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

1. A. arrived B. believed C. received D. hoped

2. A. opened B. knocked C. played D. occurred

3. A. rubbed B. tugged C. stopped D. filled

4. A. dimmed B. travelled C. passed D. stirred

5. A. tipped B. begged C. quarrelled D. carried

6. A. tried B. obeyed C. cleaned D. asked

7. A. packed B. added C. worked D. pronounced

8. A. watched B. phoned C. referred D. followed

9. A. agreed B. succeeded C. smiled D. loved

10. A. laughed B. washed C. helped D. weighed

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

12. A. killed B. hurried C. regretted D. planned

13. A. visited B. showed C. wondered D. studied

14. A. sacrificed B. finished C. fixed D. seized

15. A. needed B.  booked C. stopped D. washed

16.  A. loved  B.  teased  C. washed  D. rained

17.  A. packed B. punched C. pleased D. pushed 

18.  A. filled  B. naked  C. suited  D. wicked 

19.  A. caused B. increased C. practised D. promised

20.  A. washed B. parted C. passed D. barked

21.  A. killed B. cured C. crashed D. waived

22.  A. imagined B. released C. rained D. followed

23.  A. called B. passed C. talked D. washed 

24.  A. landed B. needed C. opened D. wanted

25.  A. cleaned B. attended C. visited D. started

26.  A. talked B. fished C. arrived D. stepped

27.  A. wished B. wrapped C. laughed D. turned

28.  A. considered B. rescued C. pulled D. roughed

29.  A. produced B. arranged C. checked D. fixed

30.  A. caused B. examined C. operated D. advised

31.  A. discovered B. destroyed C. developed D. opened

32.  A. repaired B. invented C. wounded D. succeeded

33.  A. improved B. parked C. broadened D. encouraged

34.  A. delivered B. organized C. replaced D. obeyed

35.  A. painted B. provided C. protected D. equipped

36.  A. tested B. marked C. presented D. founded

37.  A. used B. finished C. married D. rained

38.  A. allowed B. dressed C. flashed D. mixed

39.  A. switched B. stayed C. believed D. cleared

40.  A. recommended B. waited C. handed D. designed

41.  A. annoyed B. phoned C. watched D. remembered

42.  A. hurried B. decided C. planned D. wondered

43.  A. posted B. added C. managed D. arrested

44.  A. dreamed B. neglected C. denied D. admired

45.  A. admitted B. advanced C. appointed D. competed

46.  A. announced B. apologized C. answered D. argued

47.  A. complained B. applied C. compared D. polished

48. A. booked                  B. watched  C. jogged D. developed

49.  A. contributed B. jumped C. introduced D. vanished

50.  A. whispered B. wandered C. sympathized D. sentenced