Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. Read the words aloud.

1. A. dear                              B. fear                         C. hear                                    D. heart

2. A. stupid                           B. studio                     C. study                       D. student

3. A. brother                        B. thick                        C. they                         D. that

4. A machine                        B. parachute              C. champagne            D. cheer

5. A. doctor                          B. hospital                  C. pollution                 D. tomorrow

6. A. cough                           B. laugh                      C. enough                   D. high

7. A. collect                           B. clean                       C. city                          D. cracker

8. A. pottery                         B. melody                   C. modal                     D. profit

9. A. near                              B. clear                       C. dear                                    D. learn

10. A. knocked                       B. needed                   C. founded                  D. wanted

Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. Read the words aloud.

1. A. apple                           B. fragrant                   C. fragile                     D. traffic

2. A. bitter                           B. delicious                  C. diet                         D. music

3. A. pepper                        B. vegetarian               C. shelter                    D. pen

4. A. food                             B. tooth                        C. noodles                  D. flood

5. A. sunburn                      B. tuna                          C. tutor                       D. unusual

6. A. looked                         B. stopped                    C. carried                   D. watched

7. A. bath                             B. father                       C. theater                   D. health

8. A. study                           B. success                     C. surprise                 D. sugar

9. A. children                       B. charity                      C. charm                     D. champagne

10. A. danger                         B. angry                        C. language                D. passage

11. A. traffic                           B. pavement                 C. plane                      D. station

12. A. recycle                         B. vehicle                      C. helicopter              D. reverse

13. A. railway                        B. mail                          C. sail                          D. captain

14. A. sign                              B. mistake                    C. triangle                  D. drive

15. A. nearest                        B. head                         C. bread                     D. health

16. A. new                              B. sew                         C. few                         D. knew

17. A. noon                             B. tool                         C. blood                      D. spoon

18. A. plays                             B. looks                       C. wants                     D. helps

19. A. decided                                    B. played                    C. listened                  D. enjoyed

20. A. feed                              B. heat                                    C. meat                       D. pleasure

II. Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.
1. A. skill B. house-keeping C. tense D. decision
2. A. advice B. decision C. delighted D. helpline
3. A. study B. adulthood C. columnist D. frustrated
4. A. concentrate B. self-aware C. stressed D. tense
5. A. embarrassed B. depressed C. helpline D. empathise
6. A. embarrass B. missing C. classmate D. pressure
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. The word in brackets at the end of each of the following sentences can be used to form a word that fits
suitably in the blank.
1. They were brought up to behave in a way in public. (CIVILIZATION)
2. Many people limit their to the sun because their skin burns very easily. (EXPOSE)
3. Helen was worried about her test, and she didn’t sleep well. She was very tired after a night.
(SLEEP)
4. The price of the book is 10 dollar, including and packing. (POST)
5. How are you getting on with your course in French. (CORRESPOND)
6. It is for beginning students to make mistakes in English. (AVOID)
7. The of the trains and buses causes frustration and annoyance. (FREQUENT)
8. This issue is very . Don’t discuss it outside the group. (CONFIDENCE)
9. Do you know what the of the river is? (DEEP)
10. He was born blind, but despite this he still managed to become one of the top pop singers of
his generation. (ABLE)

I.         Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.

1.  A. artic   B. occasion     C. face             D. behave

2.  A. event B. vendor        C. collect         D. gap

3.  A. dogsled          B. post             C. preserve      D. strict

Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. 

1. A. concentration B. question C. attraction D. emotion

2. A. artisan B. heritage C. machine D. handicraft

3. A. exchange B. expect C. extreme D. exist

Choose the word which has different stress pattern from the others

4. A. encourage B. understand C. overcome D. volunteer

5. A. independent B. adolescence C. recognition D. affordable

6. A. emotion B.  artisan C. frustration D. forbidden

I.   Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.

1.  A. stage       B. package      C. village         D. manage

2.  A. seaside    B. license         C. combine      D. police

3.  A. agreed    B. liked           C. missed        D. watched

II.   Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest

1.  A. business B. origin          C. apartment   D. visitor

2.  A. liberty     B. national       C. convenient D. holiday

I.   Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.

1.  A. stage       B. package      C. village         D. manage

2.  A. seaside    B. license         C. combine      D. police

3.  A. agreed    B. liked           C. missed        D. watched

II.   Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest

1.  A. business B. origin          C. apartment   D. visitor

2.  A. liberty     B. national       C. convenient D. holiday

V. Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.

1. A. campus B. practice C. language D. favorite

2. A. qualify B. scenery C. grocery D. academy

3. A. speak B. need C. heart D. read

4. A. practiced B. learned C. asked D. watched

5. A. school B. scholarship C. chemistry D. children

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

1. A. office B. fluency C. accent D. official

2. A. language B. translate C. speaker D. imitate

3. A. variety B. derivative C. establish D. dialect

4. A. provide B. bilingual C. immersion D. rusty

5. A. simplicity B. American C. obedient D. flexible

Exercise 1:Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.

1.  A. listened​B. stayed​C. opened​D. wanted

2. A. frustrated ​           B. relaxed ​C. embarrassed     D. depressed

3. A. multicultural​ B. conduct​C. stuck​D. fabulous

4.  A. writes​ B. makes​C. takes​D. drives

5.  A. ethic​           B. thanks​C. these​D. birthday

6. A. humor                     B. history      ​C. hour   ​D. hobby

7. A. clothes ​          B. matches​C. colleges​ D. churches

8. A. option                       B. information​C. question​ D. invitation

9.A. yacht​                      B. chapter​          C. manage​           D. panel

10.A. example​            B. feed​C. ink​ D. inhumane