PHONETICS

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. choreograph B. Christianity C. archaic D. chivalry
2. A. slaughter B. borough C. drought D. laughter
3. A. humane B. locate C. strategy D. rabies
4. A. wretched B. blessed C. allegedly D. knackered
5. A. realm B. cleanse C. heather D. meager

II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three.
1. A. niche B. mustache C. cliché D. cache
2. A. heritage B. footage C. plumage D. rampage
3. A. abort B. rapport C. report D. export
4. A. fauna B. sauna C. aura D. daunt
5. A. hyperbole B. facsimile C. catastrophe D. phagocyte

III. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three.
1. A blessed B minced C wicked D wretched
2. A slaughter B throughout C drought D laughter
3. A trainer B fairness C impairment D dairy-maid
4. A subtle B timber C plumber D doubtful
5. A terrible B sentimental C terrific D memory

IV. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
1. A. cantaloupe B. catastrophe C. recipe D. apostrophe
2. A. message B. beverage C. massage D. cottage
3. A. chronicle B. orchid C. orchard D. orchestral
4. A. fathom B. feather C. anthem D. within
5. A. odor B. opera C. oxygen D. operate

V. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others of the group
1. A. enthusiast B. tsunami C. optimistic D. philosopher
2. A. destroyed B. developed C. conquered D. closed
3. A. sociable B. species C. specimen D. specialist
4. A. rose B. house C. mouse D. practise
5. A. language B. grammar C. international D. many

VI. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. heat B. unleaded C. peach D. teacher
2. A. business B. duke C. reduce D. student
3. A. apology B. deny C. empty D. simply
4. A. changed B. continued C. happened D. tossed
5. A. chapters B. horizons C. mammals D. ornaments

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VII. Choose the word which has the underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest:
1. A. tissue B. permission C. press D. pressure
2. A. negotiation B. think C. invent D. enlarge
3. A. campaign B. foreign C. gain D. sign
4. A. handcraft B. handbook C. handkerchief D. handbag
5. A. halfpenny B. lift C. soft D. gift

VIII. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. poor R. moor C. door D. boor
2. A. obligatory B. obliteration C. majestic D. quandary
3. A. booth B. south C. truth D. both
4. A. television B. commission C. vision D. erosion
5. A. authority B. transformer C. dormitory D. importable

IX. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three.
1. A. pleasure B. desert C. resort D. position
2. A. ecosystem B. knowledge C. technology D. commodity
3. A. anxiety B. complexion C. anxious D. luxury
4. A. complain B. bargain C. ascertain D. campaign
5. A. merger B. manager C. singer D. danger

X. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. research B. resent C. resemble D. resist
2. A. displays B. pays C. delays D. says
3. A. booth B. south C. truth D. both
4. A. humane B. locate C. strategy D. rabies
5. A. stronger B. singer C. finger D. longer

XI. Find the word that has its underlined part pronounced differently from the other three in each question.
1. A. archaic B. archive C. architect D. archery
2. A. camera B. stammer C. chamber D. hammer
3. A. idiot B. idol C. icon D. item
4. A. folk B. milk C. walk D. half
5. A. considerate B. narrate C. private D. pirate

XII. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three.
1. A. surgical B. surround C. surrender D. survival
2. A. opportunity B. menu C. attitude D. muscular
3. A. physical B. mythology C. rhythm D. psychology
4. A. apartheid B. thorough C. cathedral D. ethnic
5. A. exhausted B. cheetah C. rhinoceros D. alcoholic

XIII. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. beloved B. helped C. naked D. wicked

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2. A. devotion B. congestion C. suggestion D. question
3. A. draught B. naughty C. slaughter D. plaudit
4. A. architect B. parachute C. archaic D. psychology
5. A. placid B. implacable C. explanatory D. plagiarize

XIV. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other three.
1. A. leopard B. drunkard C. standard D. bombard
2. A. fever B. gene C. enhance D. pretend
3. A. solitude B. gigantic C. wilderness D. Ignorant
4. A. occasion B. supervision C. dimension D. invasion
5. A. anxious B. luxurious C. exemplify D. exhibit

XV. Find the word that has its underlined part pronounced differently from the other three in each question.
1. A. publish B. reputation C. until D. fun
2. A. psychology B. happen C. protect D. stopped
3. A. foul B. enough C. come D. touch
4. A. industrial B. under C. sunlight D. influence
5. A. strike B. conflict C. chill D. single

XVI. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group
1. A. chaos B. character C. charity D. chord
2. A. sergeant B. servant C. service D. servile
3. A. zebra B. zipper C. seizure D. hazy
4. A. marriage B. courage C. massage D. hostage
5. A. cyanide B. cycle C. cyclone D. cylinder

XVII. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
1. A. events B. spirit C. Asian D. silver
2. A. deservedly B. supposedly C. markedly D. determinedly
3. A. lays B. says C. stays D. plays
4. A. coughed B. wretched C. rugged D. learned
5. A. embarrassed B. astonished C. surprised D. decreased

XVIII. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1 A. layer B. prayer C. betrayer D. sprayer
2 A. cosmic B. describe C. instinct D. display
3 A. presidential B. essential C. celestial D. potential
4 A, supposedly B. allegedly C. wickedly D. confusedly
5 A. horrific B. horrible C. horizontal D. complex

XIX. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each
group.
1. A. pessimistic B. business C. dissolve D. miss

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2. A. unity B. suite C. studious D. volume
3. A. hasty B. tasty C. wastage D. nasty
4. A. merchant B. sergeant C. commercial D. term
5. A. learned B. wicked C. sacred D. looked

XX. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. beloved B. crooked C. booked D. blessed
2. A. smoothly B. southern C. airworthy D. absinthe
3. A. dogwood B. scuba C. tool D. tomb
4. A. chamber B. ancient C. danger D. ancestor
5. A. luxurious B. anxiety C. annexation D. exacerbate

XXI. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other three.
1. A. drought B. moustache C. council D. plough
2. A. wicked B. naked C. ragged D. railed
3. A. carbon B. onion C. economy D. forget
4. A. legion B. soldier C. relegate D. job
5. A. reliance B. nicotine C. mediate D. exhilarating

XXII. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other. (2.5 pts)
1. A. duvet B. ballet C. amulet D. gilet
2. A, thorough B. enough C. rough D. tough
3. A. island B. aisle C. conserve D. debris
4. A. absinthe B. soothe C. loathe D. wreathe
5. A. sizzle B. wily C. quits D. pidgin

XXIII. Choose the word whose the underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group.
1. A. distribute B. tribe C. triangle D. trial
2. A. rough B. tough C. cough D. though
3. A. ghost B. hostage C. lost D. frosty
4. A. busy B. thus C. must D. bus
5. A. work B. horn C. torch D. worn

XXIV. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest, and then
circle the letter.
1. A. cheap B. chicken C. chef D. chief
2. A. program B. process C. promise D. progress
3. A. replace B. purchase C. surface D. palace
4. A. chorus B. cherish C. chaos D. character
5. A. measure B. dreadful C. treasure D. breathe

XXV. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other three,
1. A. cathedral B. cassette C. inflation D. catastrophe
2. A. advertised B. released C. promised D. increased

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3. A. cook B. tooth C. book D. look
4. A. comb B. debt C. doubt D. absorb
5. A. island B. existent C. whistle D. distant