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Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1. A. good                B. cool                C. foot                D. cook

2. June                    B. rude                C. truth               D. put

3. A. village              B. buffalo            C. cottage           D. shortage

4. ensure                  B. insure            C. picture             D. surely 

5. A. avoid                B. doing              C. choice             D. join

Choose the correct answer A, B, or C.

1. Mi is _________ gardening in her free time.

A. in                     B. into                       C.to

2. Mai is interested _________ building websites for her friends.

A. of                    B. with                       C. in

3. Minh is not fond of _________ puzzles because he thinks it takes a lot of time.

A. making            B. doing                    C. building

4. I'm not keen on _________ our class photos to the forum.

A. uploading          B. surfing                 C. messaging

5. While I was _________ some websites, I saw an advertisement about a resort.

A. creating             B. browsing             C. uploading

Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

1. People in my village are very _________ to all visitors.

2. Parents in our village don’t put much _________ on their children to do well at school.

3. In my school, we can _________ on study and play, and do not have to worry about bullies.

4. The best _________ player in our chess club will not be able to join the competition.

5. If a boy uses his strength to frighten weaker peers, he is a _________.

Choose the correct answer A, B, or C.

1. Mai dislikes _________ her pictures to Facebook. She prefers not to show them to others.

A. to upload                                B. uploading                       C. upload

2. We enjoy _________ photos of different types of scenery, so we took a camera with us.

A. taking                                      B. to take                            C. take

3. She did the puzzles _________ than I did, so I won the competition.

A. slowly                                       B. slower                          C. more slowly

4. Tom worked _________ than Mi; therefore, he got better results in the exams.

A. hardly                                     B. harder                          C. more hard

5. Now they all chat with each other _________ than before because they have smartphones.

A. more frequently                      B. frequent                       C. frequently

Underline the correct bold word in each sentence.

1. Minh is interested in painting, so / but yesterday he decided to join the arts and crafts club.

2. Life in the city seems to be more comfortable, otherwise / but I prefer life in the countryside.

3. She tries to focus more on her studies; therefore / otherwise, she won't pass her exams.

4. During harvest time, farmers have to get up earlier, and / so they have to work harder.

5. Parents now have higher expectations of their children; therefore / so, children are under more pressure than before.