Practice SVIP

Read these sentences and find the main stress of the bold words.

1. In some Asian countries, money is given to the newly-married couple as a wedding present.

2. Two clubs in the neighborhood present jazz on Thursdays.

3. There has been a steady decrease in the number of visitors.

4. The country's total exports decreased by 6% in 2009.

Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.

Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.

Choose the correct answer.

For a cleaner and greener community, everyone should _______ the amount of trash and take care of our environment.

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Luckily, I got some _______ advice on how to make a presentation on "For a better community" from my teacher.

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Mahatma Gandhi fought for the rights of coloured people in general and the Indians ________.

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Most of the students in that special school are making good progress, but Michael is a ________ case.

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- Thank you very much for helping the disadvantaged children here!

- _________.

Choose the correct answers to complete these sentences.

1. While Tom taught/ was teaching English to poor children in Phnom Penh last year, he knew/ was knowing a lot about Cambodian culture.

2. Volunteers played/ were playing games and were engaging/ engaged in activities with disadvantaged children while they were working/ worked for the center.

3. My mother was classifying/ classified old clothes while my father prepared/ was preparing the food packages for the next voluntary trip.

Read the text and complete with the words below.

Student-run food bank to feed needy people

A group of students in Ha Noi leftovers from restaurants to supply meals to needy people in their "Ha Noi Enough" project while several customers so much food there. Some people worried about the quality of the food preprocessed from leftovers while the volunteers them. Therefore, project members photographs as a proof of quality while they the food to the poor. Project leaders more restaurants to help them save food when they were developing their project. While the “Ha Noi Enough” project more reputation, volunteers also were hosting several social activities, including "Warm winter and Tet enough" and "Save Food, Save the Earth".

Rearrange these words to make a complete sentence.

• to being
• You'd better
• a volunteer
• on a regular basis.
• make
• a commitment

Rearrange these words to make a complete sentence.

• generous businessmen
• have made
• valuable contributions
• A lot of
• to helping
• needy people.

Rearrange these words to make a complete sentence.

• in a volunteer project,
• you are able to
• When you
• get involved
• put your knowledge
• into practice.

Form the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following sentence.

It is meaningful to save some pocket money for charity work.

Form the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following sentence.

Our children are interested in giving away their old books to needy people.

Form the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following sentence.

When we eventually arrived at the party, all the food had been eaten.