I. Circle the letter A, B, c, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions (1point)

1.   A. usually                  B. sister                      C. season                   D. sometimes

2.   A. chemistry            B. school                      C. machine                D. character

3.   A. was                        B. walk                       C. water                     D. wall

4.   A. tradition                B. collection           C. action                      D. question

5.   A. clear                      B. dear                       C. hear                       D. pear

Exercise 1: Choose the word that is stressed differently from that of the other words.

1. A. eggshell                    B. diet                    C. album                 D. locate

2. A. surround                   B. carving               C. answer               D. listen         

3. A. tofu                          B. reduce                C. tasty                   D. open

4. A. homeless                  B. usual                  C. donate                D. sausage

5. A. compose                   B. puppet                C. cello                   D. subject

6. A. expert                       B. visit                    C. support               D. tuna

7. A. traffic                       B. children              C. sickness             D. select

8. A. mentor                      B. model                 C. anthem               D. include

9. A. actress                      B. invite                  C. broadcast            D. vision

10. A.discuss                     B. special                C. rural                   D. fragrant

  I. Circle the letter A, B, c, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions (1point)

1.   A. usually                  B. sister                      C. season                   D. sometimes

2.   A. chemistry            B. school                      C. machine                D. character

3.   A. was                        B. walk                       C. water                     D. wall

4.   A. tradition                B. collection           C. action                      D. question

5.   A. clear                      B. dear                       C. hear                       D. pear

   II. Circle the best word or phrase (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence below (1point)

  1. The Japanese eat a lot of fish and healthy food,______ they live for a long time.

A. so                 B. because             C. or                                 D. but      

2. Did you buy _______ bottle of cooking oil yesterday?

   A. some                B. a                             C. any                         D. an

3._________! Can you tell me the way to the shop?

   A. Thank you       B. All right                 C. Listen                              D. Excuse me

4.      Last year, Phuc participated in _______ funds for street children.

   A. raising              B. making                 C. gathering                          D. taking

  5. The coffee isn’t very sweet. I’ll add some more _______ .

   A. salt                      B. pepper                   C. sugar                              D. lemon

giúp mik với

I. Rearrange the words and phrases to make meaningful sentences.

1. the food / friendlier, / here / are / The people / better than/ other places/ in / and / is /.

      F ________________________________________________________________________

2. two things / my neighbourhood / However, / dislike / I / there are / about /.

      F ________________________________________________________________________

3. like / many things / about / neighbourhood / There are/ I / my/.

      F ________________________________________________________________________

4. in Ha Noi/ less delicious / The seafood / more expensive / is / that in Nha Trang/ and / than /.

      F ________________________________________________________________________

5. busy and crowded, / / and / The streets / quite polluted / are / is /.

      F ________________________________________________________________________

6. Da Nang / noisier / The streets / than those in Hue / are / crowded / in / and / more /.

      F ________________________________________________________________________

7. going/ going/ by/ by/ car/ bicycle/ than/ is/ faster

      F ________________________________________________________________________

8. street/ there/ is/ post office/ at/ corner/ a/ the/ of/ the

      F ________________________________________________________________________

9. this/ we/ shall/ what/ do/ Saturday evening?

      F ________________________________________________________________________

10. in/ is/ suburbs/ Da Nang City/ my neighbourhood/ the/ of

      F ________________________________________________________________________

11. me/ you/ can/ the/ to/ tell/ way/ Ben Thanh Market?

      F ________________________________________________________________________

12. The / very / friendly / are / here / and / helpful / people / .

      F ________________________________________________________________________

13. dinner?/ we/ go/ shall/ to/ the/ after/ cinema

      F ________________________________________________________________________

14. is/ Ho Chi Minh City/ busy and crowded/ for/ too/ me

      F ________________________________________________________________________

15. It’s / because / big supermarket / very convenient / there is a / near my house /.

      F ________________________________________________________________________

II. Write the full sentences use the words given.

1. people/ your/ city/ friendly/ and/ open/ than/ many/ other/ place.

