Use a pencil to make a main stress mark on each word then choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others:

1.     A. prefer                   B. enjoy                     C. mother                   D. affect

2.     A. affect                   B. happen                  C. pollution               D. polite

3.     A. pollution             B. picture                   C. village                   D. factory

4.     A. affect                   B. father                     C. teacher                  D. picture

5.     A. illustrate              B. believe                  C. affect                     D. behave

6.     A. artistic                 B. historic                  C. dramatic                D. scientific

7.     A. medical                B. national                 C. chemical               D. historical

8.     A. athletic                B. dramatic                C. scientific               D. heroic

9.     A. chemical             B. physical                C. environmental     D. medical

10.   A. medical               B. hospital                 C. politic                    D. electric

II. Stress: Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others:

1.       A. beautiful             B. polluted              C. peaceful              D. modern

2.        A. cartoon               B. country               C. series                 D. nation

3.       A. cinema               B. position              C. family                D. popular

4.       A. writer                 B. teacher               C. builder                D. career

5.       A. morning             B. college               C. arrive                 D. famous

6.                 A. musical              B. delicious             C. national              D. popular

II.   Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from the others.

1.   a. craftsman                 b. attraction                 c. museum                   d. department

2.   a. embroider                b. lantern                     c. impress                    d. desire

3.   a. workshop                 b. remind                     c. outskirts                   d. village

4.   a. competition             b. generation               c. conical                     d. authenticity

5.   a. family                      b. typical                     c. grandparents            d. embroider

II.  Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from the others.

1.   a. worthwhile              b. igloo                        c. habit                        d. practice

2.   a. obese                       b. dogsled                   c. extend                     d. remote

3.   a. household                b. suppose                   c. Arctic                      d. diet

4.   a. transformation         b. independence          c. understanding         d. illiterate

5.         a. uncontrollable          b. biological     c. particularly  d. seniority

II.   Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from the others.

1.   a. frustrated                b. confident                 c. delighted                 d. embarrassed

2.   a. assure                      b. pressure                  c. figure                      d. leisure

3.   a. concentration          b. favorable                 c. adolescence             d. relaxation

4.   a. recognize                b. concentrate             c. assignment              d. cognitive

5.   a. teenager                  b. vehicle                    c. activate                   d. nationwide

II.   Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from the others.

1.   a. encourage                b. volunteer                 c. overcome                 d. understand

2.   a. informed                  b. worried                    c. relaxed                     d. depressed

3.   a. recognition              b. affordable               c. independent            d. adolescence

4.   a. artisan                      b. frustration               c. emotion                   d. forbidden

5.   a. recreational              b. university                c. individual                d. communicator

II. Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from the others.

1. a. obese                         b. dogsled                   c. extend                     d. remote

2. a. household                 b. suppose                   c. Arctic                      d. diet

3. a. transformation          b. independence          c. understanding         d. illiterate

4. a. uncontrollable          b. biological               c. particularly             d. Seniority

5. a. wander                       b. embroider               c. embarrass                d. preserve

6. a. pasture                       b. artisan                     c. lacquer                    d. surface