UNIT 5: ILLITERACY

PRONUNCIATION
I. Circle the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from those of the other three.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
A. partner
A. dishes
A. chemist
A. pain
A. casual
B. parent
B. watches
B. ache
B. afraid
B. usually
C. far
C. boxes
C. chest
C. certainly
C. occasion
D. market
D. potatoes
D. school
D. fail
D. comprehension

II. Circle the word whose stress is on the first syllable.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
A. summary
A. thematic
A. moustache
A. innocent
A. charity
B. vacation
B. mountainous
B. hostess
B. pharmacy
B. gratitude
C. victory
C. library
C. spirit
C. existence
C. maximum
D. advent
D. legacy
D. healthy
D. pianist
D. expectant

VOCABULARY
Choose the best answer that is suitable for each blank or the underlined word or phrase.
11. Do you think she can _______________ a promise?
A. keep B. tell
C. do D. preserve
12. Lucy found the missing dog. She was given $100 as a ___________.
A. profit B. reward
C. benefit D. bonus
13. Just think, __________________ two years’ time, we’ll be 18!
A. under B. after
C. over D. in
14. I’ll give them a call – they should be back home _____________ now.
A. for B. by
C. until D. from
15. The Rolling Stone have __________ pleasure to millions of fans for more than 40 years.
A. made B. put
C. given D. done
16. The greatest ____________ in my life is to become a successful actor.
A. ambition B. goal
C. plan D. intention
17. Did you read about the diet that’s ____________ in fat?
A. big B. rich
C. high D. full
18. Could you please ________________ an eye on the kids for a minute?
A. put B. have
C. keep D. take
19. Peter ___________ second in the competition for the best short story.
A. got B. took
C. came D. did
20. Will you _____________ me company while I wait for the train?
A. give B. take
C. have D. keep
GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
Choose the best word or phrase to complete each sentence.
21. She asked me ______________ the door.
A. to close B. closing
C. close D. closed
22. The teacher told Ann _____________________ so loud.
A. not talk B. not talking
C. talk D. not to talk
23. She asked him what his name ______________.
A. is B. are
C. was D. were
24. I ________________ the driver I wanted to stop.
A. told B. telling
C. to tell D. tells
25. Ann ______________ that she would wait at the bus stop.
A. say B. said
C. saying D. to say
26. “I’m Vietnamese.”
( He says he ___________ Vietnamese.
A. was B. are
C. is D. has been
27. “How old are you?”
( They asked her _____________.
A. how old she was B. how old I was
C. how old she is D. how old I am.
28. “Where does Peter live?”
( I asked him where