I. Choose the word that is pronounced differently from the other three in the following questions

1. A treat                     B. heat                        C. sweater                   D. beat

2. A compose              B. complete                 C. company                 D. complain

3. A collect                  B. subject                    C. reject                       D. lecture

4. A sugar                    B. sterile                      C. strain                       D. serve

5. A baths                    B. bath                        C. bathe                       D. breathe

I. Choose the word that is pronounced differently from the other three in the following questions

1. A treat                     B. heat                        C. sweater                   D. beat

2. A compose              B. complete                 C. company                 D. complain

3. A collect                  B. subject                    C. reject                       D. lecture

4. A sugar                    B. sterile                      C. strain                       D. serve

5. A baths                    B. bath                        C. bathe                       D. breathe

Exercise 1. Chọn từ có phần gạch chân có phát âm khác với những từ còn lại.

1. A. paddy             B. sand                    C. travel                  D. tribal

2. A. buffalo            B. photo                  C. limestone            D. botanical

3. A. jungle             B. luggage               C. sunbathe             D. sugar

4. A. around            B. various                C. famous                D. mountains

5. A. heritage          B. giant                   C. garden                 D. village

Exercise 2. Chọn phương án đúng để hoàn thành các câu sau.

1. The vase ______ on the shelf is very beautiful.

A. stands       B. standing              C. is standing           D. stood

2. Do you mind if I ______ your atlas for a minute?

A. borrow     B. will borrow         C. am going to borrow           D. borrowed

3. Ann asked me not ____ anybody what happened.

A. tell           B. telling                 C. to tell                  D. told

4. Do you mind _____ here for just a minute?

A. to wait      B. waiting               C. about waiting      D. waited

5. It was late, so we decided _____ a taxi home.

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

6. He picked the phone ___________as soon as it rang.

A. on            B. up                       C. in                        D. off

7. Would you mind if I _____ the phone?

A. use                     B. will use               C. am going to use           D. used

8._____ is a stream or river that falls from a height.

A. Lake         B. Waterfall             C. Bay                     D. Island

9. ____ you mind finishing the work yourself?

          A. Will          B. Do                      C. Can                     D. Should

Exercise 3: . Viết dạng đúng của động  từ cho trong ngoặc.

1. I (see)___________ a good film on TV last night.

2. The boy (read)____________________ a book over there is Ba.

3. The toys (paint) ________________green is mine.

4. Would you mind if I (sit)___________here?

5. Would you mind (put) __________ up your cigarette?

Exercise 4. Hoàn thành các câu sau sao cho nghĩa không đổi, bắt đầu bằng gợi ý.

1. Can I turn on the TV?

          Would you mind……………………………………………………………….?

2. Can you solve this math problem for me?

          Do you mind if………………………………………………………………..?

3. The girl is listening to music. She is Nga. (Nối câu, dùng V-ing)

………………………………………………………………………………………….

Chọn phương án (A, B, C hoặc D) ứng với từ có phần nguyên âm được gạch chân có cách phát âm khác với ba từ còn lại trong câu.

1. A. idiom                B. ideal                       C. idiot                           D. instead

2. A. feather                  B. threat                  C. reason               D. pleasure

3. A. conceal                 B. creature                C. deal                   D. healthy

4. A. cage          B. cabbage                     C. cabin                         D. captain

5. A. player                   B. prayer                 C. mayor                        D. hare

Chọn phương án đúng (A, B, C hoặc D) ứng với từ có trọng âm chính nhấn vào âm tiết có vị trí khác với ba từ còn lại trong câu.

6. A. consultant             B. evidence_.                   C. explosion                  D. financial

7. A. electronic              B. expedition                 C. insurance                   D. understand

8. A. computation          B. explanation               C. redundancy               D. supernatural

9. A. telephone              B. ambitious                  C. performance              D. appearance

10. A. envelop               B. amazing                    C. passenger                  D. reference

Chọn phương án đúng (A, B, C hoặc D) để hoàn thành mỗi câu.

