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Exercises 1 : Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on you answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the

rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
1. A. produce B. product C. actress D. dentist
2. A. pollute B. supply C. provide D. healthy
3. A. compare B. single C. include D. consult
4. A. prepare B. section C. problem D. reason
5. A. admit B. account C. conquer D. decree
6. A. politician B. genetics C. artificial D. controversial
7. A. president B. opponent C. assistant D. companion
8. A. fantastic B. powerful C. sensitive D. personal
9. A. intentional B. optimistic C. environment D. participant
10. A. exciting B. impolite C. attention D. attractive
A. Choose the best answers to the following questions.
3. The Vietnamese ----------hard-working and brave.
A. is B. are C. be D. being
4. A good deal of money ------------- spent on the books.
A. have B. has C. have been D. has been
5. The manager or his secretary ------------ to give you an interview.
A. is B. are C. were D. have
6. Mary is one of the girls who-------------often late for school.
A. is B. are C. comes D. get
7. Two hours -------------- not long enough for this rest.
A. have B. has C. is D. are
8. Ninety percent of the work -------------- been done.
9. The police _________ the robber.
A. were arrested B. has arrested C. have arrested D. was arresting
10. The cattle __________ in the field.
A. is grazing B. grazes C. has grazed D. are grazing
A. is B. are C. has D. have
11. The news ------------- bad last night.
A. were B. was C. has D. has been
12. Three-fifths of the police-------------in the school near the town.
A. has trained B. have trained C. has been trained D. have been trained
13. ------------ not only you but also he going to Japan?
A. Are B. Is C. Were D. Was
14. All the books on the shelf ----------------to me.
A. belong B. belongs C. belonging D. is belonging
15. The trousers you bought for me ------------ me.
A. don’t fit B. doesn’t fit C. fits D. fit not
16. Mumps _________ usually caught by children.
A. are B. was C. is D. were
17. The United States _________ between Canada and Mexico.
A. lying B. lies C. lain D. lie
18. Physics_________ us understand the natural laws.
A. helps B. help C. have helped D. helped
1. Students stopped________noise when the teacher came in.
A. make B. to make C. making D. made
2. She couldn’t bear________ tears when she saw the film “Romeo and Juliet”.
A. shed B. to shed C. shedding D. sheds
3. Ann likes________ but she hates________ up.
A. cook/washing B. to cook/wash C. cooking/washed D. cooking/washing
4. I’d expected________ weight on when I gave up smoking, but I didn’t.
A. to put B. putting C. to putting D. put
5. I enjoy________to classical music.
A. listening B. to listen C. listens D. listen
6. I really regret________ your feeling when I asked you such a silly question.
A. hurt B. to hurt C. hurting D. hurts
7. He’ll try …………..the same mistake again.
A. not make B. to not make C. not making D. not to make
8. Would you mind…………… me a newspaper?
A. buy B. to buy C. buying D. bought
9. Would you like the next dance with me?
A. to have B. having C. has D. had
10. It is no use - no one ever gets out of here.
A. trying to escape B. to try to escape C. trying escaping D. to try escaping
11. Did you remember________Ann? - Oh, no. I completely forgot it.
A. phone B. to phone C. phoning D. phoned
12. Does the city government intend________anything about pollution?
A. do B. to do C. doing D.did
13. Those shirts need________but you needn’t________them now.
A. iron/iron B. to iron/to iron C. ironing/iron D. ironed/to iron
14. They finished________and then they wanted________out for pleasure.
A. learn/to go B. to learn/go C. learnt/goes D. learning/to go
15. I hope________that tiring work again.
A. not do B. not to do C. not doing D. to not do
16. They postponed________an Element School for the lack of finance.
A. built B. to build C. building D. builds
17. It’s no use________him. He never allows anybody________him advice.
A. advise/give B. to advise/to give C. advising/giving D. advising/to give
18. Are his ideas worth________to?
A. listen B. to listen C. listening D. listened
19. He always avoids________me in the streets.
A. meet B. to meet C. met D. meeting
20. My parents decided________a taxi because it was late.
A. take B. to take C. taking D. took

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