UNIT 2: SCHOOL TALKS

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. a. routine
b. literature
c. decisive
d. fifty

2. a. peasant
b. appeal
c. reason
d. teapot

3. a. exactly
b. immediately
c. pretty
d. become

4. a. typical
b. family
c. bicycle
d. cycling

5. a. bike
b. ideas
c. opinion
d. library

Stress:
6. a. conversation
b. entertainment
c. appropriate
d. information

7. a. narrow
b. language
c. traffic
d. correct


II. Choose the best answer.
1. At Noi Bai Airport, most of the planes ______on time.
a. go off
b. take off
c. start
d. serve

2. She studied very hard so that she would not _____the exam.
a. fell
b. failed
c. fall
d. fail

3. My teacher arrived after I _____for him ten minutes.
a. was waiting
b. have waited
c. had waited
d. waiting

4. This soup tastes __________.
a. deliciously
b. was delicious
c. delicious
d. is delicious

5. She _____ in the kitchen when I came.
a. is cooking
b. was cooking
c. cooked
d. cooks

6. ______ make up nearly 80% of Vietnam’s population.
a. Professors
b. Economists
c. Peasants
d. Doctors

7. Many people want to learn English _____ it is an international language.
a. so
b. that
c. while
d. because

8. Tom and ____ are going to the birthday party together.
a. I
b. me
c. my
d. mine

9. Do you want to go ____ a walk?
a. in
b. on
c. under
d. for

10. “Don’t the children go to school every day?” – “_______”
a. Yes, they go
b. Yes, they do
 c. They go
 d. Yes, they don’t go

11. What _____ now?
a. is the time
b. does the time
c. is time
d. is it

12. They go to school ____________foot.
a. at
b. on
c. in
d. by

13. There ______any sugar in the jar.
a. isn’t
b. aren’t
c. is
d. are

14. They _____ a party in the garden at the moment.
a. are having
b. were having
c. was having
d. had

15. I like ______best because I enjoy working with numbers.
a. literature
b. maths
c. biology
d. geography

16. Children have to ______ a lot of homework at home.
a. make
b. do
c. answer
d. explain

17. I am going to the _______ to borrow some books
a. bookshop
b. lab
c. cinema
d. library

18. If two people speak the same language, they usually have __attitudes and opinions.
a. similarity
b. similar
c. similarly
d. different

19. BIG C Market is always ________with shoppers.
a. interested
b. worried
c. disappointed
d. crowded

20. Lan always ______her bike to school.
a. rides
b. drives
c. travels
d. runs

21. What is the ________like today? – It’s very hot.
a. climate
b. weather
c. air
d. sky

22. Don’t worry _____me. I’ll be fine.
a. to
b. about
c. with
d. for

23. The main post office is not far ______ the library.
a. to
b. with
c. for
d. from

24. She is interested in teaching ______because she loves working with children.
a. professionally
b. professor
c. profession
d. professional

25. She was disappointed to fail in two of her four _______.
a. schools
b. classes
c. lessons
d. subjects

26. He tried to make his speech more __________.
a. entertain
b. entertained
c. entertainment
d. entertaining

27. Our coach was _____in a traffic jam and got to Heathrow forty minutes