
11. Malaysia is divided ______ two regions
A. to B. on C. in D. into
12. Mathematics and literature are _____ subjects in high schools
A. adding B. compulsory C. optional D. religious
13. What were you doing when he ______?
A. comes B. to come C. came D. coming
14. Tell me_______ there is anything special that you would like to do.
A. which B if C that D so
15. She asked___________ whether she really wanted to take the exam.
A. anyone else B each other C herself D one
16. When she answers the phone, she often ______ in a funny accent which annoys me.
A repeats B says C speaks D tells
17. I am going to _________all my clothes and decide which to keep and which to give away.
A get on B go through C hand in D look up
18. I must find out _________ the train leave.
A. if B When C as D that
19. Is there a place ____________ we can eat cheaply near here?
A. that B there C where D which
20. He pointed to number 6 and said" That is the house she lives........"
A there B where C in D in it
21. If you work for us, you'll get somewhere to live ______ free.
A. for B. of C. at D. out
22. They took a pride ______ being the best players of the school
A. of B. in C. on D. at
23. She still remembered how he had broken down and cried ______ a baby
A. as if B. as C. like D. same as
24. - I'm sorry about that! - Well______.
A. you're welcome B. of course C. thank you D. it's OK
25. Pam, what would you ______do tomorrow morning?
A. like B. rather C. better D. ought to
26. I wish I ______ there yesterday afternoon!
A. was B. were C. had been D. would have bee
27. She saw me, but she didn’t bother______hello to me.
A. to have said B. say C. saying D. to say
28. She’d prefer to go out ______ home
A. than to stay B. than staying
C. rather than staying D. rather than to stay
29. We could not use fire fighting equipment because the water pipes ______.
A. would burst B. used to burst C. have burst D. had burst
30. It’s no use ______ him really. He had to do what he had been told to.
A. to blame B. for blaming C. you blame D. blaming
31. Have you got a car ______?
A. of your own B. of yourself C. of you D. of your
32. I’m not accustomed ______ in public.
A. to speak B. to speaking C. speaking D. at speaking
33. Either john or his brothers ______ the key to the car.
A. has been taken B. has taken C. have taken D. have been taken
34. Just watch me, and do ______ I tell you.
A. whoever B. whenever C. however D, whatever
35. What we heard ______
A. encouraged B. was encouraging C. encouraging D. was encouraged
36. I would have met you at the bus terminal if I ______ that you ______
A. knew/were arriving B. knew/arrived
C. had known/arrived D. had known/arriving
37. The fewer bags you take ______ trouble you will have.
A. the fewer B. the least C. the little D. the less
38. ______ where to find the key, the boy could not open the safe
A. knowing not B. knew not C. not knowing D. didn’t know
39. This house needs…………
A. to repaint B. repainted C. to be repainting D. repainting
40. They received……advice from their parents that they became successful.
A. so good B. such a good C. so good a D. such good
41. A good way to go to foreign countries is ________air.
A by B in C on D. with
42. All her family came to the airport to _____ her off her trip to Australia.
A. call B get C see D. take
43. - Help! -___________.
A Just a minute B Moment C I come at once D Wait on
44. If people _________ public transport, there will be less pollution.
a. use b. will use c. can use d. used
45. Nobody knew he was coming. He arrived __________.
a. expect b. unexpected c. expectedly d. unexpectedly
46. You’ll get a cold if you _________ your warm clothes.
a. change b. don’t change c. didn’t change d. won’t change
47. I waited ______ in the waiting room before the interview.
a. nervous b. happy c. nervously d. terrible
48. Why don’t you reuse it instead ________ it?
a. to throw b. of throwing c. throwing d. of throw
49. I’m disappointed _________ people have spoiled this area.
a. that b. when c. if d. with
50. He _____ to find a job but he has no luck.
a. hardly tried b. tried hardly c. hard tried d. tried hard
III. Each sentence has a mistake find and correct it.
1. I wish I can go to the cinema with you tonight.
2. He asked me if I know that man over there.
3. We are used to live next door to each other at one time.
4. Printing was invented by the Chinese.
5. There was little traffic, so the journey didn’t take very long.
6. The number of the books in the library has risen to over five million.
7. If I had his phone number here, I will give it to you immediately.
8. My aunt has begun taught English for twenty years.
9. He became interest in reading while he was working in the city library.
10. My father has retired three years ago and he is now living on his pension.
IV. Rewrite these following sentences into conditional Sentences
1. They don’t behave themselves so their parents are not happy about that.
→ If .............................................................................
