I.

Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that
of the others in each group.
1. A. ideal B. item C. idiom D. identical
2. A. valentine B. imagine C. magazine D. discipline
3. A. knowledge B. flower C. coward D. shower
4. A. community B. common C. command D. complete
5. A. famine B. determine C. miner D. examine
6. A. played B. washed C. passed D. watched
7. A. market B. depart C. card D. scare
8. A. towel B. down C. window D. flower
9. A. food B. cook C. too D. pool
10. A. character B. Christmas C. church D. chemistry

11. A. object B. robot C. photo D. postcard

12. A. dead B. ahead C. ready D. break
13. A. loved B. missed C. watched D. washed
14. A. tasty B. small C. stadium D. change
15. A. much B. summer C. ruler D. just
16. A. high B. site C. this D. high
17. A. agreed B. helped C. listened D. cleaned
18. A. heat B. meat C. great D. seat
19. A. hall B. all C. ball D. land
20. A. thank B. the C. there D. this

21. A. gymnastic B. refugee C. journalist D. graduation

22. A. symbolize B. continent C. introduce D. Japanese
23. A. tropical B. property C. performance D. volcanic
24. A. happened B. attacked C. rescued D. damaged
25. A. earthquake B. theatre C. breathing D. healthy
26. A. wharf B. place C. volcano D. plane
27. A. fisherman B. ticket C. prisoner D. over
28. A. hotel B. postcard C. shore D. cold
29. A. included B. called C. phoned D. arrived
30. A. much B. teacher C. beach D. brochure
II. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
1. Carlos is going to be famous one day. He _____________in three movies already.
A. appears B. is appearing C. appeared D. has appeared
2. My mum doesn't mind _____________ me from school every day.
A. pick up B. picking up C. picks up D. to pick up

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3. There is no more cheese. I _____________ it all, I'm afraid.
A. eat B. am eating C. has eaten D. have eaten
4. It'll soon get warm in here. I _____________ the heating on
A. have turned B. has turned C. have turning D. has turning
5. Using computers too much may have harmful effects _____________ your minds
and bodies.
A. at B. on C. in D. with

6. Her French was excellent, without a trace of a/an _____________.

A. sound B. voice C. accent D. tone
7. Sandra has become a style _____________ for the fashion world particularly,
A. icon B. image C. item D. category
8. She _____________ in Hanoi for 2 years.
A. lives B. is living C. have lived D. has lived
9. How _____________ your sister _____________ to school every day?
A. is - going B. has - gone C. do – go D. does – go
10. At present they _____________ to New York.
A. traveling B. are travelling C. travelled D. to travel
11. My father _____________ some flowers in the garden.
A. waters B. has watered C. is watering D. water
12. I’ll come home _____________ 8.30 and 9.20.
A. between B. from C. with D. at
13. Vietnamese people are always proud _____________ their traditions and
customs.
A. on B. in C. of D. at
14. Many visitors _____________ to Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum every day.
A. come B. comes C. is coming D. has come
15. I'm trying to fit everything into my busy _____________.
A. missions B. schedule C. program D. tasks

16. I _____________ Paul today, but I saw him last Sunday.

A. will not see B. will not be seeing
C. have not seen D. has not seen
17. We have never _____________ another country before.
A. visit B. visited C. visiting D. visitor
18. At present, he _____________ a piece of music.
A. is composing B. has composed C. will compose D. composed
19. I have never _____________ such a good novel before
A. to read B. reads C. reading C. reading

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20. Nowadays, viewers can watch a variety of local and international programs
_____________ TV.
A. on B. in C. at D. of
21. We _____________ a party tomorrow.
A. have B. are having C. have had D. were having

22. Danish _____________ to Japan next month.

A. go B. goes C. are going D. is going
23. The train _____________ at 7.30 tomorrow morning.
A. leave B. leaving C. leaves D. leave
24. I have got tour details here. We _____________ 4 days in Beijing.
A. to spend B. spends C. spending D. spend
25. The capital city of Canada is _____________.
A. Ottawa B. Montreal C. Vancouver D. Hamilton

