Phonetics and verb tense exercises

Phonetics and verb tense exercises
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced
differently.
1. A. eliminate B. elephant
C. endanger D. erosion
2. A. worked B. stopped C.
watched D. visited
3. A. peasant B. please C. reason
D. ease
4. A. waited B. mended C. invited
D. faced
5. A. traveled B. stared C. landed
D. fastened
6. A. occupation B. college C.
comfortable D. knowledge
7. A. determined B. researched C.
obtained D. harbored
8. A. mingling B. simplicity C.
variety D. difficulty
9. A. insect B. apes
C. seal D. whales
10. A. forest B. resort C.
reason D. visit
11. A. summary B. multiply C.
subtract D. instruction
12. A. brushed B. punched C.
pumped D. stimulated
13. A. mankind B. cancer C.
alcohol D. survival
14. A. humans B. dreams C. concerts
D. songs

15. A. communicat B. mistakes C.
complains D. develops
16. A. manages B. laughs C.
photographs D. makes
17. A. eight B. weight C. height
D. freight
18. A. contribute B. tiny C.
disaster D. investigate
19. A. nature B. native C. natural
D. nation
20. A. compete B. decide C. announce
D. necessary
21. A. different B. world C.
disaster D. practiced
22. A. of B. off C. profile
D. prefer
23. A. defeat B. dead C. leader
D. pleasing
24. A. involved B. offered C.
outnumbered D. helped
25. A. dishes B. oranges C.
experiences D. chores
26. A. romantic B. private C.
marriage D. attract
27. A. fills B. adds C. stirs
D. lets
28. A. clapped B. noted C.
deleted D. confided
29. A. furious B. butter C. culture
D. multiple

30. A. welfare B. effort C.
longevity D. secure
II. Choose the word which has different stress from the
others.
1. A. technical B. introduce C.
villager D. family
2. A. technology B. important C.
popularity D. impossible
3 A. borrow B. agree C. await
D. prepare
4 A. decide B. educate C.
supply D. provide
5 A. ocean B. divide C. modem
D. water
6 A. pacific B. satellite C.
century D. animal
7 A. organism B. investigate C.
diversity D. technology
8 A. entrapment B. gestation C.
population D. intelligent
9 A. shortage B. complete C.
release D. increase
10 A. destroy B. planet C. farmer
D. forest
11 A. destruction B. movement C.
important D. appearance
12 A. national B. establish C.
tropical D. interest
13 A. refusal B. acceptance C.
suitable D. minority

14 A. express B. classical C.
occasion D. emotion
15 A. popular B. different C.
integral D. expression
16 A. solemn B. express C.
succeed D. event
17 A. cartoon B. fiction C. fascinate
D. horror
18 A. voyage B. suppose C.
tragic D. iceberg
19 A. champion B. passionate C.
equipment D. tournament
20 A. international B. information C.
elimination D. competition
21 A. retire B. compete C.
announce D. happy
22 A. promote B. defeat C. hero
D. postpone
23 A. involve B. honor C. final
D. nation
24 A. historic B. national C.
unusual D. cathedral
25 A. population B. information C.
iternation D. Gellary
Part II- VERB TENSES
1. Columbus……………… (discover) America more than 400
years ago.
2. It……… (rain) very hard now.
3. The sun ……….…… (warm) the air and ……………… (give) us
light.

4. They…………… … (come) here a month ago.
5. Look! A man ……… ……… (run) after the train.
6. We ………………….(go) to the mountains last Sunday.
7. They ……………….(come) here in a month.
8. Albert Einstein ……………….(die) on 18, 1955.
9. I ………………….(have) lunch with Dong yesterday.
10. They …………… …….(not/ come) to see me since last
month
11. She ……………….(go) to school everyday.
12. Bad students never ……………….(work) hard.
13. It often …………… …….(rain) in the summer. It …………….……….
(rain) now.
14. The teacher……………… (point) at the board when I……………
(come) to class this morning.
15. Mother …(cook) some food in the kitchen at the
moment. She always …(cook) in the morning.
16. I……(meet) him on the the street yesterday. He said
he……………(just/be) back from Canada
17. Where ………. ……… (you/go) now? – I ……………….(go) to
the theater.
18. He ……………….(not do) morning exercises regularly.
19. How long………………………………………….(he/work) here?
20. Nam …………………… (buy) several records last week.
21. When I get back in 10 years, I’m sure, everything
here……………………………(change).
22. They ………………………… (finish) their dinner half an hour
before we came to see them.
23. Water ……………………….(boil) at 100 degrees centigrade.
24. The factory ……….……………….(begin) operation next year.
25. He ……………… … (meet) the dentist next week.

26. They …………………………… (usually/not go) to school by
motorbike.
27. He …………………………… (swim) overthere for two hours
now.
28. I …………………… (get) a special present on my last
birthday.
29. She ……………………….…… (tour) around Europe this time
next month.
30. They ………………….…… (not see) Mr. Thanh last night.
31. ………………………………….(Mr. Brown/listen) to music when
the light went out?
32. How often…………………………… ….(he/take) a bus to school?
33. He…(take) a taxi to the airport when suddenly he
realised that he…(leave) his passport at home. Luckily, he…
(turn) back to get it just in time for his flight.
34. Manh ……………………(play) soccer at this time tomorrow.
35. …………………………………(Minh/finish) his work by the time we
get home?
36. They often ……………………(visit) their parents on Saturday.
37. She ……………………….(study) in this class for eight months
up to now.
38. He ……………………(not be) at home now.
39. Hanh …….………………(not read) book at the moment.
40. Our teacher usually …… ………………(give) us many
exercises.
41. He often ……………………(catch) a train to work.
42. The cat ……………………(chase) the mouse for hours before
he was able to catch it.
43. They ……………………………(plant) trees overthere at the
moment.

44. My old friend, Manh ……………………(write) to me twice a
month.
45. What she says ……………………(be) true.
46. Mrs. Green always ……………(take) a bus to work. But
now he………………(drive) to work.
47. Look! The ball ……………………(fall) down.
48. He usually ……………………(water) the trees in the morning.
49. She ……………………(not listen) to the radio now.
50. The sun …………(rise) in the East and …………. (set) in the
West.
51. He ……………………(play) table tennis at the moment if he
didn’t have to work.
52. The man sitting next to me on the plane was vey
nervous. He…………………(never/fly) before
53. Look! The plane…………………….(fly) toward the airport.
It……………………… (land).
54. What ………….you ……………… (listen) on the radio now?
55. Listen! Someone ……………………(cry).
56. Kien and Tuyen ……………………(be) good friends since
they started high school.
57. She …………… ………(go) to work by bus tomorrow.
58. ……………………………(you/see) the doctor next week?
59. This time tomorrow Mai and Nam ……………………(go) to
the movie theater.
60. When you………………………… (take) your exams, we’ll go
on a holiday.