2. She didn’t say sorry so he was angry.
→ If .............................................................................
3. I am not a rich businessman and I can’t afford to buy an expensive car.
→ If .............................................................................
4. It rained last night so I didn’t go to the barbecue.
→ If .............................................................................
5. My parents do not allow me to go, so I have to stay at home.
→ If .............................................................................
6. She doesn’t pay attention to her cooking so the food is horrible.
→ If .............................................................................
7. The weather was very nice so we didn’t go camping.
→ If .............................................................................
8. The computer broke down and I had to stop my work.
→ If .............................................................................
9. She loves him so she forgives him easily.
→ If .............................................................................
10. He was angry so I didn’t say anything.
→ If .............................................................................
V - Fill in the blank space with the correct from of the words in parentheses:
1. They live............................................... in a small village. (Happy)
2. You should spend your money and energy as.......................... as possible. (Economy)
3. You can buy waste........................... made from this factory. (Produce)
4. This library is open to all...................................................... (Read)
5. Air and water are...................................... in our life. (Necessary)
6. My brother can repair electric................................ very well. (Apply)
7. These.............................. will conserve the earth. (Innovate)
8. Since the world’s energy resources are limited, we must................ them. (Conservation)
9. We suggest........................... the light bulb. It is broken. (Replacement)
10. To keep the air unpolluted, people ought to use................. energy to create electricity. (Sun)
VI - Join each of the following pairs of sentences with “or, and, but, so or because”
1. I told a joke. Nobody laughed.
.............................................................................
2. You must study harder. You will go into another class.
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3. The city suffers from air pollution. The city suffers from water pollution.
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4. I knew her family. I did what I could for her.
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5. We can’t afford energy - saving light bulbs. The light bulbs are too expensive.
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VII. Put the verbs in the right tense or form
1. If he (learn) ____________ to drive, he would be able to drive his car.
2. They will lose their way if they (not have) _____________ a map.
3. If the students (attend) _________ Quang Trung school, they have to wear uniform.
4. Frogs and toads (die) __________ a lot if people continue to use electricity to catch fish.
5. If Lan (not have) __________ a bicycle, she will not go camping with us.
6. His father would buy that house if it (not be) ______________ expensive.
7. If students do not throw plastic bags anymore, our school yard (clean) ___________.
8. I would do the test in five minutes if it (not be) _____________ difficult.
VIII. Complete the sentence with the one word given below. One word can be used for more than one sentence: for/ up/ after/ on/ off/ away/ in.
1. Who’s going to look ______ the children while you’re away?
2. “Turn ______ the TV for me, will you? I want to watch the cartoon.
3. She’s looked ______ her keys everywhere.
4. Turn ______ the radio. I’m working.
5. If we go ______ littering, the environment will become seriously polluted.
6. Don’t throw these newspapers ______.
7. Could you fill ______ this form?
8. Don’t wake the baby ______. Let him sleep.
9. Don’t believe her. She’s just made ______ the story.
10. Susan took ______ her coat and put it on the sofa.
IX. Fill in the blanks with proper words, then answer the following questions.
power - effective - nuclear - advanced - pollution
heat - stored - electricity - energy - panels
Are you looking for a cheap, clean, (1) ________ source of power that doesn’t cause (2) ________ or waste natural resources? Look no further than solar (3) ________ from our Sun.
At present, most of our (4) ________ comes from the use of coal and gas, oil or (5) ________ power. This power could be provided by the Sun. one percent of the solar energy that reaches the Earth is enough to provide (6) ________ for the total population.
Many countries are already using solar energy. Solar (7) ________ are placed on the roofs of a house and the Sun’s energy is used to (8) water. The energy can be (9) ________ for a number of days, so on cloudy days you can use solar energy, too.
Sweden has an (10) ________ solar energy program. There, all buildings will be heated by solar energy and cars will use solar power instead of gas by the year 2015.
1) Is the solar energy an efficient source of power?
.............................................................................
2) Where are the solar panels placed?
.............................................................................
3) How long can the energy be stored?
.............................................................................
4)Is the solar energy used in Vietnam now?
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