Exercise 1: Circle the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word

that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the
following questions.

1. A. Expert B. Machine C. Office D. Fiction

2. A. Process B. Return C. Office D. Market
3. A. Polite B. Legal C. Complete D. Diverse
4. A. Occur B. Supply C. Perfect D. Prefer
5. A. Reveal B. Offer C. Provide D. Collapse
6. A. Finish B. Technique C. Impress D. Reduce
7. A. Expert B. Secret C. Mature D. Channel
8. A. Household B. Garbage C. Concern D. Conflict
9. A. Enter B. Begin C. Allow D. Supply
10. A. Include B. Common C. Imply D. Address
11. A. Employ B. Active C. Affair D. Dessert
12. A. Playful B. Support C. Kitchen D. Threaten
13. A. Enact B. Invite C. Danger D. Enjoy
14. A. Allow B. Destroy C. Complain D. Answer
15. A. Handsome B. Nature C. Exam D. Rubbish
16. A. study B. knowledge C. precise D. message
17. A. private B. provide C. arrange D. advise
18. A. devote B. compose C. purchase D. advise
19. A. supper B. support C. supply D. supreme
20. A. rescue B. request C. receive D. repeat
21. A. hundred B. thousand C. relic D. relax
22. A. award B. enroll C. music D. below
23. A. champion B. matches C. direct D. famous
24. A. abroad B. active C. address D. attend
25. A. arrow B. arrive C. arrest D. about
26. A. excuse B. suburb C. garden D. swimming
27. A. tenant B. common C. rubbish D. machine
28. A. Christmas B. champion C. chemise D. chimney
29. A. crowded B. language C. practice D. propose

Exercise 2: Circle the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word
that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the
following questions.

1. A. powerful B. proposal C. athletic D. position

2. A. example B. exercise C. exactly D. exporting
3. A. explosive B. exploring C. expression D. excellence
4. A. dividend B. division C. distinctive D. disgusting
5. A. family B. enemy C. assembly D. harmony
6. A. assistant B. difficult C. important D. encourage
7. A. reference B. coverage C. positive D. referee
8. A. example B. paragraph C. telephone D. favorite
9. A. discover B. appointment C. important D. telescope
10. A. partner B. excuse C. apple D. parents
11. A. eleven B. yesterday C. attitude D. evening
12. A. recognize B. interfere C. clarify D. tolerate
13. A. marvelous B. courageous C. delicious D. religious
14. A. animal B. bacteria C. habitat D. pyramid
15. A. wonderful B. beautiful C. colorful D. successful
16. A. fantastic B. gymnastics C. politics D. emphatic
17. A. difficulty B. equality C. simplicity D. discovery
18. A. pollution B. excitement C. usually D. remember
19. A. encourage B. tropical C. discover D. advancement
20. A. atmosphere B. Atlantic C. athletics D. Canadian

Exercise 3: Circle the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word
that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the
following questions.

1. A. education B. development C. economic D. preparation

2. A. attend B. option C. percent D. become
3. A. literature B. entertainment C. recreation D. information
4. A. attractive B. perception C. cultural D. expensive
5. A. chocolate B. structural C. important D. national
6. A. cinema B. position C. family D. popular
7. A. natural B. department C. exception D. attentive
8. A. economy B. diplomacy C. informative D. information
9. A. arrest B. purchase C. accept D. forget
10. A. expertise B. cinema C. recipe D. similar
11. A. government B. musician C. disgusting D. exhausting
12. A. adorable B. ability C. impossible D. entertainment
13. A. engineer B. corporate C. difficult D. different
14. A. popular B. position C. horrible D. positive
15. A. selfish B. correct C. purpose D. surface
16. A. permission B. computer C. million D. perfection
17. A. scholarship B. negative C. develop D. purposeful
18. A. ability B. acceptable C. education D. hilarious
19. A. document B. comedian C. perspective D. location
20. A. provide B. product C. promote D. profess
21. A. different B. regular C. achieving D. property
22. A. education B. community C. development D. unbreakable
23. A. politics B. deposit C. conception D. occasion
24. A. prepare B. repeat C. purpose D. police
25. A. preface B. famous C. forget D. childish
26. A. cartoon B. western C. teacher D. theater
27. A. Brazil B. Iraq C. Norway D. Japan
28. A. scientific B. ability C. experience D. material
29. A. complain B. luggage C. improve D. forgive
30. A. offensive B. delicious C. dangerous D. religious