❶ PHONETICS

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

1. A. recycle B. library C. fly  D. sky

2. A. post B. hospital C. plastic D. newspaper

3. A. southest B. throw C. another D. bathroom

4. A. definitions B. environment C. preposition D. welcome

5. A. charity B. program C. trash D. donation

6. A. around B. about C. country D. found

7. A. plants B. jars C. gardens D. throws

8. A. elephants B. protects C. handbooks D. cleans

9. A. foxes B. bottles C. clothes D. magazines

10. A. picked B. helped C. created D. Laughed

11. A. action      B. attack                   C. jacket                   D. battle

12. A. performance      B. general                   C. Terrible        D. September

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

11. A. station B. bottle C. reuse D. donate

12. A. wildlife B. protect C. purpose D. useful

13. A. charity B. hospital C. library D. recycle

14. A. recycling B. container C. newspaper D. direction

15. A. supermarket  B. community   C. environment D. imperative

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

1. A. watch B. channel C. children D. schedule

2. A. program B. show C. popular D. home

3. A. newsreader B. weather C. week D. leave

4. A. invaders B. queens C. events D. kings

5. A. actions B. blanks C. soldiers D. reviews

6. A. changes B. battles C. armies D. movies

7. A. swapped B. liked C. watched D. animated

8. A. horror B. hour C. here D. hard

9. A. action B. fiction C. suggestion D. animation

10. A. fear B. near C. really D. wear

11. A. their B. hair C. series D. there

12. A. game B. animal C. channel D. national

13. A. birthday B. three C. theater D. there

14. A. terrible B. comedy C. president D. general

15. A. movie B. notice C. close D. show

16. A. teacher B. great C. leader D. beat

17. A. spare B. play C. game D. table

18. A. keep B. cheer C. meet D. week

19. A. sphere B. series C. here D. where

20. A. theater B. thank C. there D. thirty

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

1. A. exciting B. terrible C. fantastic D. historical

2. A. Vietnamese B. general C. president D. character

3. A. action B. drama C. horror D. arrive

4. A. awful B. boring C. become D. funny

5. A. leadership B. animated C. comedy D. invader

6.  A. soldier   B. horror              C. author                       D. dislike

7. A. mystery B. comedy               C. adventure                       D. character