TEST 1
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.
1. A. bought B. cough C. sight D. daughter
2. A. happy B. character C. fat D. classmate
3. A. smile B. thick C. fit D. visit
4. A. hot B. hat C. hour D. hall
5. A. last B. fast C. task D. taste
Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences.
6. I often play soccer _________Sunday afternoon.
A. in B. on C. at D. after
7. Graham Bell was born _________1847.
A. in B. on C. at D. during
8. Children are not old enough to look after_________.
A. yourselves B. itself C. themselves D. ourselves
9. My father was good at swimming. He used to _________swimming.
A. go B. goes C. went D. going
10. London is _________capital city in Europe.
A. large B. larger C. the largest D. most large
11. My sister likes _________to the pop music.
A. listen B. listening C. to listening D. for listening
12. Lee _________this town two years ago.
a. leaves b. is leaving C. left D. will leave
13. Many young people are fond _________playing football.
A. in B. on C. at D. of
14. No one else in the class plays the guitar _________Mark.
A. as far as B. as well as C. as soon as D. as well
15. His family has lived here _________1983.
A. since B. but C. in D. on
Supply the correct form of the verbs.
16. My uncle __________________________us since he moved to the new town. (not visit)
17. You should __________________________speaking English every day. (practice)

33. There are many towns in England.
34. There are not very long rivers.
35. In spring and summer, the fields and meadows are not light green or dark green.
36. The forests are not colorful.
Rewrite these sentences that have the same meanings as the first one.
37. “Turn off the TV when you are out”, she said to me.
 She told________________________________________________________________________________
38. My sister cooks well.
 My sister is______________________________________________________________________________
39. The meat is more expensive than the vegetables.
 The vegetables are________________________________________________________________________
40. I have never read a more interesting novel.
 This is_________________________________________________________________________________
TEST 2
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.
1. A. late B. half C. after D. hard
2. A. close B. no C. one D. so
3. A. reach B. teacher C. meat D. weather
Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
4. A. improve B. children C. shopping D. mountain
5. A. expensive B. geography C. assistant D. national
Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentence.
6. What do you have_____________lunch ?
A. to B. for C. in D. of
7. I’ll try my best_____________my English.
A improving B. improve C. improved D. to improve
8. He is not tall enough_____________the top of the shelf.
A. reach B. reaching C. reached D to. reach
9. They are going_____________their homework tonight.
A. to do B. doing C. do D. does

23. A. tongue B. words C. language D. writing
24. A. what B. who C. he D. which
25. A. French B. English C. Chinese D. Vietnamese
Arrange these words to make sentences.
26. homework/ the / to / students / ought / their / carefully /do/. /
_______________________________________________________________________________________
27. has / the chores / to / today / Mai / do / himself /. /
_______________________________________________________________________________________
28. clean/ the/ teacher/ me/ told/ to/ blackboard/the/./
_______________________________________________________________________________________
29. She / my class / is / enough / old / in/ not/ to be/./
_______________________________________________________________________________________
30. how/ English/ to/ me/ tell/ study/ you/ Could/?/
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Read the following passage and answer the questions.
Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He moved to Canada and then to the USA
in the 1870s. In America, he worked with deaf-mutes at Boston University. Soon, Bell started experimenting with
ways of transmitting speech over a long distance. This led to the invention of the telephone. Thomas Watson was
Bell's assistant. Bell and Watson introduced the telephone in 1876. Bell demonstrated his invention at a lot of
exhibitions. He died in 1922.
31. When and where was Alexander Graham Bell born?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
32. What did he do when he was at Boston University?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
33. Who was Thomas Watson?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
34. What did Bell and Watson do in 1876?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
35. How old was Bell when he died?
_______________________________________________________________________________________