1. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

    A. stadium                   B. stay                         C. question                 D. stamp

2. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

    A. command               B. carnival                  C. archway                  D. anniversary      

3. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

    A. commemorate        B. emperor                  C. procession              D. incense  

4. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.

    A. performance          B. procession              C. musician                 D. heritage

5. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.

        A. procession              B. politician                C. companion             D. historian

6. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.

    A. activity B. historical  C. commemorate      D. competition

Circle the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. Question 1. A. enjoys B. designs C. follows D. likes Question 2. A. nature B. city C. sports D. sometimes
Circle the word that has a stress pattern different from the others.
Question 3. A. hometown B. schedule C. hotel D. mountain
Question 4. A. chocolate B. hospital C. vehicle D. performance

I. Pronunciation

Choose the word that has the underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

2. A. Watch     B. nature     C. letter    D. future

Question I : Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

 1. A. few                                B. new                         C. sew                                     D. nephew

2. A. closed                             B. practised                 C. asked                                  D. stopped

3. A. chef                                B. pleasure                  C. social                                  D. discussion

4. A. watches                          B. boxes                      C. buses                                   D. tables

Question II : Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

5. My family enjoys _______ because we can sell vegetables and flowers________ money

            A. garden – to B. gardening – of        C. gardening – for       D. gardening – with

6. Traditional volunteer activities include _______ money for people in need, cooking and giving food.

            A. getting                    B. rising                                   C. raising                     D. taking

7. They’re going to break eggs to make ................for breakfast.

            A. omelet                   B. noodles                                C. tofu                     D. spaghetti

8. There is an exhibition of Dong Ho paintings at Country................. 

            A. school                     B. market                    C. museum                D. gallery

9. Christmas tree was ____________ with ornaments and colorful lights by people living around.

A. grown                     B. rehearsed            C. decorated             D. cared for

10. Minh finds making models ______________ because it is a creative activity.

A. excite          B. exciting                               C. excited                   D. are exciting

11. The Imperial Academy is _______________ the first university in Vietnam.

A. considered              B. known                    C. named                                 D. organized

12. People who do not have the physical or mental abilities that most people have are called _______.

A. the elderly              B. the disabled            C. homeless people     D. sick children

13. Viet Nam is __________ for its cultural diversity.

A. precious                  B. unique                     C. interesting   D. famous

14. The Imperial Academy __________ in 1076 under Emperor Ly Nhan Tong.

A.  constructed             B. was constructed                 C. constructing            D. has constructed

Question III : Choose the words or phrases that are correct in the verb tenses.

15. I enjoy __________ stamps and it becomes my pleasure.                     (collect) 

A. to collect B. collecting                      C. will collect           D. collected

16. Students shouldn’t spend too much time __________TV. (watch)

     A. watching                        B. to watch                 C. watch                      D. watched

17. Our class _____________ to SOS village to do volunteer work several times. (go)

       A. have go                              B. have gone                           C. has gone           D. goes

18. My friend is very good at __________things.     (draw)

A.to drawB. draws                       C. will draw          D. drawing

Question V : Choose the best sentence.

29. They / visited / Ha Long Bay/ have / many times.

A. They visited have many times Ha Long Bay.

 B. They Ha Long bay have many times visited.

C. They visited many times have Ha Long Bay.

 D. They have visited Ha Long Bay many times.

30. we / for fifteen children/ provided/ last year/ evening classes / ./

A. Last year we provided for fifteen children evening classes.

B. Last year we provided evening classes for fifteen children.

C. We provided for fifteen children last year evening classes.

D. For fifteen children provided evening classes last year

Question VI : Choose the best answer each of the questions about it.

31.  A: “Why don’t we take a trip to PhuQuoc Island?”  B: “________________.”    

            A. No idea                  B. No problem            C. Good idea              D. Well done

     32. Will you take up making models in the future?

            A. I’m not sure            B. That’s a good idea  C. Yes, I do                D. No, I don’t

Question VII : Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one.

