Exercises 1 :

Phát âm đuôi –s/es

1. A. nations B. speakers C. languages D. minds
2. A. proofs B. looks C. lends D. stops
3. A. dates B. bags C. photographs D. speaks
4. A. parents B. brothers C. weekends D. feelings
5. A. chores B. dishes C. houses D. coaches
6. A. works B. shops C. shifts D. plays
7. A. coughs B. sings C. stops D. sleeps
8. A. signs B. profits C. becomes D. survives
9. A. proofs B. books C. points D. days
10. A. phones B. streets C. books D. makes
11. A. proofs B. regions C. lifts D. rocks
12. A. involves B. believes C. suggests D. steals
13. A. remembers B. cooks C. walls D. pyramids
14. A. miles B. words C. accidents D. names
15. A. sports B. plays C. chores D. minds
16. A. walks B. steps C. shuts D. plays
17. A. wishes B. practices C. introduces D. leaves
18. A. grasses B. stretches C. comprises D. potatoes
19. A. desks B. maps C. plants D. chairs
20. A. pens B. books C. phones D. tables
21. A. dips B. deserts C. books D. camels
22. A. knees B. peas C. trees D. niece
23. A. cups B. stamps C. books D. pens
24. A. houses B. faces C. hates D. places
25. A. miles B. attends C. drifts D. glows
26. A. mends B. develops C. values D. equals
27. A. repeats B. classmates C. amuses D. attacks
28. A. humans B. dreams C. concerts D. songs
29. A. manages B. laughs C. photographs D. makes
30. A. dishes B. oranges C. experiences D. chores
31. A. helps B. laughs C. cooks D. finds
32. A. neighbors B. friends C. relatives D. photographs
33. A. snacks B. follows C. titles D. writers
34. A. streets B. phones C. books D. makes
35. A. cities B. satellites C. series D. workers
36. A. develops B. takes C. laughs D. volumes
37. A. fills B. adds C. stirs D. lets
38. A. wants B. books C. stops D. sends
39. A. books B. dogs C. cats D. maps
40. A. biscuits B. magazines C. newspapers D. vegetables
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41. A. lifted B. lasted C. happened D. decided
42. A. believed B. prepared C. involved D. liked
43. A. coughed B. phoned C. booked D. stopped
44. A. talked B. looked C. naked D. worked
45. A. developed B. ignored C. laughed D. washed
46. A. phoned B. stated C. mended D. old-aged
47. A. clapped B. attracted C. lifted D. needed
48. A. involved B. believed C. praised D. locked
49. A. remembered B. cooked C. raised D. cleaned
50. A. smiled B. regarded C. suggested D. naked
51. A. collected B. changed C. formed D. viewed
52. A. walked B. entertained C. reached D. looked
53. A. watched B. stopped C. pushed D. improved
54. A. admired B. looked C. missed D. hoped
55. A. proved B. changed C. pointed D. played
56. A. helped B. laughed C. cooked D. intended
57. A. smoked B. followed C. titled D. implied
58. A. failed B. reached C. absorbed D. solved
59. A. invited B. attended C. celebrated D. displayed
60. A. smiled B. denied C. divorced D. agreed
61. A. planned B. developed C. valued D. recognized
62. A. approved B. answered C. passed D. uttered
63. A. doubted B. wedded C. connected D. passed
64. A. managed B. laughed C. captured D. signed
65. A. washed B. exchanged C. experienced D. mixed
66. A. filled B. added C. started D. intended
67. A. removed B. washed C. hoped D. missed
68. A. looked B. laughed C. moved D. stepped
69. A. wanted B. parked C. stopped D. watched
70. A. laughed B. passed C. suggested D. placed
71. A. reversed B. choked C. played D. sentenced
72. A. minded B. hated C. exchanged D. old-aged
73. A. proved B. looked C. stopped D. coughed
74. A. dated B. changed C. struggled D. agreed
75. A. scaled B. stared C. phoned D. hundred
76. A. behaved B. washed C. clicked D. approached
77. A. worked B. shopped C. missed D. displayed
78. A. wanted B. booked C. stopped D. laughed
79. A. booked B. watched C. jogged D. developed
80. A. kneeled B. bowed C. implied D. compressed
81. A. bottled B. explained C. trapped D. betrayed
82. A. laughed B. stamped C. booked D. contented
83. A. coughed B. cooked C. melted D. mixed
84. A. signed B. profited C. attracted D. naked
85. A. walked B. hundred C. fixed D. coughed
86. A. watched B. practiced C. introduced D. cleaned
87. A. passed B. stretched C. comprised D. washed
88. A. tested B. clapped C. planted D. demanded
89. A. intended B. engaged C. phoned D. enabled
90. A. married B. sniffed C. booked D. coughed
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91. A. unlike B. university C. unit D. union
92. A. sister B. close C. houses D. house
93. A. father B. anything C. another D. although
94. A. feeling B. weekend C. reading D. ready
95. A. secure B. future C. mature D. culture
96. A. banquet B. sacrifice C. ambulance D. husband
97. A. polite B. idea C. police D. oblige
98. A. family B. father C. happy D. frankly
99. A. hospital B. confidence C. biologist D. home
100. A. night B. children C. shift D. quit
101. A. mother B. brother C. although D. enough
102. A. prepare B. caring C. repair D. farther
103. A. leave B. week C. live D. police
104. A. pollute B. busy C. solution D. conclusion
