Choose a word that has different stress pattern:
modern            rural                      filthy                  transform
A. modern           
B.  rural                    
C.   filthy                 
D.  transform

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
His father is planning to ___________ up a business for him. 
A. build 
B. set
C. take
D. fix

Choose a word that has different stress pattern:
apricot                   January                  Thanksgiving                    necessary
A. apricot                   
B. January                  
C. Thanksgiving                    
D. necessary

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
John ______________ his first piece of music when he was ten years old.
 
A. writes                 
B. wrote                   
C. written                
D. was writing

Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it:
It was this time yesterday that Tom was being operated on in Bach Mai hospital.
A. was
B. this time yesterday
C. was being operated
D. on

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
It was not warm enough for us to take a leisurely walk.
A. It got warmer so we took a leisurely walk.
B. Thanks to warm weather, we took a leisurely walk.
C. We would have taken a leisurely walk if it had been warmer.
D. The warmth prevented us from taking a leisurely walk.

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
behaved             coughed              missed              looked
A. behaved             
B. coughed              
C. missed              
D. looked

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
This problem is beyond my understanding.
A. I could not understand this problem.
B. My understanding of this problem is clear.
C.  I can understand this problem thoroughly.
D. I cannot understand this problem.

Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of the sentence and correct it:
Do you think that the rewards of the volunteer work can enormous?
A. Do you think that
B. the rewards
C. of the volunteer work
D. can enormous

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
She invited us to her birthday party last week.
A. It is us that was invited to her birthday party last week.
B. It was us that was invited to her birthday party last week.
C. It were we that were invited to her birthday party last week.
D. It was we that were invited to her birthday party last week.