I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently.
1. a. Spanish b. habit c. Necessary d. satisfactory
2. a. mend b. semester c. Letter d. report
3. a. comment b. promise c. shop d. improve
4. a. meaning b. heart c. eat d. speak
5. a. across b. come c. excellent d. satisfactory
II. Multiple choices.
6. He tried to give up smoking but couldn't break the_______ .
a. hobby b. habit c. pastime d. favor
7. Our team won the game because we played very
a. good b. well c. Goody d. better
8. You_____ take the baby to the doctor.
a. should b. ought c. Need d. has to
9. The doctor______ he should take a few days off.
a. say b. said c. ask d. tell
10. He was more than a little proud _____ himself.
a. about b. to c. of d. for
11. The Chinese team ______ in the competition.
a. work very hard b. workedvery hard
c. work very hardly d. worked very hardly
12. James is very ill; he ______ to the hospital.
a. need to go b. needs to go c. need going d. needs going
13. His ______ towards me is very strange.
a. behave b. behavior c. behaved d. behaving
14. I was born in Vietnam; Vietnamese is my______ .
a. mother tongue b. first language
c. foreign language d. a & b
15. How do you______ your name?
a. pronunciation b. pronounce c. pronounced d. pronoun
III. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
Kenji and Ykari are new students in Peter's class. They are from Japan. They said they (16) _____ together, (17) ____ a week. They studied their textbook (18) _______ it has the grammar at the back. They learned the rules (19) _____ heart and then they wrote (20) ______ of sentences and examples, and practiced with conversations.
16. a. revised b. revision c. learned d. learning
17. a. once b. one c. two d. a & b
18. a. so b. so that c. because d. in order to
19. a. with b. by c. on d. in
20. a. lot b. lots c. many d. much