105. A. chores B. children C. mischievous D. school
106. A. sacrifice B. determine C. involve D. different
107. A. attitude B. wisdom C. determine D. unwise
108. A. of B. leaf C. family D. confide
109. A. hand B. demand C. happy D. hat
110. A. house B. thousand C. young D. mouth
111. A. equal B. arrest C. reject D. envelope
112. A. culture B. under C. conduct D. bushes
113. A. change B. teacher C. school D. each
114. A. good B. groom C. school D. roof
115. A. thin B. think C. many D. under
116. A. how B. shower C. now D. below
117. A. great B. feature C. leaf D. lead
118. A. symbol B. physical C. apply D. ceremony
119. A. wedding B. exchange C. guest D. ancestor
120. A. guest B. grateful C. groom D. generation
121. A. work B. supportive C. nurse D. further
122. A. house B. around C. cousin D. announce
123. A. breakfast B. ready C. spread D. head
124. A. most B. cost C. post D. host
125. A. woman B. push C. pull D. women
126. A. close-knit B. well-known C. quickly D. kneel
127. A. hands B. parents C. takes D. hopes
128. A. prizes B. since C. spirit D. conical
129. A. bribe B. child C. children D. wife
130. A. some B. women C. love D. money
Exercises 2 : Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined
part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
1. A. valentine B. imagine C. discipline D. determine
2. A. crop B. common C. household D. bodily
3. A. merchant B. sergeant C. mermaid D. commercial
4. A. obstacle B. obscure C. obsession D. oblivious
5. A. failed B. reached C. absorbed D. solved
6. A. develops B. takes C. laughs D. volumes
7. A. species B. invent C. medicine D. tennis
8. A. advanced B. established C. preferred D. stopped
9. A. exact B. examine C. eleven D. elephant
10. A. final B. writer C. ivory D. window
11. A. passed B. managed C. cleared D. threatened
12. A. ejects B. defends C. advocates D. breaths
13. A. produced B. believed C. stopped D. laughed
14. A. alien B. alloy C. alley D. anthem
15. A. affected B. looked C. decreased D. washed
16. A. missed B. worked C. realized D. watched
17. A. need B. speech C. see D. career
18. A. loved B. appeared C. agreed D. coughed
19. A. pagoda B. integral C. against D. aquatic
20. A. imagines B. bikes C. cultures D. involves
21. A. office B. practice C. service D. device
22. A. finished B. cooked C. attended D. laughed
23. A. number B. future C. furious D. amuse
24. A. concerned B. candied C. travelled D. dried
25. A. speaks B. speeds C. graphs D. beliefs
26. A. dune B. hummock C. shrub D. buffalo
27. A. increased B. pleased C. replaced D. fixed
28. A. looks B. knows C. helps D. sits
29. A. linked B. declared C. finished D. developed
30. A. heat B. beat C. meant D. easy
31. A. sports B. thanks C. games D. enthusiasts
32. A. sacrificed B. trusted C. recorded D. acted
33. A. cooks B. loves C. joins D. spends
34. A. interviewed B. performed C. finished D. delivered
35. A. misses B. goes C. leaves D. potatoes
36. A. removed B. approved C. reminded D. relieved
37. A. young B. plough C. couple D. cousin
38. A. confine B. conceal C. convention D. concentrate
39. A. isolated B. climate C. island D. automobile
40. A. river B. rival C. native D. driven
41. A. heavy B. head C. weather D. heat
42. A. processed B. infested C. balanced D. reached
43. A. food B. shoot C. book D. boot
44. A. amount B. country C. counter D. around
45. A. apologize B. agree C. algebra D. aggressive
46. A. likes B. tightens C. heaps D. coughs
47. A. building B. suitable C. suit D. recruitment
48. A. create B. creature C. easy D. increase
49. A. needed B. played C. rained D. followed
50. A. ploughs B. photographs C. gas D. laughs
51. A. broad B. load C. road D. boat
52. A. acronym B. agency C. became D. aviation
53. A. account B. amount C. mourning D. trout
54. A. sound B. touchy C. outdated D. account
55. A. fungus B. rubbish C. function D. furious
56. A. contain B. entertain C. certain D. campaign
57. A. measure B. pleasure C. threat D. treat
58. A. south B. southern C. scout D. drought
59. A. dome B. comb C. home D. tomb
60. A. accountant B. country C. count D. fountain
61. A. clubs B. books C. hats D. stamps
62. A. advance B. ancient C. cancer D. annual
63. A. canoeing B. penalty C. rival D. tsunami
64. A. increase B. meant C. flea D. lease
65. A. goalie B. archive C. signal D. advertisement
66. A. bury B. hurt C. turn D. excursion
67. A. book B. foot C. brook D. booth
68. A. punctual B. rubbish C. thunder D. furious
69. A. sound B. touch C. down D. account
70. A. clerk B. reserve C. deserve D. herb
71. A. spark B. share C. park D. smart
72. A. hasty B. nasty C. wastage D. tasty
73. A. neigh B. height C. weigh D. vein
74. A. butter B. gum C. butcher D. summer
75. A. hall B. salt C. drawn D. roll
76. A. lost B. post C. loan D. pole
77. A. adopted B. appealed C. dedicated D. wounded
78. A. mile B. militant C. smile D. kind
79. A. peace B. great C. treat D. meat
80. A. sailor B. tailor C. naivety D. painter