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UNIT 3: A PARTY

Practice 1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others.
1. A. birthday B. although C. together D. clothing
2. A. hear B. swear C. near D. clear
3. A. push B. sugar C. put D. butter
4. A. popular B. stronger C. comfortable D. problem
5. A. birthday B. thinner C. weather D. month
6. A. holiday B. honest C. handicapped D. handsome
7. A. energy B. anniversary C. wrong D. animal
8. A. candle B. cake C. decorate D. celebration
9. A. adult B. candle C. talk D. flower
10. A. honey B. healthy C. honest D. happy
11. A. weeks B. shoes C. parties D. thousands
12. A. smiled B. played C. continued D. helped

Practice 2. Pick out the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others.
1. A. delivery B. application C. relation D. delight
2. A. supporter B. tendency C. different D. difficult
3. A. selfish B. protect C. uniform D. idol
4. A. loyalty B. memory C. worker D. expensive
5. A. celebration B. helicopter C. international D. disadvantage
6. A. anniversary B. enthusiasm C. equality D. investigate
7. A. refreshment B. apartment C. embarrass D. confidence
8. A. dangerous B. operate C. vocabulary D. present
9. A. invitation B. anniversary C. marriage D. celebration
10. A. finish B. prefer C. invite D. enjoy
11. A. organize B. decorate C. divorce D. promise
12. A. party B. birthday C. happy D. activity

Practice 3. Fill each gap in the sentence with one word from the box.
wedding relationship guests lemonade displayed
helicopter presents golden milestone candles
1. displayed
The Christmas tree was ______________ in the corner of the sitting room.
2. lemonade
Whenever I feel tired, I often have a glass of ______________.
3. They celebrated ______________
golden anniversary after 50 years living together.
4. What’s the ______________
relationship between you and her?
5. Marriage is an important ______________
milestone in human life.
6. After singing “Happy birthday” song, Susan blows out the ______________
candles on the cake.
7. helicopter
He was rushed to hospital by ______________.
8. We will attend our teacher’s ______________
wedding next week.
9. guests
Mr. Green invited lots of special ______________ for the important meeting.
10. People often send and give ______________
presents on some special holidays.

Practice 4. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to fill in each blank.

1. Jane is going to go abroad next month and she's having a ________ party on Sunday.
A. birthday B. farewell C. wedding D. anniversary
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2. They're having a party in _______ of his 84 birthday.
A. ceremony B. honor C. memory D. celebration
3. Rosa and Luis are happy to be ________ for their golden anniversary.
A. about B. around C. together D. thorough
4. ________ from Bill, all the students said they would go to the party.
A. Apart B. Only C. Except D. Separate
5. ______ is all that most human beings are looking for.

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A. Happiness B. Happy C. Happily D. Unhappy

6. He tried his best to make his birthday party more ______.
A. enjoyed B. enjoying C. enjoyment D. enjoyable
7. When they get together, all they talk _______ is football.
A. to B. with C. about D. on
8. We tried to make a _______ of our situation, but it wasn't funny.
A. joke B. trick C. tension D. risk
9. They held a concert to mark the _______ of Mozart's death.
A. occasion B. anniversary C. situation D. remembrance
10. When they finished singing, Lisa _______ the candles on the cake.
A. turned off B. blew out C. cleared up D. brought out

Practice 5. Give the correct form of the words.

1. Are you going to Helen’s ___________________
birthday party next week? (birth)
interesting
2. The movie was so ___________________ that everybody liked it. (interest)
3. They receive good _____________
education from their parents. (educate)
4. I was ___________________
extremely excited to go to the hat shop. (extreme)
5. You need to ___________________
sympathize with people, especially the poor. (sympathetic)
6. We’re having a small family ___________________
gathering to mark our wedding anniversary. (gather)
7. The food was good but the ___________________
service was very slow. (serve)
8. The interior ________________
decoration of the house was designed by the owner himself. (decorate)
9. Her ___________________
marriage did not last long and she had to live on her own again. (marry)
10. They talked ___________________
quietly so as not to wake the baby. (quiet)

Practice 6. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to fill in each blank.

1. We have to treat any member of the staff _________.
A. equal B. equally C. equalize D. equalities
2. The _________ of the games is the duty of one of the teachers.
A. organizer B. organizing C. organization D. organized
3. Many Vietnamese ladies get _________ to foreigners not because of true love.
A. marry B. married C. marrying D. marriage
4. The news was greeted with _________ by people at the meeting.
A. enthusiasm B. enthusiastic C. enthusiastically D. enthusiast
5. People bring this _________ card along with you to the party.
A. invite B. inviting C. invitingly D. invitation
6. At the end of the year, at midnight, the Vietnamese _________ their New Year’s Eve.
A. celebrate B. celebration C. celebrating D. celebrates
7. The crow waved _________ as the car approached.
A. excited B. exciting C. excitedly D. excitingly
8. The long sleep had _________ her mind and body.
A. refreshed B. refreshing C. refreshment D. refresher
9. Uncle Ho read the _________ of Independence at Ba Dinh Square.
A. declare B. declarable C. declaration D. declared
10. The weather will be better with _________ showers.
A. occasioned B. occasioning C. occasionally D. occasional
11. The postman _________ the letters twice a day.
A. delivering B. delivers C. deliverance D. deliverable
12. There is a tendency to choose young and qualified _________.
A. apply B. application C. applicable D. applicants

Practice 7. Complete each of the sentences with an appropriate preposition in the box.

1. We are having a big party _________

for our parents on their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
2. It's Jane's farewell party _________
on Friday night.
3. He blew _________
out all 60 candles _________
on his birthday cake.
4. We don't know what to give Dad _________ at Christmas.
5. People usually give cards and gifts _________
to the anniversary couple.
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6. If you carry _________ spending money like that, you'll end _________ in debt.
7. We've invited all the neighbors _________
to our party.
8. He bought her a diamond ring _________
on their tenth wedding anniversary.
9. The whole family showed _________
up for our anniversary celebration.
10. There are some games _________
at the party. Would you join _________
in enthusiastically?

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