II. Choose one word that has a different stress pattern from the others.

1. A. harvest                         B. parade                   C. music                                 D. pumpkin

2. A. offer                              B. prefer                    C. abroad                               D. arrive

3. A. famous                         B. joyful                    C. usual                                  D. alone

4. A. exist                              B. avoid                     C. support                              D. notice

5. A. hungry                          B. disease                  C. spacious                            D. danger

6. A. favourite                      B. pollution               C. imagine                             D. exhausted

7. A. energy                          B. plentiful                C. disappear                          D. celebrate

8. A. recycle                         B. description           C. contribute                         D. atmosphere

Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the other three in each question.

1.  A. funny B. pretty C. lucky D. alone

2.  A. breakfast B. pepper C. hotel D. ticket

3.  A. reply                     B. appeal                         C. offer                     D. support

4.  A. profit                     B. comfort                         C. apply                   D. suggest

5.  A. direct                   B. idea                               C. suppose                 D. figure

6.  A. happen                   B. amount                         C. contain                 D. desire

7.  A. answer B. believe C. rely D. decrease

8.  A. police B. result C. correct D. traffic

9.  A. standard               B. happen                         C. handsome             D. destroy

10. A. about                 B. around                           C. under                             D. between    

11. A. special B. castle C. wireless D. cartoon

12. A. parade B. copy C. replace D. arrive 

13. A. enjoy                     B. daughter                     C. provide                 D. decide

14. A. begin                  B. pastime                       C. finish                     D. summer

15. A. paper B. tonight C. lecture D. story

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

1. A. recommend                               B. volunteer                        C. understand                     D. potential

2. A. study                          B. reply                               C. apply                               D. rely

3. A. suspicion                   B. telephone                       C. relation                           D. direction

4. A. reduction                    B. popular                           C. financial                         D. romantic

5. A. discover                     B. difficult                          C. invention                        D. important 

Exercise 2. Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others.

1. A. traffic                    B. agree                C. noisy               D. transport

2. A. close                       B. visit                  C. borrow             D. obey

3. A. reverse                   B. agree                C. attend               D. student

4. A. listen                      B. police               C. enjoy                D. hotel

5. A. traffic                    B. prefer               C. noisy                D. stupid

6. A. children                  B. singer                 C. forget               D. parents

7. A. response                 B. traffic               C. pumpkin           D. blossom

8. A. boring                    B. happy               C. gripping           D. hilarious

9. A. cartoon                  B. drama               C. polite                D. receive

10. A. perform                B. prepare             C. poster               D. parade

Exercise 2. Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others.

1. A. traffic                   B. agree                C. noisy                         D. transport

2. A. close                       B. visit                  C. borrow                       D. obey

3. A. reverse                   B. agree                C. attend                         D. student

4. A. listen                      B. police               C. enjoy                          D. hotel

5. A. traffic                    B. prefer               C. noisy                          D. stupid

6. A. children                  B. singer                C. forget                          D. parents

7. A. response                 B. traffic               C. pumpkin                     D. blossom

8. A. boring                    B. happy               C. gripping                     D. hilarious

9. A. cartoon                  B. drama               C. polite                          D. receive

10. A. perform                B. prepare             C. poster                         D. parade

Exercise 03: Choose the word that has different stress pattern from the others.
1. A. customs B. tradition C. dinner D. visit
2. A. family B. difference C. similar D. society
3. A. expert B. human C. behave D. chopsticks
4. A. polite B. parents C. children D. special
5. A. money B. decorate C. community D. offspring
6. A. April B. children C. paper D. invite
Exercise 04: Choose the best answer.
1. Do they fancy ……………….the Temple of Literature?
A. staying B. visiting C. going D. coming
2. In Vietnamese culture, younger people often ……………for the eldest person to sit before they can sit
down.
A. follow B. look C. wait D. search
3. He doesn’t remember to have a strap around the back of the sandals whenever he ……………them.
A. has B. wears C. buys D. takes
4. Remember to ……………..off your shoes before going into the house.
A. take B. give C. turn D. get

 II  Find the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.

      1.   A. companion              B. beautiful                 C. comedy                   D. festival

      2.   A. Persian                    B. fountain                  C. maintain                  D. avian

      3.   A. traditional               B. librarian                  C. comfortable            D. significant

      4.   A. opinion                   B. offering                  C. scenery                   D. carnival

      5.   A. invader                   B. procession               C. reliant                     D. celebrate