Exercise 1: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1.         A. prefer                      B. better                      C. teacher                    D. worker

2.         A. bear                                    B. hear                         C. dear                                    D. near

3.         A. collect                     B. concern                   C. concert                    D. combine

4.         A. absent                     B. government                        C. dependent              D. enjoy

5.         A. future                     B. return                      C. picture                    D. culture

5.         A. fresh                       B. diet                         C. get                          D. correct

6.         A. sunburnt                 B. turn                         C. curtain                    D. temperature

7.         A. calories                   B. natural                    C. nature                     D. carrot         

8.         A. junk                        B. regular                    C. dust                                    D. brush

9.         A. kitchen                   B. ketchup                   C. chips                       D. champagne

10.       A. laugh                      B. cough                      C. bought                    D. tough

12.       A. game                       B. gym                                    C. girl                          D. bag

13.       A. calorie                     B. labour                     C. community             D. volunteer

14.       A. environment           B. benefit                    C. service                    D. sick

15.       A. danced                   B. helped                     C. watched                  D. enjoyed

16.       A. pottery                    B. flower                     C. silent                       D. service

17.       A. girl                          B. expert                     C. open                        D. burn

18.       A. paragraph               B. cough                      C. although                 D. enough

19.       A. exciting                  B. excellent                 C. experience              D. expensive

20.       A. bird-watching         B. children                  C. school                     D. Challenge