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    The document contains an exercise to help learners practice pronunciation and stress in English words. It consists of 7 sections with multiple choice questions identifying words pronounced or stressed differently from the others. The exercises focus on correct pronunciation of individual sounds, syllables, and word stress within sentences.

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    The document contains an exercise to help learners practice pronunciation and stress in English words. It consists of 7 sections with multiple choice questions identifying words pronounced or stressed differently from the others. The exercises focus on correct pronunciation of individual sounds, syllables, and word stress within sentences.

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    The document contains an exercise to help learners practice pronunciation and stress in English words. It consists of 7 sections with multiple choice questions identifying words pronounced or stressed differently from the others. The exercises focus on correct pronunciation of individual sounds, syllables, and word stress within sentences.

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    EXERCISE: PRONUNCIATION & STRESS

    A
    Exercise 1: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others’ in each
    line.

    1. A. decline B. body C. gradual D. dependent

    2. A. statue B. departure C. suggestion D. content

    3. A. finger B. sniff C. offspring D. of

    4. A. crumble B. ceramic C. cover D. economy

    5. A. earthen B. smooth C. without D. though

    6. A. plough B. enough C. gragh D. coughing

    7. A. access B. account C. accident D. success

    8. A. charity B. checkup C. chimpanzee D. character

    9. A. suggest B. gesture C. guest D. gymnastics

    10. A. delicate B. diploma C. folk D. liver

    Exercise 2: Choose the word whose underlined part is from the others’ in each line pronounced
    differently

    1. A. slope B. category C. leftovers D. social

    2. A. insult B. vulnerable C. drug D. cactus

    3. A. factor B. sword C. absorb D. fork

    4. A. epidemic B. pretend C. eject D. hesitate

    5. A. concern B. pattern C. vertical D. insert

    6. A. solved B. stylized C. survived D. stretched

    7. A. marital B. irritate C. tension D. soften


    8. A. ginger B. gangster C. gossip D. goggles

    9. A. arithmetic B. threaten C. thereby D. therapy

    10. A. searches B. edges C. measures D. cadges

    Exercise 3: Choose the word whose underlined part is from the others’ in each line pronounced
    differently

    1. A. thrifty B. profitable C. punctual D. political

    2. A. naked B. passed C. attacked D. fixed

    3. A. genius B. preserved C. reaffirm D. illegal

    4. A. procedure B. during C. eradicate D. desert

    5. A. declares B. inherits C. corresponds D. covers

    6. A. habitat B. household C. rhinoceros D. heritage

    7. A. great B. steak C. breakout D. breakfast

    8. A. huge B. curriculum C. introduce D. commune

    9. A. encourage B. ploughing C. doubtful D. astound

    10. A. mow B. bowler C. sow D. vow

    Exercise 4: Choose the word whose underlined part is from the others’ in each line pronounced
    differently

    1. A. hoped B. laughed C. marked D. smiled

    2. A. watched B. washed C. stopped D. earned

    3. A. books B. roofs C. woods D. boots

    4. A. excite B. wish C. smile D. ripe

    5. A. bicycle B. style C. type D. cycle

    6. A. watched B. stopped C. cleaned D. worked


    7. A. their B. thank C. that D. they

    8. A. house B. home C. holiday D. hour

    9. A. nice B. drive C. advise D. live

    10. A. dangerous B. play C. paper D. garden

    11. A. shops B. notes C. calls D. walks

    12. A. changed B. learned C. laughed D. played

    13. A. chair B. chin C. chemical D. check

    14. A. too B. food C. soon D. good

    15. A. that B. three C. thank D. think

    16. A. allows B. bets C. pours D. tells

    17. A. cheap B. lunch C. machine D. armchair

    18. A. added B. boasted C. closed D. tented

    19. A. that B. this C. think D. mother

    20. A. would B. south C. count D. mouth

    21. A. claimed B. walked C. laughed D. helped

    22. A. character B. christmas C. chemistry D. change

    23. A. ghost B. honest C. home D. hour

    24. A. stays B. plays C. lays D. says

    25. A. boxes B. washes C. watches D. goes


    B
    Exercise 5: Choose the word A, B, C, or D that has different stress pattern from the others in each line.

    1. A. industry B. memory C. ambiguous D. advertise

    2. A. tunnel B. nightmare C. retain D. thesis

    3. A. rainfall B. inquire C. confide D. machine

    4. A. tableland B. artistic C. contribute D. substantial

    5. A. colony B. maintaining C. maintenance D. credible

    6. A. priority B. endangerment C. relationship D. enthusiast

    7. A. address B. include C. imply D. common

    8. A. urbanization B. environmental C. communication D. unexpectedly

    9. A. computation B. unemployment C. desirable D. satisfaction

    10. A. associate B. influential C. accountancy D. variety

    Exercise 6: Choose the word A, B, C, or D that has different stress pattern from the others in each line.

    1. A. committee B. internal C. involvement D. margarine

    2. A. negative B. pioneer C. interchange D. understand

    3. A. relax B. wonder C. problem D. special

    4. A. imagine B. confidence C. appearance D. discussion

    5. A. sleepy B. trophy C. facial D. exact

    6. A. original B. responsible C. reasonable D. comparison

    7. A. authority B. necessity C. academic D. commercially

    8. A. emotional B. simultaneous C. astronomy D. applicable

    9. A. reflection B. division C. interview D. remember


    10. A. punctuality B. recommendation C. undergraduate D. solidarity

    Exercise 7: Choose the word A, B, C, or D that has different stress pattern from the others in each line.

    1. A. popular B. politics C. exciting D. origin

    2. A. conclusion B. opponent C. arrival D. stadium

    3. A. surface B. profound C. pursue D. perform

    4. A. recruit B. retail C. answer D. shortage

    5. A. sacrifice B. waterproof C. attendant D. literal

    6. A. intensive B. irritate C. implement D. enterprise

    7. A. millennium B. congratulate C. corporation D. evacuate

    8. A. adventurous B. petroleum C. recovery D. artificial

    9. A. autobiography B. familiarization C. responsibility D. availability

    10. A. orientation B. electricity C. disadvantageous D. developmental

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