ENGLISH PRACTICE 1

I/ Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other
three in the following questions
1. A. looked B. watched C. carried D. stopped
2. A. study B. success C. surprise D. sugar
3. A. unite B. underline C. university D. uniform
4. A. danger B. angry C. language D. passage
5. A. character B. children C. teacher D. change
II/ Chooose the word whose stress patteren is different from the other three in the
following questions
1. A. realize B. improve C. possible D. comfortable
2. A. important B. especially C. prefer D. influence
3. A. general B. opinion C. abroad D. surprise
4. A. comfort B. nation C. apply D. moment
5. A. medical B. advise C. vegetables D. physical
III/ Choose the best answer to fill in the blank
1. Are you interested...........playing badminton after class?
A. in B. with C. on D. for
2. " What.........going to Hanoi tomorrow? "
A. to B. in C. about D. for
3. Hoa works very..........so she always gets good marks.
A. badly B. good C. hardly D. hard
4. The building was built .........1962 and 1969.
A. between B. from C. since D. for
5. This school..........in 1997
A. built B. is built C. was built D. has built
6. Of all my friends, Hoa is.............
A. the tallest B. the most tallest C. taller D. more taller
7. Would you mind if I……………a photo ?
A. take B. took C. would take D.
am going to take
8. Last week I ……………my children to the biggest zoo in town.
A. got B. brought C. fetch D. took
9. Are you proud…………….your country and its tradition ?
A. about B. on C. of D. for
10. Do you collect stamps or other things ? - Yes, I am a stamp………….
A. collecting B. collector C. collect D. collection
11. It is very dangerous ………….. in the polluted environment.
A. to live B. lives C. living D. live
12. Our ………….. resources are limited so we should recycle all used things.
A. nature B. natural C. naturing D. naturally
13. His car is the same color …………. my uncle’s.
A. alike B. as C. like D. to
14. This ruler …………….. of plastic.
A. make B. made C. is making D. is made
15. I take part ………….. most youth activities of my school.
A. in B. of C. on D. at
IV/ Write the correct form of verb to fill in the brackets
Nowadays, a lot of important inventions (1- carry out) by scientists (2- work) for large
industrial firms. However, there (3 – be) still opportunities for other people (4 – invent)
various things. In Britain, there is a weekly TV program which (5 – attempt) to show all the
devices which people (6 – invent ) recently. The people (7 – organize) the program receive
information about 700 inventions per year. New ideas can (8 – develop) by private
inventors. However, it is important (9 – consider) these questions : Will it work? Will it (10 –
want)? Is it new?
1. _are carried out 6. __have invented_____
2._working__ 7. ___organizing______
3. _are___ 8. ____be developed_______
4. _to invent_____ 9. ____to consider____
5. __attempts___ 10. ___be wanted____
V/ Write the correct preposition to fill in the blank.
1. Could I help you __WITH_ your bag?
2. Na got up late this morning because her alarm clock didn’t go _OFF____ .
3. I’m looking forward _TO_ seeing you in June.
4. In the competition, everyone fell __INTO___ the deep and dangerous water.
5. Ha Long Bay is recognized ____BY_ UNESCO as a World Heritage Site
6. They have a meeting ___BETWEEN__ 6.30 and 9.30.
7. My mother often picks me ___UP_ from the school.
8. I’m going to invite my friends to come over _FOR____ dinner tonight.
9. Next summer, my family will have a vacation _IN__ Thailand and stay there __FOR__
one week.
VI/ Write the correct form of word to fill in the blank
1. We have two postal _____DELEVERIES_____ a day. (DELIVER)
2. He left the room without ___EXPLAINATION____ . (EXPLAIN)
3. Playing tennis is one of his favorite ___ACTIVITES__ . (ACT)
4. We started our trip on a beautiful ____SUNNY__ morning. (SUN)
5. They left the house in a ___FRIGHTENING_ mess. (FRIGHT)
6. He said “ Good morning” in a most ___FRIENDLY___ way. (FRIEND)
7. There is no easy ___SOLUTION____ to this problem. (SOLVE)
8. He always drives more ___CAREFULLY__ at night. (CARE)
9. Does this ___ARRANGEMENT__ suit you? (ARRANGE)
10. He is a very ____SKILLFUL___ carpenter. (SKILL)
VII/Underline the incorrect word and correct it as example
Example: 0. I haven’t saw you for two month 0/ seen

