Choose the word that is of the different topic (or part of speech) from the others.

Read the following passage and choose A, B, C or D to fill in each blank.

          Thomas Edison was one of the (3) ______ inventors of the world. He was responsible for more than one thousand (4) _____ including the electric light bulb and the record player. He also created the world’s first industrial research laboratory. Edison was born in 1847 in Ohio, USA. When he was 10 years old, he set up a small laboratory after he (5) _____ a science book his mother showed him. In 1869, he borrowed some money and began to make inventions. In 1876 he built a new laboratory so that he could spend all his time inventing. He planned to turn out minor inventions every ten days and “big trick” every six months. He developed many devices that brought great (6) _____ to people’s life. He once said that the value of an idea lay in the using of it. Edison died in 1931, after having a remarkably productive life.

Most people (leave) _____ before the volcano erupted.

“What are the essential conditions for human life?”

Choose the word that is of the different topic (or part of speech) from the others.

Air _____, together with littering, is causing many problems in our cities today. (pollute)

People have sent food and medical supplies to the victims of the hurricane.

Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

_____ books in the future (be) _____ similar to the books we have today?

There are a lot of _____ differences in our country. (culture)

Write sentences with the cues given.

Nick said that/ he want/ stay/ Viet Nam longer.

“Reading books on science is one of my favorite daily activities.”

The earthquake / happen/ midday/ while/ many people/ have lunch.