33. I enjoy playing soccer

A. I’m interested playing soccer

B. I’m interested at playing soccer

C. I’m interested in playing soccer

D. I’m interested to play soccer

34. It took him half an hour to write the essay.

A. He spends half an hour writing the essay.

B. He spend half an hour to write the essay.

C. He spent half an hour to writing the essay.

D. He spent half an hour writing the essay.

35. Nam joins this event only in Vietnam.

      A. Nam takes part in this event only in Vietnam.

      B. Nam takes part on this event only in Vietnam.

      C. Nam takes part to this event only in Vietnam.

      D. Nam took part in this event only in Vietnam.

36. Doing exercises helps people stay in shape.

A. People do exercises to kept fit.

     B. People do exercises to keep fit.

      C. People do exercises keeping fit.

D. People do exercises to do keep fit.

Question I : Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

 1. A. few                                B. new                         C. sew                                     D. nephew

2. A. closed                             B. practised                 C. asked                                  D. stopped

3. A. chef                                B. pleasure                  C. social                                  D. discussion

4. A. watches                          B. boxes                      C. buses                                   D. tables

PART I. PHONETICS

I . Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. (1.0 mark)

1.        A. object                   B. convenient          C. operation             D. contact

2.         A. parachute            B. machine               C. champagne         D. orchestra

3.         A. grow                     B. shower                 C. below                    D. window

4.        A. inspiration           B. minority               C. design                   D. practicality

5.        A. meat                     B. bear                      C. meaning               D. steamer

Your answers:

II . Identify the word whose stressed pattern is different from that of the others.(1.0 mark)

1.        A. subject                 B. gather                   C. conduct                D. symbol

2.        A. encourage           B. material                C. compulsory         D. mausoleum

3.        A. challenging          B. religion                 C. poetry                   D. fashionable

4.        A. adequate             B. facility                   C. traditional            D. participate

5.        A. relative                 B. family                    C. different               D. establish

Your answers:

PART II: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

I. Choose the best answers to completes each sentence. (2.0 marks)

1. I’ll give her the message as soon as she …….. tomorrow.

A. comes back               B. will come              C. is coming           D. has come

2. He is thought ……… in a foreign country when he was 20.

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

3. We got our car ………yesterday.

A. wash                            B. to wash                 C. washing             D. washed

4. Get me some stamps,………..?

A. have you                    B. will you                  C. do you                D. don’t you

5. Some large cities have measured to ………… air pollution.

A. fight                             B. minimize           C. cover                       D. grow

6. When Bill retires, he’s going to ……….. golf.                                                                               

A. take after                   B. take off              C. take down             D. take up

7. He drank only ……….. water.

A. a lot of                        B. much                  C. a little                      D. less

8. I’d like to ………. an appointment to see the doctor.

A. do                                 B. say                      C. organize                 D. make

9. It isn’t quite ………. that he will be present at the meeting.

A. interested                  B. certain               C. exact                       D. right

10. Paper money ……….. for over a thousand years.

A. used                             B. is used               C. has used                 D. has been used

Your answers:

II.  Put the correct form of the words: (1.0 mark)

1. Some of these traditional dresses have been _____________. (MODERN)

2. Many Vietnamese women today continue to wear the ao dai - the unique and ______________ dresses. (FASHION)

3. We are really impressed by the ____________ of these villagers. (FRIEND )

4. Internet is a wonderful _______________ of modern life. (INVENT)

5. The Malaysian unit of ________________ is the ringgit? (CURRENT)

Your answers:

 III.  Find and correct a mistake in each sentence:  (1.0 mark)

1. Everyone felt tired, because they sat down to have a rest.                                

2.Streets of Bangkok are usually crowding with people selling food, clothing, flowers and souvenirs.

3. He asked me what I would use English in the future.    

4.It often takes my mom half an hour getting to work by underground every morning.

