Question

[Linh Đoàn]

I. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is placed differently.

1. a. confusion                   b. magician                        c. important                   d. otherwise

2. a. performance             b. nevertheless                 c. however                     d. procession 

3. a. preserve                    b. fortune                            c. ritual                           d. lantern 

4. a. reunion                       b. bamboo                          c. festival                       d. display

5. a. participate                b. politician                        c. communicate            d. commemorate

 II. Choose the underlined word or phrase A, B, C or D that needs correcting.

1. The ritual is made in order to thank the Sun Goddess for the rice harvest.

2. I found it very excited to take part in the spring festival of Bai Dinh pagoda.

3. I like both the green or the blue T-shirt, but I don't have enough money to buy two T-shirts.

4. Your marks in English are low although you don't study hard enough.

5. Which festival do you like much, Huowng Pagoda or Hung Temple?

6. We follow a custom to buy lanterns and moon cakes at Mid-Autumm Festival.

7. Before Tet, Vietnamese people are busy cleaning and decorating their houses and they cook trditional foods 

8. Until recently, people talk to each other instead of relying on texting and e-mail to communicate with their peers.

9. She was offered the prestigious job, however she turned it down because she did not want to move to Texas

10. It started to rain hardly while we were playing some folk games at the festival.

Answer 1

[Lê Trang]

I. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is placed differently.

1. a. confusion                   b. magician                        c. important                   d. otherwise

2. a. performance             b. nevertheless                 c. however                     d. procession 

3. a. preserve                    b. fortune                            c. ritual                           d. lantern 

4. a. reunion                       b. bamboo                          c. festival                       d. display

5. a. participate                b. politician                        c. communicate            d. commemorate

 II. Choose the underlined word or phrase A, B, C or D that needs correcting.

1. The ritual is made -> performed in order to thank the Sun Goddess for the rice harvest.

2. I found it very excited -> exciting to take part in the spring festival of Bai Dinh pagoda.

3. I like both the green or -> and the blue T-shirt, but I don't have enough money to buy two T-shirts.

4. Your marks in English are low although -> because you don't study hard enough.

5. Which festival do you like much -> more, Huowng Pagoda or Hung Temple?

6. We follow -> are following a custom to buy lanterns and moon cakes at Mid-Autumm Festival.

7. Before Tet, Vietnamese people are busy cleaning and decorating their houses and they cook -> cooking trditional foods 

8. Until recently, people talk -> have talked to each other instead of relying on texting and e-mail to communicate with their peers.

9. She was offered the prestigious job, however -> but she turned it down because she did not want to move to Texas

10. It started to rain hardly while we were playing some folk games at the -> in the festival.