I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group. 1. A. special B. celebrate C. excited D. center 2. A. puppet B. funny C. schedule D. sunny 3. A. festivals B. weekends C. Mondays D. gifts 4. A. decorated B. watched C. worked D. stopped II. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs. 5. Mr Tung, our English teacher (be)____________________ late for lessons. A. is B. are C. am D. be 6. He (do) ______the shopping at the weekend. A. is B. do C. does D. dos 7. My sister (help)____________________ my mother with the housework. A. help B. helps C. is D. helping 8. I ( be)____________________ bored with the Maths lessons. A. is B. are C. am D. be 9. We ( watch)____________________ football on TV. A. watch B. watches C. are D. watching 10. Tony often (play)____________________ computer games with me. A. play B. is playing C. plays D. is