Phonetics and verb tense exercises
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced
differently.
1. A. eliminate B. elephant
C. endanger D. erosion
2. A. worked B. stopped C.
watched D. visited
3. A. peasant B. please C. reason
D. ease
4. A. waited B. mended C. invited
D. faced
5. A. traveled B. stared C. landed
D. fastened
6. A. occupation B. college C.
comfortable D. knowledge
7. A. determined B. researched C.
obtained D. harbored
8. A. mingling B. simplicity C.
variety D. difficulty
9. A. insect B. apes
C. seal D. whales
10. A. forest B. resort C.
reason D. visit
11. A. summary B. multiply C.
subtract D. instruction
12. A. brushed B. punched C.
pumped D. stimulated
13. A. mankind B. cancer C.
alcohol D. survival
14. A. humans B. dreams C. concerts
D. songs

30. A. welfare B. effort C.
longevity D. secure
II. Choose the word which has different stress from the
others.
1. A. technical B. introduce C.
villager D. family
2. A. technology B. important C.
popularity D. impossible
3 A. borrow B. agree C. await
D. prepare
4 A. decide B. educate C.
supply D. provide
5 A. ocean B. divide C. modem
D. water
6 A. pacific B. satellite C.
century D. animal
7 A. organism B. investigate C.
diversity D. technology
8 A. entrapment B. gestation C.
population D. intelligent
9 A. shortage B. complete C.
release D. increase
10 A. destroy B. planet C. farmer
D. forest
11 A. destruction B. movement C.
important D. appearance
12 A. national B. establish C.
tropical D. interest
13 A. refusal B. acceptance C.
suitable D. minority

4. They…………… … (come) here a month ago.
5. Look! A man ……… ……… (run) after the train.
6. We ………………….(go) to the mountains last Sunday.
7. They ……………….(come) here in a month.
8. Albert Einstein ……………….(die) on 18, 1955.
9. I ………………….(have) lunch with Dong yesterday.
10. They …………… …….(not/ come) to see me since last
month
11. She ……………….(go) to school everyday.
12. Bad students never ……………….(work) hard.
13. It often …………… …….(rain) in the summer. It …………….……….
(rain) now.
14. The teacher……………… (point) at the board when I……………
(come) to class this morning.
15. Mother …(cook) some food in the kitchen at the
moment. She always …(cook) in the morning.
16. I……(meet) him on the the street yesterday. He said
he……………(just/be) back from Canada
17. Where ………. ……… (you/go) now? – I ……………….(go) to
the theater.
18. He ……………….(not do) morning exercises regularly.
19. How long………………………………………….(he/work) here?
20. Nam …………………… (buy) several records last week.
21. When I get back in 10 years, I’m sure, everything
here……………………………(change).
22. They ………………………… (finish) their dinner half an hour
before we came to see them.
23. Water ……………………….(boil) at 100 degrees centigrade.
24. The factory ……….……………….(begin) operation next year.
25. He ……………… … (meet) the dentist next week.

44. My old friend, Manh ……………………(write) to me twice a
month.
45. What she says ……………………(be) true.
46. Mrs. Green always ……………(take) a bus to work. But
now he………………(drive) to work.
47. Look! The ball ……………………(fall) down.
48. He usually ……………………(water) the trees in the morning.
49. She ……………………(not listen) to the radio now.
50. The sun …………(rise) in the East and …………. (set) in the
West.
51. He ……………………(play) table tennis at the moment if he
didn’t have to work.
52. The man sitting next to me on the plane was vey
nervous. He…………………(never/fly) before
53. Look! The plane…………………….(fly) toward the airport.
It……………………… (land).
54. What ………….you ……………… (listen) on the radio now?
55. Listen! Someone ……………………(cry).
56. Kien and Tuyen ……………………(be) good friends since
they started high school.
57. She …………… ………(go) to work by bus tomorrow.
58. ……………………………(you/see) the doctor next week?
59. This time tomorrow Mai and Nam ……………………(go) to
the movie theater.
60. When you………………………… (take) your exams, we’ll go
on a holiday.