Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the other in each group.

1. A. hotel                      B. swallow           C. improve           D. survive

2. A. eventual                 B. devastate          C. admirable         D. different

3. A. brother                    B. machine           C. mother             D. beauty

4. A. decorate                 B. family              C. festival             D. tradition

5. A. blanket                   B. invite                C. replace             D. exchange

6. A. cultivate                 B. develop            C. celebrate           D. decorate

7. A. competition            B. invitation          C. nation               D. conservation

8. A. librarian                 B. bamboo            C. develop            D. cultural

9. A. festival                   B. resource           C. station              D. history

10. A. statue                   B. important          C. devote              D. begin

11. A. nomadic               B. generous          C. colourful          D. countryside

12. A. popular                B. calculus            C. beehive             D. disturb

13. A. harvest                 B. collect              C. peaceful           D. whisper

14. A. charade                B. transport           C. expect              D. paddy

15. A. opportunity          B. inconvenient     C. facility              D. optimistic

I: Choose the word which has different sound in the underlined part in each line.

1. A. frustrated B. enjoyed C. cleaned D. played

2. A. surface B. conduct C. stuck D. multicutral

II. Choose the word which has the stress pattern different from the other words.

1. A. graduate B. design C. college D. medical

2. A multicultural B. development C. university D. international

C: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (2.5 pts)

I. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences

1. He hasn't ............. up his mind yet.

A. found B. made C. gon e D. stood

2. I was born in Scotland but I ……………….in Northern Ireland.

A. grew up B. raised C. brought up D. rose

3. They can’t decided who ……… first.

A.go B. to go C. went D. going

4. Mary asked me why I…………..absent from class the day before.

A. was B. have been                      C. had been D.am

5. We were shown……….. the town by a volunteer student.

A. up B.off C. around D. away

6. The last exhibition was not………...................... this one

A. as interesting               B. so interesting as            C. most interesting              D. more interesting

7. I wish my parents could put themselves in my………..

A. situation               B. shoes C. feelings D. heart

8.The town council decided to pull……. The building ,as it was unsafe.

A. up               B. over C. down D. off

I.    Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.

      1.   A. atmosphere             B. plentiful                  C. effective                 D. natural

      2.   A. unfortunate            B. continuous              C. renewable               D. artificial

      3.   A. recommend            B. abundant                C. solution                   D. increasing

      4.   A improvement           B. different                 C. develop                   D. enormous

      5.   A. seriously                 B. personally               C. carefully                 D. correctly

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

      1.   A. hydroelectric          B. environment           C. solar                        D. biogas

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

      3.   A. plentiful                  B. electric                    C. renewable               D. energy

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

      5.   A. nuclear                    B. truck                       C. abundant                D. dump

A.Phonetic

I. Choose the word in each line that has different stress pattern:

1. A. enormous                     B. spaceship                          C. spacescraft                       D. science

2. A. scientific                      B. enormous                          C. Effect                     D. researcher

3. A. technique                     B. benefit                               C. enormous              D. researcher

4. A. technological               B. international                     C. internation                        D. technology

5. A. science                          B. subject                               C. giant                       D. enormous

II. Choose the word which has a different sound in the part underlined:

1. A. allow                             B. follow                                C. yellow                   D. fellow

2. A. exhaust                         B. hour                                   C. honest                    D. house

3. A. mood                             B. moon                                 C soon                        D. good

4. A. Dutch                            B. Russian                             C. just                         D. use

5. A. frightened                     B. stamped                             C. walked                   D. laughed