Nam is a student. This year he had a very interested summer 1/ INTERESTING

holiday. He traveled, with him classmates, to a mountainous area 2/ __HIS__
in Hoa Binh province. They gone there to help make a road 3/ __WENT_
through a forest among two villages. “ It was very difficult 4/ __BETWEEN
because there had no water to drink and no shops where we 5/ __WAS___
could bought food,”said Nam. “ It was very cold and wet 6/ ___BUY___
in the mountains. It is one of the wetter places in the country.” 7/ ___WETTEST
Nam stayed in the mountains since six weeks. It was hard work, 8/ _FOR
But he says it was the best thing he has ever did. He is hoping 9/ __DONE_
to return next year to do any more work there 10/ _SOME___
VIII/ Write the suitable word to fill in the blank
Learning a language is, in some way, like (1) __LEARN____ how to fly or play the
piano. There (2) ___ARE__ important differences, but there is a very important similarity. It
is this: learning how to do such things needs lots (3) __OF___ practice. It is never simply
to “know” something. You must be able to “do” things with what (4) YOU___ know. For
example, it is not enough simply to read a book on (5) __HOW____ to fly an aeroplane. A
(6) __BOOK__ can give you lots of information about how to fly, but if only read a book
and then try to (7) __FLY__ without a great deal of practice first, you will crash and kill (8)
_YOURSELF___ . The same is true of (9) PLAYING___ the piano. So you think it is
enough simply to read about it? Can you play the piano without having lots of (10)
___PRACTICE___ first?
IX/ Rewrite the sentence, using the word given
1. Minh does morning exercises regularly. He wants to be healthy ( so as to )
Minh does morning exercises regularly so as to be healthy.
2. I’m learning English. I want to read book in English. (in order to)
I’m learning English in order to read book in English.
3. She said nothing . She didn’t want to make him angry (so as to)
She said nothing so as not to want to make him angry.
4.The man was taken to the local hospital. He was injured in the accident. (past participle)
The man injured in the accident was taken to the local hospital to the local hospital
5. The musician is internationally famous. He appeared in the concert last night. (present
participle)
The musician appearing in the concert last night is internationally famous.
X/ Rewrite the sentence without changing the meaning
1. Keeping the environment clean is very important.
- It’s very important to keep the environment clean.
2. They will show the time machine to the public when they finish it.
- The time machine will be shown to the public when they finish it.
3. He was delighted to receive his aunt’s letter.
- He was delighted that his aunt sent him a letter.
4. Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals.
- People recycle old care tires to make shoes and sandals.
5. I’m very sad that I wasn’t accepted in that group.
- I’m very sad not to be accepted in that group.
6. It’s three years since I last spoke to her.
- I haven’t spoken to her for 3 years.
7. Tam doesn’t type as fast as she used to.
- Tam used to type faster than she does now.
8. “ Please turn down the radio for me”, said my father.
- My father asked me to turn down the radio for him.
9. Lan will be fifteen next week.
- It is Lan’s fifteenth birthday next week.
10. How long is it since you used the pen?
- When did you the pen?
XI/ Rearrange the word to make the meaningful sentence
1. stamps / a child / Minh / since / collected / was / has / he.
- Minh has collected stamps since he was a child.
2. tomorrow / can / not / we / somewhere / I / so / working / go / am.
- I’m not working tomorrow so we can go somewhere.
3. back / in / months / England / going / two / are / to / they.
- They are going back to England in two months.
4. information / entertainment / also / is / TV / only / but / not / bringing .
- TV is not only bringing information but also entertainment.
5. struggle / on / always / nature / home / life / at / is / the farm / with / a.
- At home on a farm life is always a struggle with nature.