❶ PHONETICS

I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.

1. A. gym                                B. sky                                      C. balcony                              D. laundry

2. A. island                             B. seafood                              C. serve                                  D. summer

3. A. information                  B. population                                    C. question                            D. transportation

4. A. live                                 B. listen                                  C. think                                   D. write

5. A. delta                               B. garage                                C. basement                           D. attention

6. A. speaking                        B. teaching                             C. cleaning                             D. wearing

7. A. farmers                          B. groups                               C. markets                              D. parks

8. A. museums                       B. apartments                        C. buildings                            D. schools

9. A. stores                             B. temples                              C. houses                                D. families

10. A. asked                           B. watched                             C. washed                              D. painted

I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.

1. A. aerobic                                                         B. airplay                      C. rarely                        D. atmosphere

2. A. goggles                           B. sport                       C. stop                         D. not

3. A. match                             B. machine                  C. champion               D. chess

I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.

1. A. aerobic                                                         B. airplay                      C. rarely                        D. atmosphere

2. A. goggles                           B. sport                       C. stop                         D. not

3. A. match                             B. machine                  C. champion               D. chess

4. A. spare                               B. play                        C. game                       D. table

5. a. swimming                       b. skipping                  c. driving                    d. fishingV

Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.

1. A. pain                                B. said                         C. afraid                      D. straight

2. A. ceiling                             B. neighbor                 C. vein                         D. freight

3. A. except                             B. there                       C. then                        D. hey

4. A. make                               B. playground             C. station                     D. many

5. A. ready                              B. break                       C. ahead                      D. dead

6. A. rest                                 B. help                         C. garden                    D. identify

7. A. traffic                             B. pavement                C. plane                       D. station

8. A. sign                                 B. mistake                   C. triangle                   D. drive

9. A. nearest                            B. head                        C. bread                      D. health

10. A. railway                        B. mail                         C. sail                          D. captain

Exercise 1: Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.

1. A. special                            B. celebrate                             C. excited                                D. center

2. A. vegetable                        B. table                                   C. black                                   D. terrible

3. A. positive                           B. negative                              C. tug                                      D. future

4. A. puppet                            B. funny                                  C. schedule                             D. sunny

5. A. town                               B. flowers                               C. show                                   D. cow

6. A. live                                 B. dishes                                 C. ideas                                   D. milk

7. A. like                                 B. tick                                     C. kitchen                                D. dinner

8. A. east                                 B. clean                                   C. seat                                     D. great

9. A. spider                             B. slim                                     C. kind                                                D. striped

10. A kitchen                                      B. idea                                     C.dinner                                  D. village   

11.  A. black                           B. vegetable                            C. blanket                               D. blue

12. A. sandwich                      B. salad                                   C. later                                                D. jacket

13. A. herbs                             B. check                                  C. lemon                                  D. egg

14. A. talent                            B. lantern                                C. fashion                               D. always

15.  A. novel                           B. soccer                                 C. role                                     D.  comic

A. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.

1. A. plane                       B. narrow                         C. station                          D. brake

2. A. cleaned                    B. watched                       C. laughed                       D. finished

3. A. left                           B. step                              C. forget                          D. water

4. A. wanted                     B. started                          C. ended                          D. walked

5. A. mistake                              B. relation                        C. machine                       D. indicate

6. A. helpful                     B. receive                         C. expect                          D. repair

7. A. arrived                     B. believed                       C. hoped                          D. opened

3.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group

(4 Điểm)

carnival

cutlery

command

ceremony

4.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group

(4 Điểm)

worshipped

offered

performed

prayed

5.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group

(4 Điểm)

lantern

invader

nation

race

6.Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from others’ in each line.

(4 Điểm)

electrician

confusion

companion

magician

7.Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from others’ in each line.

(4 Điểm)

preserve

fortune

ritual

lantern

2.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group

(4 Điểm)

sugar

since

sight

song

3.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group

(4 Điểm)

version

conclusion

possession

pleasure

4.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group

(4 Điểm)

ordered

developed

touched

escaped

5.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group

(4 Điểm)

washes

handles

courses

teaches

6.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group

(4 Điểm)

change

chocolate

chip

schedule

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

(4 Điểm)

sympathy

industry

constancy

suspicious

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

(4 Điểm)

humorous

important

attraction

unselfish

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

(4 Điểm)

define

sincere

loyal

success

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

(4 Điểm)

correctly

personal

serious

carefully

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

(4 Điểm)

memory

excited

interested

confident

I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.

1.   A. airports                         B. suitcases                 C. things                      D. calculators

2.   A. chemist                         B. chicken                   C. church                     D. changeable

3.   A. university                     B. unique                     C. united                     D. undo

4.   A. faithful                         B. fairy                        C. failure                     D. fainted

5.   A. sun                                B. sure                         C. success                    D. sort

6. A. affect                              B. agency                    C. aquatic                    D. accommodation

7. A. measure              B. illustrate                  C. source                     D. awesome

8. A. contaminate                    B. contaminant            C. pollutant                 D. poison

9. A. shake                              B. scatter                     C. trap             D. collapse

10. A. healthy             B. thermal                   C. northern                  D. earth

11. A. interact             B. landline                   C. chat             D. verbal

12. A. weight              B. height                     C. eight                       D. vein

13. A. accurate                        B. accept                     C. accident                  D. success

14. A. rubbish             B. cultural                   C. thunder                   D. furious

15. A. diving               B. discover                  C. discipline                D. divide

16. A. cotton               B. bottle                      C. cold                        D. common

17. A. shout                            B. sugar                       C. share                       D. surgery

18. A. valentine                       B. imagine                   C. discipline                D. magazine

19. A. drummer                       B. future                      C. number                   D. umbrella

20. A. host                              B. cost             C. post             D. most

21. A. other                             B. leather                     C. wealthy                   D. brother

22. A. television                      B. elephant                  C. section                    D. Swedish

23. A. explain              B. current                    C. desire                      D. electric

24. A. threaten                        B. thread                     C. seat             D. bread

25. A. deaf                              B. leaf             C. meat                        D. heat

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

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

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

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

30. A. descent             B. dissent                    C. discontent   D. continent