Mark the letter A, B, C or D to show the word having different stress.

I. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to show the word having different stress. 

1.A. section 

B. biography 

C. thirteen 

D. possession 

2.A. emission 

B. convenient  

C. activity 

D. innovation 

3.A. .pollute 

B. typhoon  

C. logical 

D. career 

4.A. question 

B. guarantee 

C. education 

D. independence  

5.A. automatic  

B. independence  

C. occupation            

D. urbanization 

6.A. inspire  

B.  pollute                        

C. design  

D. section 

7.A. competition 

B. preservation 

C. reputation 

D. question 

8.A. adore 

B. detest 

C. nomad 

D. collect 

9.A. relax 

B. paddy 

C. pasture 

D. social 

10. A. significant   

B. minority 

C. complicated 

D. majority 

 

 

  II. Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 

1. a. vast b. cart c. craft d.paddy 

2. a. terraced b. satisfied c. hooked d. relaxed 

3. a. ethnic b. unique c. basic d. diverse 

4. a. worked b. watched c. relaxed d. crowded 

5. a. visited b. recommended c. wanted d. hoped 

6.  a. ethnic b. gather c. though d. clothing 

7.   a. laughed                  b. washed                      c. wached            d. listened 

8. a. develops                   b.   takes                       c. laughs            d. volumes 

9. a. phones                   b.  streets                        c. looks              d. cakes 

10. a. appeared 

          b. frightened 

            c. arrived 

        d. reduced 

11. a. ethnic 

          b. breathing 

            c. either 

        d. paths 

12. a. volunteer b. committee c. guarantee d. degree 

 13. a. populated b. loaded c. harvested d. lived 

  14. a. architect b. church c. childhood d. change 

15.  a. crafts                            b. streets.                   c. stamps.                       d. plays  

 

III. Circle the option that best completes the sentence. .  

1. Jack is sociable. He can (do/ take/ get/ make) friends easily.  

2. You can relax in the countryside. It’s so (peace/ peaceful/ peacefully/ more peaceful).  

3. He provided us (for/ about/ by/ with) a lot of useful information.  

4. Country folk are (more friendly/ less friendly/ most friendly/ as friendly) than city folk. I know every boy in my village.  

5. Life in a remote area is (harder than that/ hard than/ less hard as/ so hard as that) in a modern town.  

6. If you want to stay slim, you have to eat (more healthily/ healthy/ healthier/ as healthily).  

7. Of the twin sisters, Kim is (the most beautiful/ most beautifully/ the more beautiful/ most beautiful).  

8. It usually snows (heavier / more heavily / heavilier / less heavily) in the mountains than in the lowlands.  

9. I think life in the city is faster than (that / it / this / it is) in the countryside.  

 IV. Fill in each blank with the appropriate form of the word in brackets.  

  1. There is a (collect) ………………………………… of books on the shelf.  

2. It is very (convenience) …………………………………for people in remote areas to get to hospitals.  

3. Iceland is considered the most (peace) …………………………………country in the world.  

4. My parents want to live in the countryside when they get older because of its ………… life. (peace )  

5. Sometimes it is  (convenient)… ………… for people to travel in rural areas because there are not many different means of transport. 

 

  

 

V Put the verbs in the brackets into infinitive (V/to V) or gerund (V-ing). 

1. John dislikes (work)   in front of a computer all day. 

2. I’d like (visit)   the Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology this weekend 

3. I’d rather (make)  crafts than listen to music. 

4. Minh loves (help)   her parents with DIY projects. 

5. Quang hates (take)   the dog for a walk. 

6. We all adored (do)   aerobics when we were young. 

7. You should (play)   sports to keep fit. 

8. They don’t need (watch)   that programme if they don’t like it. 

9. Do you fancy (socialize)   with friends? 

10. My brother prefers (surf)   the Internet. 

 

VI.  Rewrite the sentences in such a way that they mean the same as the original sentences.   

1. Her old house is bigger than her new one.  

• Her new house is not ………………………………………………… 

2. Peter is the tallest boy in my class.  

• No one ………………………………………………………………… 

3. Phong was a quicker runner than his friends. (quickly)  

• Phong ran …………………………………………………………… 

4. Nam prefers staying at home to going out. (than)   

• Nam likes …………………………………………………………… 

5. This is the first time I have read such an interesting story.  

• This is the …….……………………………………………………...  

6. We leave early. We will arrive soon. 

• The ……………………………………………………………………