      F ________________________________________________________________________

2. one/ thing/ not like/ new neighbourhood/ that/ it/ very/ noisy/.

      F ________________________________________________________________________

3. weather/ here/ hot/ and/ dry/ than/ your/ country/.

      F ________________________________________________________________________

4. one/ good/ things/ live/ neighbourhood/ that/ food/ cheap/.

      F ________________________________________________________________________

5. there/ be/ many/ new/ shop/ near/ here/ so/ streets/ busy/ day/.

      F ________________________________________________________________________

III. For each question, complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use the word in brackets. You may need to change the word. Write no more than THREE words.

1. Life is more convenient in the city centre  than in the suburbs.                      (less)

      F ________________________________________________________________________

2. Their neighbourhood is not as clean as my neighbourhood.                          (polluted)

      F ________________________________________________________________________

3.  There are more high-rise buildings in Shanghai than in Ha Noi.                  (modern)

      F ________________________________________________________________________

4. I like my neighbourhood most because other places  are not as peaceful.   (as)

      F ________________________________________________________________________

5. Cua Lo is closer to Ha Noi than Hue.                                                                  (far) 

      F ________________________________________________________________________

IV. Combine the two sentences using comparative adjective in brackets

1. The road systems in developed countries are much bettr than those in developing countries. (bad)

      F ________________________________________________________________________

2. A hotel room costs $20 a night. A guesthouse room costs $15 a night.       (cheap)

      F ________________________________________________________________________

3. Martin's house is $100,000. Henry's house is $150,000.                                 (expensive)

      F ________________________________________________________________________

4. This valley is about 300m deep. That valley is about 310m deep.              (deep)

      F ________________________________________________________________________

5. This square is about 7,500m². That square is about 7,000m².                       (big)

      F ________________________________________________________________________

6. Her mother is 37 years old. Her father is 38 years old.                                  (old)

      F ________________________________________________________________________

7. Our building has 33 floors. Their building has 15 floors.                             (tall)

      F ________________________________________________________________________

8. My house is 3km from school. His house is 5km from school.                    (far)

      F ________________________________________________________________________

V. Rewrite each sentence so that it is closest in meaning to the original one.

1. Hoa is taller than Chau.

      F Chau is _________________________________________________________________

2. The museum is bigger than the art gallery.

      F The Art gallery  __________________________________________________________

3. The market is older than the shopping centre.

      F The shopping centre _____________________________________________________

4. The food here is worse than my cooking.

      F My cooking _____________________________________________________________

5. My computer is newer than my mobile phone.

      F My mobile phone ________________________________________________________

6. A town house is more modern than a country house.

      F A country house _________________________________________________________

7. The streets in Ha Noi are noisier than those in Hoi An.

      F The streets in Hoi An _____________________________________________________

8. Could you show me the way to the post office?

      F Could you tell me how ___________________________________________________

9. The cathedral is in front of the art gallery.

      F The art gallery ___________________________________________________________

10. Is there a square in your neighbourhood?

      F Does your neighbourhood ________________________________________________

11. The Blue hotel is cheaper than the Green Hotel.

      F The Green Hotel _________________________________________________________

12. The square in Hoi An is smaller than the square in Ha Noi.

      F The square in Ha Noi  ____________________________________________________

13. Let's go out and have an ice-cream!

      F Shall ___________________________________________________________________

14. Can you tell us the way to the bus stop?

      F How ___________________________________________________________________

15. Our neighbourhood is quieter than your neighbourhood.

            F Your neighbourhood      

17.  Nam started working for that company four years ago.

Nam has ________________________________________.  

18.  Nam is fourteen years old and Tom is, too.

Nam is the same   _________________________

19.  “Don’t talk too much on class.” my father said.

My father told me_______________________________________

20.  No longer does he dream of becoming famous.

He used   ___________________________________________

Giúp zớiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii