Exercise on stress on two-syllable words

II. Pick out the word that has the stress differently from that of the other words:

1. a. recently                           b. conduct                   c. attitude                    d. marriage

2. a. banquet                           b. schedule                  c. diameter                  d. blessing

3. a. birthday                           b. cowboy                   c. enjoy                       d. pleasure

4. a. disease                            b. humour                   c. cancer                      d. treatment

5. a. persuade                          b. reduce                     c. offer                         d. apply

6. a. farmer                             b. farewell                   c. factory                     d. fairy

7. a. cattle                               b. country                    c. canal                        d. cover

8. a. money                             b. machine                  c. many                       d. mother

9. a. borrow                             b. agree                       c. await                       d. prepare

10. a. paper                             b. tonight                    c. lecture                     d. story

11. a. money                           b. army                        c. afraid                       d. people

12. a. enjoy                             b. daughter                  c. provide                    d. decide

13. a. begin                             b. pastime                   c. finish                       d. summer

14. a. reply                              b. appeal                     c. offer                        d. support

15. a. profit                             b. comfort                   c. apply                       d. suggest

16. a. direct                             b. idea                         c. suppose                   d. figure

17. a. revise                             b. amount                    c. contain                    d. desire

18. a. standard                        b. happen                    c. handsome                d. destroy

19. a. about                             b. around                     c. between                   d. under

20. a. knowledge                     b. enjoy                       c. science                    d. sudden

21. a. because                         b. method                    c. standard                  d. wooden

22. a. ashtray                          b. music                      c. severe                      d. temper

23. a. farewell                         b. thoughtful               c. toward                     d. approach

24. a. bridegroom                   b. bamboo                   c. wedding                  d. survey

25. a. healthy                          b. remain                     c. alone                       d. accept

26. a. explain                          b. obtain                      c. promise                   d. suspect

27. a. confide                          b. agree                       c. maintain                  d. response

28. a. precede                          b. suppose                   c. decide                      d. finish

29. a. abroad                           b. noisy                       c. hundred                   d. quiet

30. a. passion                          b. aspect                      c. medium                   d. success

31. a. exist                              b. evolve                      c. enjoy                       d. enter

32. a. doctor                            b. modern                    c. corner                      d. Chinese

33. a. complain                       b. machine                  c. music                      d. instead

34. a. writer                            b. baker                       c. builder                     d. career

35. a. provide                          b. adopt                       c. happen                     d. inspire

36. a. result                             b. region                      c. river                         d. robot

37. a. constant                         b. basic                        c. irate                         d. obvious

38. a. become                          b. carry                        c. appoint                    d. invent

39. a. engine                           b. battle                       c. career                      d. rabies

40. a. attract                            b. destroy                    c. level                        d. occur

41. a. spaceship                      b. planet                      c. solar                        d. surround

42. a. brilliant                         b. daily                                    c. extreme                   d. protein

43. a. appoint                          b. gather                      c. threaten                   d. vanish

44. a. button                            b. canal                       c. failure                     d. monster

45. a. disease                          b. humor                     c. cancer                      d. treatment

46. a. persuade                                    b. reduce                     c. offer                        d. apply

47. a. farmer                           b. farewell                   c. factory                     d. fairy

48. a. cattle                             b. country                    c. canal                        d. cover

49. a. money                           b. machine                  c. many                       d. mother

50 a. borrow                            b. agree                       c. await                       d. prepare.

51. a. paper                             b. police                      c. people                     d. purpose

52. a. damage                          b. destroy                    c. demand                   d. deny

53. a. ancient                          b. attack                      c. alive                         d. across           

54. a. person                           b. purpose                   c. possess                    d. pirate

55. a. ruler                              b. river                         c. retire                       d. rapid

56. a. sentence                        b. suggest                    c. species                    d. system

57. a. attack                            b. defeat                      c. believe                     d. happen

58. a. release                           b. pleasure                  c. leaver                      d creamy

I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:

1.   a. nature                            b. change                     c. gravity                     d. basic

2.   a. darkness                                    b. warmth                    c. market                     d. remark

3.   a. trays                              b. says                         c. bays                         d. days

4.   a. knees                             b. papers                     c. trees                        d. bats

5.   a. because                         b. nurse                       c. horse                       d. purpose

6.   a. marriage                                    b. massage                  c. collage                    d. shortage

7.   a. enough                          b. tough                       c. laugh                       d. though

8.   a. breathe                          b. with                         c. thermal                    d. clothing

9.   a. education                      b. individual                c. procedure                d. production

10. a. released                         b. pleased                    c. passed                     d. housed

11. a. helped                           b. struggled                 c. remarked                 d. watched

12. a. airports                          b. suitcases                 c. things                      d. calculators

13. a. fills                                b. adds                         c. stirs                         d. lets 

14. a. cease                             b. chase                       c. increase                   d. raise

15. a. shops                             b. notes                       c. mouths                    d. books

16. a. jumped                          b. picked                     c. relaxed                    d. suited

17. a. hooked                            b. kissed                       c. traveled                     d. diminished

18. a. passed                           b. realized                   c. wished                     d. touched

19. a. enjoyed                         b. moved                     c. achieved                  d. liked

20. a. wicked                           b. wanted                    c. needed                     d. filled

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Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronunced differently from that of the other words. 1. A.cooks B. books C. bags D. folks 2. A. stream B. heavy C. ready D. head Pick out the word that has the different stress pattern from that of the other words. 3. A. botanic B. glorious C. assemble D. delicious 4. A. divide B. control C. receive D. listen Choose the best answer 5. They are building many new roads in this city. A. Many new roads have been built in this city B. Many new roads is being built in this city C. Many new roads are being built in this city D. Many new roads are going built in this city 6. How many countries took part in the first World Cup ? A. interested B. co-operated C. participated in D. competed 7. If he.................more slowly, he wouldn’t make so many mistakes. A. works B. worked C. had worked D. has worked 8. If you know English, you can communicate...........people from the English-speaking world easily. A. of B. with C. at D. in 9. John is really.................... in learning French. A. interested B. disappointing C. interesting D. disappointed 10. I wish I had enough money...............a new bicycle. A. to be bought B. to buy C. buy D. buying 11. It was not until his father came home that the boy............up the house. A. cleaned B. had cleaned C. cleans D. has cleaned 12. Germany was defeated by Brazil in the final. Germany was the .................... A. second rank B. champion C. winner D. runner - up 13.Can you repair my bicycle? -Oh, yes, I...................it now. A. am going to do B. will do C. will to do D. do 14. I prefer rock....................jazz. A. of B. than C. to D. for 15.Was the film..................... ? A. interesed B. interesting C. interests D. interest 16.She failed the test,..................... she studied hard. A. as B. in spite of C. despite D. although 17.They....................the farm if they had enough money A. would enlarge B. would have enlarged C. enlarged D. had enlarged 18.Music can....................one’s anger, love, hate or friendship. A. express B. say C. tell D. speak 19.Up to 2006, the world has witnessed 18 World Cup ........................ A. competitions B. plays C. games D. tournaments 20 .Look at those black clouds! It................soon A. will rain B. has rained C. is going to rain D. rains 21A: I still need to buy some souvenirs before we leave. -B: ..............go shopping after dinner! A. How about B. Shall we C. Let’s D. Why not 22.Don’t worry about the letter. I’m sure you ..............it soon. A. are finding B. won’t find C. will find D. are going to find 23.I.................you soon. I promise. A. will see B. am going to see C. will have seen D. am seeing 24.Hue is famous _________its Imperial City. A. for B. on C. with D. to