26. The match takes place _____________ Saturday afternoon this week.
A. at B. on C. in D. of
27. He's living in Hanoi. He _____________ there since 2010.
A. lives B. is living C. has lived D. lived
28. They have been an English teacher _____________ many years.
A. for B. since C. in D. on
29. It rain a lot _____________ July.
A. at B. of C. in D. on
30. The official language in Australia is _____________.
A. Italian B. Greek C. Chinese D. English
31. I find it hard to understand that foreigner because of his _____________.
A. voice B. sound C. accent D. volume
32. Kangaroos and _____________are the iconic animals of Australia.
A. beaver B. koala C. eagle D. cheetah
33. Coming to New Zealand, you will be surprised by its many___________ views.
A. breath-taking B. taking-breath C. breath-take D. take-breath
34.The Statue of Liberty in Upper New York Bay of America _____________the
freedom.
A. presents B. shows C. symbolizes D. reveals
35.Singapore is an ideal destination for worldwide visitors because of its many
_____________.
A. tour attractions B. attraction tours
C. attractive tours D. tourist attractions

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36.Some beauty spots in this city _____________reconstructed to attract more
visitors.
A. has been B. have been C. will have D. will been
37.The Louvre Museum _____________from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day except
Tuesday and Wednesday.
A. opens B. open C. will open D. will be open
38.They _____________to New York to join the Fashion show next week.
A. will fly B. will be flying C. flies D.fly
39.This annual festival _____________at the end of the March.
A. will hold B. will be held C. holds D. is held
40. I _____________Sydney Harbour twice, so this time I think I _____________to a
different place.
A. have visited - will go B. have visited - will be going
C. visited - will go D. visited - will be going
41. She can’t come to the phone now because she _____________ tomorrow’s test.
A. studies B. is studying
C. has studied D. has been studying
42. They must be at the sports ground now. They usually _____________ basketball
on Fridays.
A. play B. are playing
C. have played D. have been playing
43. I _____________ my work already. I’m ready to go for a walk with you.
A. finish B. am finishing
C. have finished D. have been finishing
44. I _____________ breakfast right now. Can you call a tittle later?
A. cook B. am cooking
C. have cooked D. have been cooking
45. I _____________this book. Can I borrow it for a week or so?
A. don’t read B. am not reading
C. haven’t read D. haven’t been reading

46. Maria is good at languages. She _____________ French, Spanish and German.
A. speaks B. is speaking
C. has spoken D. has been speaking
47. So far, he _____________ five stories for children.
A. writes B. is writing
C. has written D. has writing
48. We _____________ for their answer for two months already
A. wait B. are waiting

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C. have been waited D. have been waiting
49. She _____________ since Monday.
A. is sick B. is being sick
C. has been sick D. has been being sick
50. She _____________ since noon. Should we wake her up?
A. sleeps B. is sleeping
C. has been sleep D. has been sleeping
III. Put the verbs into the correct forms.
1. The bus for the excursion to the farm (leave) __________at 8.30 a.m. tomorrow.
2. We (visit) _____________Edinburgh twice, but we (visit) _____________ it
again in 2018.
3. The educational campaign about recycling (take place) _____________at 9.30
a.m. in front of the local stadium.
4. There is no need to hurry. The concert (last) _____________2 hours and we will
still have a plenty of time to enjoy it.
5. Great! I (win) _____________a trip to Singapore.

6. Remember to lake an umbrella with you when travelling to London. You know it
always (rain)_____________ in England.
7. Mr. Brown (write) _____________ three poems about his motherland.
8. Look! That man (run) ___________ after the bus. He (want) _________ to catch it.
9. My brother (not/ play) _____________ any match since last month.
10. Lucia (swim) _____________ very well, but she (not run) _____________ very fast.

11. Sorry I can't help you. I (not know)_____________where they keep their
document.
12. I can't talk on the phone now. I (drive) _____________home.
13. Is this the first time she (lose) _____________ her job?
14. She rarely (come) _____________ to see her parents because she is very busy.
15. Oh, No! Somebody (take) _____________ my car.

16. Mark (have) _____________ lunch with his friends in a Chinese restaurant.
17. Carlos got his bike last June. So, he (have) _____________ it for 6 months.
18. All members in my family often (have) _____________breakfast late.
19. They (clean)_____________ their car. It looks new again.
20. She (lose) _____________ the keys, so she can't open the door.
IV. Finish each of the following sentences so that its meaning stays the same.
1. The last time I went to Ho Chi Minh City was ten years ago.
→ It has been _______________________________________________________

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2. This is the most interesting novel I have ever read.
→ I have ___________________________________________________________
3. This is the first time I have been to Bangkok.
→ I haven't _________________________________________________________
4. I started learning English 10 years ago
→ I have ___________________________________________________________
5. It has been ages since I last saw him.
→ I have ___________________________________________________________