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. . Phonetics and verb tense exercises I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. 1 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 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