ENGLISH PRACTICE 9
A. Phonetics
I. Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) which has the underlined part pronounced
differently from the others in each group.
1. A. climate
B. comic
C. hike
D. website
2. A. worked
B. laughed
C. hoped
D. naked
3. A. cover
B. category
C. ancient
D. decorate
4. A. erupt
B. humor
C. UFO
D. communicate
5. A. Buddhism B. bomb
C. viable
D. bulb
II. Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) which has the stress pattern different from
that of the other words.
1. A. comprise
B. depend
C. design
D. novel
2. A. tropical
B. collection
C. tendency
D. charity
3. A. friendliness B. occasion
C. pagoda
D. deposit
4. A. importing
B. specific
C. impolite
D. important
5. A. federation
B. unpolluted
C. disappearing
D. profitable
B. Vocabulary and Grammar
I. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.
1. All the sentences below use “the”, which one is correct?
A. Can you pass the sugar please?
B. The crime is a problem in many big cities.
C. The apples are good for you.
D. I love the skiing.
2. Our friends have lived in Ho Chi Minh city __________ 2002
A. for
B. since
C. in
D. about
3. He prefers soccer ___________ tennis
A. from
B. than
C. to
D. or
4. If they worked more carefully, they ___________ so many mistakes.
A. won’t make
B. don’t make
C. wouldn’t make
D. didn’t make
5. He __________ to his friend’s party when his parents asked him to go home.
A. goes
B. was going
C. went
D. has gone
6. There’s a strange man behind us. I think_______.
A. we are followed
B. we are being followed
C. we are being following
D. we are following
7. Which of the following is the strongest advice?
A. You should get a hair-cut.
B. If I were you I’d get a hair-cut.
C. You ought to get a hair-cut.
D. You really must get a hair-cut.
8. ________ you mind if I use your dictionary?
A. Will
B. Do
C. Can
D. Did
9. Mr.Vo Van Kiet, ______ was our former Prime Minister, was born in Vinh Long.
A. that
B. whose
C. who
D. whom
10. All that rubbish will have to be _____ at once.
A. get rid of
B. got rid of
C. got rid
D. getting rid of
II. Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets to complete the passage
1. My friend was (make)____________ (pay) ______________ back the book.