5. A daily newspaper was published in Germany in 1650, didn’t it?

Your answers:

PART III: READING

I. Choose the most suitable answer A, B, C, or D to complete the following passage. (2.0 marks)

                Computer (1)__________ enormous impact on our life nowadays. We do shopping, work, or visit places of scenic beauty with help of computers. We pay bill prepared by computers. We read newspapers and magazines which have been produced on computers. We (2)_______  letters from and send letters to almost every part of the world with the help of the computers. And we can (3)_________learn foreign languages on computers.

 What makes computer a miraculous device ? Each time ( 4)________ it on, with appropriate hardware and software, it is capable of doing almost (5)_______ you ask. It is a calculating machine (6)________ speeds up calculations : it can add, subtract, multiply, and (7)________ with lightning speed and perfect accuracy. It is a personal communicator which helps you to interact ( 8)_________other computers and with people around the world. And if you (9)_________ to entertain,  you can (10)_________ with computer games or computer CD music.

          1. A. have                   B. have had              C. are having                       D. had

          2. A. receive              B. post                       C. borrow                 D. lend

          3. A. only                    B. ever                       C. even                      D. just

          4. A. put                      B. let                           C. take                       D. turn

          5. A. thing                  B. anything               C. something           D. all things

          6. A. which                 B. whose                   C. where                   D. when

II. Phonetics                       

* Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1. A. nature                      B. change                    C. replace                    D. program

2.  A. date                         B. safely                      C. traffic                      D. station

3.  A. ear                           B. idea                         C. fear                          D. overheat

    4. A. motorbike               B. driver                      C. limit                         D. firework

    5. A. vehicle                    B. flight                       C. nightmare               D. violent

I . Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. (1.0 mark)

1.        A. object                   B. convenient          C. operation             D. contact

2.        A. parachute            B. machine               C. champagne         D. orchestra

3.        A. grow                     B. shower                 C. below                    D. window

4.        A. inspiration           B. minority               C. design                   D. practicality

5.        A. meat                     B. bear                      C. meaning               D. steamer

Your answers:

II . Identify the word whose stressed pattern is different from that of the others.(1.0 mark)

1.        A. subject                 B. gather                   C. conduct                D. symbol

2.        A. encourage           B. material                C. compulsory         D. mausoleum

3.        A. challenging          B. religion                 C. poetry                   D. fashionable

4.        A. adequate             B. facility                   C. traditional            D. participate

5.        A. relative                 B. family                    C. different               D. establish

Your answers:

PART II: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

I. Choose the best answers to completes each sentence. (2.0 marks)

1. I’ll give her the message as soon as she …….. tomorrow.

A. comes back               B. will come              C. is coming            D. has come

2. He is thought ……… in a foreign country when he was 20.

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

3. We got our car ………yesterday.

A. wash                            B. to wash                 C. washing              D. washed

4. Get me some stamps,………..?

A. have you                    B. will you                  C. do you                D. don’t you

5. Some large cities have measured to ………… air pollution.

A. fight                             B. minimize           C. cover                       D. grow

6. When Bill retires, he’s going to ……….. golf.                                                                               

A. take after                   B. take off              C. take down             D. take up

7. He drank only ……….. water.

A. a lot of                        B. much                  C. a little                      D. less

8. I’d like to ………. an appointment to see the doctor.

A. do                                 B. say                      C. organize                 D. make

9. It isn’t quite ………. that he will be present at the meeting.

A. interested                  B. certain               C. exact                       D. right

10. Paper money ……….. for over a thousand years.

A. used                             B. is used                C. has used                 D. has been used

Your answers:

Question I (0.5 pt): Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1. A. letter                               B. twelve                     C. person                     D. sentence

2. A. enough                           B. young                     C. country                   D. mountain

Question II (0.5 pt):  Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

3. A. humor                             B. orphan                  C. receive                      D. curly 

4. A. sociable                          B. volunteer              C. photograph          D. beautiful