Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

Question 1:

• a. orphanage

• b. fax

• c. assistant
• d. machine

Question 2:

• a. planet
• b. electrical

• c. grocery

• d. socket

Question 3: 

• a. volunteer

• b. customer
• c. rug
• d. introduction

Question 4: 

• a. couch

• b. ought

• c. outgoing
• d. mountain

Question 5: 

• a. exhibition

• b. humor
• c. helpful
• d. household

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

Question 6: The sun ___ in the East.

• a. rise
• b. rose

• c. rises

• d. rising

Question 7: ‘Which girl is Celia?' ‘She’s the one with ___.'

• a. long curly black hair

• b. curly long black hair
• c. long black curly hair
• d. curly black long hair

Question 8: Tom is very shy but his sister is outgoing.

• a. humorous
• b. reserved
• c. hard-working

• d. sociable

Question 9: She shouldn’t get married yet; she ____.

• a. is not old enough

• b. was not old enough
• c. is not enough old
• d. was not enough old

Question 10: No, you can’t go on holiday by yourself! You aren’t ___!

• a. very old
• b. too old

• c. old enough

• d. enough old

Question 11: She was a very ____ child.

• a. health

• b. healthy

• c. healthily
• d. healthiness

Question 12: Would you like ____ a cartoon with us tonight?

• a. to watch

• b. watch
• c. watching
• d. watches

Question 13: What is your favorite ___________ activity?

• a. cultural

• b. leisure

• c. hooked
• d. addicted

Question 14: The show is _____ for us to see.

• a. enough interesting
• b. very interesting

• c. interesting enough

• d. interesting

Question 15: I detest ___________ with weird people.

• a. communicating

• b. relaxing
• c. joining
• d. minding

Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.

Question 16: Once when I was ten, I used to get sick and went to the hospital.

• a. was

• b. used to get

• c. went
• d. the

Question 17: Mike doesn’t go to the cinema with us last Saturday.

• a. doesn't go

• b. the
• c. with
• d. us

Question 18: I would like to go away on holiday but I don’t have money enough.

• a. would like
• b. on
• c. but

• d. money enough

Question 19: He lives on 26 Tran Phu Street in Ha Noi with his family.

• a. lives 

• b. on

• c. in
• d. with

Question 20: Every morning I spend about an hour to read the newspaper.

• a. Every
• b. spend

• c. to read

• d. the

Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.

Dear Juan,

Hello! I’m your new pen friend. My name is Helen. That’s my first name. My (Question 21)___ is Jones.

I’m from Cardiff, in Wales. I’m fifteen years (Question 22) __.

The name of my school is the Central Cardiff Comprehensive. I am in Year 8. There (Question 23) ___ twenty-seven students (Question 24) ___ my class.

My (Question 25) ___ singer is Justin Timberlake. Who is your favorite?

Best wishes,

Helen

This is a (Question 26) __ of me!

Question 21:

• a. second name
• b. nickname
• c. middle named

• d. family name

Question 22:

• a. age
• b. ages

• c. old

• d. ago

Question 23:

• a. is

• b. are

• c. was
• d. were

Question 24:

• a. in

• b. at
• c. on
• d. of

Question 25:

• a. favorite

• b. interesting
• c. pleased
• d. bes

Question 26:

• a. photo
• b. photograph
• c. book

• d. a & b are correct

Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.

My name’s Ellen and my husband’s name is Peter. We've got three children - two sons and a daughter. Our sons’ names are Ian and Ben. They're twins, but they aren’t identical. Ian’s got dark hair, but Ben’s hair is fair. Our daughter’s name is Tracy. She’s eight years old. The boys are four.

Question 27: How many people are there in Ellen’s family?

• a. 3
• b. 4
• c. 5
• d. 6

Question 28: What does the word ‘twins’ in line 1 mean?

• a. one of two children who were born at the same time to the same mother

• b. the child of somebody’s aunt or uncle
• c. a girl or woman who is somebody’s child
• d. a boy or man who is somebody’s child

Question 29: How old is Ben?

• a. He’s four years old.

• b. He’s eight years old.
• c. He’s two years old.
• d. no information

Question 30: What’s Ellen’s daughter’s name?

• a. Ian
• b. Ben

• c. Tracy

• d. Peter

Question 31: Which of the following is NOT true?

• a. Ellen’s husband’s name is Peter.
• b. Tracy is eight years old.
• c. Ian and Ben are twins.

• d. Ian’s got black hair and Ben’s hair is blond.