Exercise 3:
Find the word whose stress pattern is different from the others of the same group
1. A. nation B. native C. appear D.measure
2. A. pleasure B. gesture C. captain D. approach
3. A. support B. provide C. village D. prevent
4. A. destroy B. damage C. thunder D. question
5. A. apply B. treatment C. sneaky D. beauty
6. A. country B. threaten C. ideal D. station
7. A. enough B. children C. feature D. strengthen
8. A. earning B. candy C. tidy D. machine
9. A. loosen B. prepare C. follow D. broaden
10. A. career B. around C. become D. failure
11. A. sandy B. react C. foretell D. upload
12. A. dislike B. unknown C. actual D. prepaid
13. A. quickly B. begin C. builder D. daily
14. A. redo B. shipping C. payment D. upkeep
15. A. appeal B. summer C. seldom D. sometimes
16. A. muddy B. ancient C. never D. arrange
17. A. publish B. police C. decide D. record
18. A. enter B. harbor C. surround D. ever
19. A. classroom B.appoint C. swimming D. suitcase
20. A. humor B. reduce C. many D. cover
21. A. paper B. cattle C. invent D. bother
22. A. carry B. constant C. basic D. chinese
23. A. corner B. pastime C. tonight D. noisy
24. A. surplus B. mishap C. recent D. prefer
25. A. afloat B. saloon C. conduct D. happy
26. A. trainee B. bamboo C. busy D. shampoo
27. A. surplus B. palace C. annual D. concave
28. A. cozy B. suffer
C. across D. scarcely
29. A. payee B. typhoon
C. impress D. soldier
30. A. pronouce B. common
C. advise D. avoid
31. A. spoken B. canal
C. fairy D. offer
32. A. purpose B. exist
C. borrow D. modem
33. A. abroad B. surpass
C
. broadcast D. conclude
34. A. machine B. furnish
C. further D. hearten
35. A. bloodless B. transport
C. emerge D. budget
36. A. music B. champagne
C. joyful D. yearly
37. A. mammal B. vision
C. wholesale D. employ
38. A. polite B. monday
C. honest D. cancel
39. A. speaker B. scuba
C. applause D. mutual
40. A. dreadful B. disturb
C. handy D. leather
41. A. translate B. agent
C. item D. rabbit
42. A. repeat B. curtain
C. create D. forget
43. A. finish B. open
C. ruler D. today
44. A. battle B. persuade
C. teapot D. fountain
45. A. sunrise B. applaud C. replace D. instead
46. A. study B. teacup C. temper D. adopt
47. A. happen B. occur C. music D. region
48. A. arrive B. result C. river D. inspire
49. A. robot B. lecture C. visit D. complain
50. A. surprise B. equal C. aspect D. expert