1. Passengers are  ..................not to leave cases and packages here.

A. made                    B. commanded              C. informed                   D. advised

2. In his absence, I would like to thank all concerned on my brother's ..................

A. behalf                  B. part                           C. business                    D. interest

3. She lives next to me and I often speak to her on my  ..................to work.
          A. way                      B. travel                         C. street                         D. road

4. The colour of the handle does not .................. so long as it is the right size.

A. worry                   B. affect                        C. matter                        D. concern

5. Now with the new system, mass production is ....................                     

A. evident                 B. permitted                   C. capable                      D. feasible

6. Although he supports the council, he does not take an active .............  in politics.
          A. charge                  B. part                           C. play                           D. affair

7. He sat down,  .................his shoes, and tilted back to relax.

A. pulled off             B. took off                    C. pulled up                   D. took out

8. As a teacher, you have to .................so many exercise books.

A. note                      B. do                             C. right                           D. mark

9. Minh and Cuong were badly injured in the last match, so.................can play in this match.

A. both of them        B. none of them            C. neither of them          D. either of them

10. He wanted to know where ..............

A. had I been.           B. I had been.                C. did I been.                 D. I been going

11. James .................when he noticed a letter near the doer.

A. has about to leave                                      B. was about to leave     C. is about to leave        D. was about leaving

12. The Earth revolves a little more rapidly  ................. is closer to the sun.

A. when                    B. or it                           C. wherever it                D. when it

13. Joe has .................to continue his higher education.

A. gone oversea        B. gone to overseas       C. gone overseas            D. for overseas

14. Jane returned the borrowed book .................

A. the next very day B. the day very next      C. the very day next      D. the very next day

15. She's finished the course,  .................?

A. isn't she                B. hasn't she                  C. doesn't she                D. didn't she

16. Although he shouted, he couldn't make his voice  .................

A. heard                    B. hear                           C. to be heard                D. to hear

17. Now I .................at night, so it doesn't matter.

A. used to work        B. am used to work       C. am used to working   D. used to working

18. The greater the demand,  .................the price.

A. the highest            B. the high                     C. higher                        D. the higher

19. I'm not keen on shopping for clothes whereas .................

A.  my brother isn't either                                    C. my sister loves it very much

B.   I'm not fond of shopping for food    D. my sister isn't fond of it too

20.  We got on well when we shared a flat  .................

A.  in spite of the difference in our old   C. in spite the fact that I was much older than her

B.   despite her being much older than me. D. although the difference in our age

21. ___________ 1.000 species of fish have been identified.

a. Much as                        b. As many             c. As much as         d. As many as

22. The more he tried to help her, ____________  she seemed to appreciate it.

a. the lesser                      b. less                     c. lesser                   d. the less

23. The curriculum at the public school is as good ___  of any private school.

a. or better than                                               b. as or better than that

c. as or better that                                            d. as of better than those

24. She practices playing the piano __________________     than I do.

a. more regularly b. most regularly c. quite regularly d. as regularly

25. We have kept this seat for you. It's ___________  comfortable chair we have.

a. the more                       b. the most              c. the very much          d. much too

26. The ears of African elephants are _____________  Indian elephants.

a. bigger than                                                   b. bigger as

c. bigger than of                                              d. bigger than those of

27. Subtropical zones……..             temperate zones, but they still have dis summer and winter seasons.

a. that are warmer        b. warmer        c. are warmer as           d. are warmer than

28. Of all the candidates, Peter is probably __________

a. the less qualified                                         b. qualified less

c. the most little qualified                                d. the least qualified

29. Of the two students, Sarah is the ______________

a. most intelligent            b. more intelligent  c. intelligent              d. most intelligent

30. Gasoline is twice ……       it was a few years ago.

a. more expensive than                           b. much expensive as

c. as expensive as                                    d. as expensive than

Chọn từ mà phần gạch chân có cách phát âm khác với các từ còn lại.

1. A. noodle                           B. food                       C. door                       D. stool

2. A. take                               B. game                      C. gray                        D. hand

3. A. buses                             B. goes                       C. boxes                     D. couches

4. A. music                            B. lunch                     C. mum                       D. up              

5. A. ear                                 B. heavy                     C. head                       D. bread