Exercise 1: Find the word stress.

1. Ability _____________
2. Position _____________
3. Difficult _____________

Exercise 2: Find the word with different stress.

1 A. adorable B. impossible C. entertainment

2 A. engineer B. corporate C. difficult
3 A. popular B. position C. horrible

Exercise 3: Write the correct word with matching pronunciation.

1. /ðis/ (pro) _____________ 11. /kəmˈpju:tə(ɾ)/ (n) _____________

2. /ðen/ (adv) _____________ 12. /tənait/ (adv) _____________

3. /tʊk/ (v) ______________ 13. /bæd/ (adj) _____________

4. /bɜ:d/ (n) _____________ 14. /fa:/ (adj) _____________

5. /wɜ:k/ (v) _____________ 15. /teik/ (v) _____________

6. /hɜ:d/ (v) _____________ 16. /ðei/ (pro) _____________

7. /tri:/ (n) _____________ 17. /bʊk/ (n) _____________

8. /gɒt/ (v) _____________ 18. /si:/ _____________

9. /fɔ:r/ (number) _____________ 19. /spɔːt/ _____________

10. /tu:/ (adv) _____________ 20. /siŋəɾ/ _____________

Exercise 4: Choose the word with different pronunciation.

1 A. hear B. clear C. bear D. ear

2 A. heat B. great C. beat D. meat
3 A. blood B. pool C. food D. tool
4 A. university B. unique C. unit D. undo
5 A. mouse B. could C. would D. should
6 A. books B. films C. study D. wants
7 A. food B. mood C. foot D. school
8 A. sun B. sure C. success D. suggest
9 A. divisible B. design C. disease D. decision
10 A. puzzle B. security C. skull D. productive
11 A. apprentice B. appreciation C. botanist D. diagram
12 A. emblem B. electrification C. exact D. entire
13 A. curriculum B. coincide C. currency D. conception
14 A. locate B. patriotic C. orator D. poverty
15 A. genuine B. geneticist C. guarantee D. generate
16 A. lively B. kite C. driven D. bite
17 A. sale B. band C. sand D. tan
18 A. blow B. show C. hole D. cow
19 A. weather B. bread C. ahead D. mean
20 A. author B. other C. there D. breathe

Exercise 5: Put the word into the correct column.

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