❶ PHONETICS
I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.
1. A. recycle B. library C. fly D. sky
2. A. post B. hospital C. plastic D. newspaper
3. A. southest B. throw C. another D. bathroom
4. A. definitions B. environment C. preposition D. welcome
5. A. charity B. program C. trash D. donation
6. A. around B. about C. country D. found
7. A. plants B. jars C. gardens D. throws
8. A. elephants B. protects C. handbooks D. cleans
9. A. foxes B. bottles C. clothes D. magazines
10. A. picked B. helped C. created D. Laughed
11. A. action B. attack C. jacket D. battle
12. A. performance B. general C. Terrible D. September
II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the other in each group.
11. A. station B. bottle C. reuse D. donate
12. A. wildlife B. protect C. purpose D. useful
13. A. charity B. hospital C. library D. recycle
14. A. recycling B. container C. newspaper D. direction
15. A. supermarket B. community C. environment D. imperative
Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.
1. A. watch B. channel C. children D. schedule
2. A. program B. show C. popular D. home
3. A. newsreader B. weather C. week D. leave
4. A. invaders B. queens C. events D. kings
5. A. actions B. blanks C. soldiers D. reviews
6. A. changes B. battles C. armies D. movies
7. A. swapped B. liked C. watched D. animated
8. A. horror B. hour C. here D. hard
9. A. action B. fiction C. suggestion D. animation
10. A. fear B. near C. really D. wear
11. A. their B. hair C. series D. there
12. A. game B. animal C. channel D. national
13. A. birthday B. three C. theater D. there
14. A. terrible B. comedy C. president D. general
15. A. movie B. notice C. close D. show
16. A. teacher B. great C. leader D. beat
17. A. spare B. play C. game D. table
18. A. keep B. cheer C. meet D. week
19. A. sphere B. series C. here D. where
20. A. theater B. thank C. there D. thirty
Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the other in each group.
1. A. exciting B. terrible C. fantastic D. historical
2. A. Vietnamese B. general C. president D. character
3. A. action B. drama C. horror D. arrive
4. A. awful B. boring C. become D. funny
5. A. leadership B. animated C. comedy D. invader
6. A. soldier B. horror C. author D. dislike
7. A. mystery B. comedy C. adventure D. character
1.D
2.C
3.B
4.C
5.B