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TOPIC 1: PHONETICS
I. Choose the word which has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest
1. A. mended B. faced C. objected D. waited
2. A. talked B. naked C. liked D. asked
3. A. explored B. named C. travelled D. separated
4. A. filled B. missed C. switched D. watched
5. A. talked B. passed C. called D. watched
6. A. played B. matched C. cleaned D. opened
7. A. hated B. watched C. decided D. wanted
8. A. finished B. raised C. cooked D. stopped
9. A. enjoyed B. loved C. joined D. helped
10. A. stopped B. watched C. decided D. flipped
11. A. stopped B. played C. packed D. parked
12. A. picked B. worked C. naked D. booked
13. A. included B. wanted C. wicked D. noticed
14. A. moved B. checked C. pushed D. stepped
15. A. decided B. moved C. carried D. believed
16. A. laughed B. sacrificed C. kicked D. explained
17. A. allowed B. passed C. argued D. raised
18. A. studied B. approved C. reminded D. returned
19. A. finished B. escaped C. damaged D. promised
20. A. finished B. played C. influenced D. helped
21. A. linked B. declared C. finished D. developed
22. A. approached B. sacrificed C. unwrapped D. obliged
23. A. watched B. promoted C. invited D. decided
24. A. wicked B. cooked C. sacred D. started
25. A. moaned B. presented C. viewed D. robbed
26. A. ploughed B. disliked C. coughed D. laughed
27. A. ruined B. crowded C. admired D. strolled
28. A. reserved B. locked C. forced D. touched
29. A. laughed B. cleaned C. brushed D. stopped
30. A. showered B. linked C. concerned D. belonged
31. A. needed B. afforded C. advanced D. invented
32. A. loved B. appeared C. agreed D. coughed
33. A. practiced B. raised C. rained D. followed
34. A. looked B. laughed C. decided D. experienced
35. A. learned (adj) B. lived C. naked D. supposedly
36. A. concerned B. raised C. developed D. maintained
37. A. involved B. organized C. impressed D. carried
38. A. advanced B. surprised C. orphaned D. weighed
39. A. crooked B. sacred C. learned D. studied
40. A. influenced B. terrified C. averaged D. accompanied

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41. A. puzzled B. wicked C. beloved D. confused

42. A. processed B. infested C. balanced D. reached
43. A. dissolved B. sacrificed C. reformed D. ploughed
44. A. daunted B. installed C. committed D. confided
45. A. crooked B. engaged C. expected D. attracted
46. A. assumed B. preceded C. determined D. approved
47. A. conducted B. responded C. rejected D. convinced
48. A. challenged B. consisted C. detailed D. mentioned
49. A. achieved B. announced C. convinced D. excused
50. A. owed B. required C. qualified D. established

II. Choose the word which has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest
1. A. names B.lives C. dances D. tables
2. A. nights B.days C. years D. weekends
3. A. pens B. markers C. books D. rulers
4. A. attempts B.nods C. pigeons D. bends
5. A. clerks B.tools C. stands D. chairs
6. A. faces B. overcomes C. horses D. passes
7. A. presidents B. busy C. handsome D. besides
8. A. activities B. watches C. dishes D. boxes
9. A. dolls B. cars C. vans D. trucks
10. A. pens B. closets C. sweets D. lamps
11. A. rulers B. pencils C. bags D. books
12. A. bees B. cupboards C. jumps D. bedrooms
13. A. moves B. bosses C. brushes D. foxes
14. A. cats B. dogs C. papers D. drawers
15. A. beaches B. watches C. wakes D. lunches
16. A. proofs B. books C. points D. days
17. A. helps B. laughs C. cooks D. finds
18. A. neighbors B. friends C. finds D. photographs
19. A. snacks B. follows C. spoons D. writers
20. A. streets B. questions C. books D. makes
21. A. cities B. satellites C. series D. hobbies
22. A. develops B. concerts C. laughs D. discovers
23. A. designs B. streets C. books D. concepts
24. A. proofs B. regions C. lifts D. rocks
25. A. involves B. believes C. appliances D. facilities
26. A. remembers B. cooks C. walls D. pyramids
27. A. sports B. confronts C. outbreaks D. minds
28. A. nations B. speakers C. languages D. minds
29. A. proofs B. looks C. lends D. stops
30. A. checks B. bags C. photographs D. speaks

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31. A. parents B. brothers C. weekends D. feelings

32. A. chores B. dishes C. houses D. coaches
33. A. works B. shops C. shifts D. plays
34. A. coughs B. sings C. stops D. sleeps
35. B. believes C. exploits
A. creates D. jackets
36. A. pools B. trucks C. umbrellas D. workers
37. A. programs B. individuals C. subjects D. celebrations
38. A. churches B. devices C. resources D. wives
39. A. barracks B. labors C. means D. headquarters
40. A. activities B. species C. resources D. densities
41. A. appeals B. chairs C. shops D. schools
42. A. houses B. horses C. matches D. quantities
43. A. walls B. feminists C. goods D. fingers
44. A. arms B. legs C. heads D. chests
45. A. brothers B. parents C. daughters D. nephews
46. A. hears B. dreams C. rents D. loans
47. A. knows B. remains C. stays D. meets
48. A. regrets B. remembers C. drinks D. laughs
49. A. prevents B. occurs C. answers D. animals
50 A. decreases B. differences C. juggles D. reaches

III. Choose the word which has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest
1. A. study B. bury C. cut D. young
2. A. all B. call C. want D. tall
3. A. brush B. rush C. push D. crush
4. A. barn B. harm C. charm D. fat
5. A. star B. cater C. half D. departure
6. A. bar B. charter C. car D. back
7. A. given B. ridden C. widen D. kitchen
8. A. funny B. rubbish C. upper D. student
9. A. send B. member C. term D. November
10. A. remind B. get C. met D. debt
11. A. begin B. become C. decide D. meter
12. A. plus B. stuff C. skull D. full
13. A. map B. bank C. back D. star
14. A. silent B. open C. happen D. remind
15. A. bit B. sit C. twin D. mine
16. A. against B. martial C. mature D. above
17. A. result B. lunch C. subject D. student
18. A. arrange B. arrive C. arise D. area
19. A. event B. preserve C. effect D. effort
20. A. toll B. roll C. doll D. hole
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21. A. private B. attract C. romantic D. marriage

22. A. typist B. typical C. typo D. stylish
23. A. twice B. machine C. routine D. magazine
24. A. species B. invent C. medicine D. tennis
25. A. transfer B. career C. variety D. afraid
26. A. denial B. destiny C. beware D. delay
27. A. purity B. burning C. studious D. durable
28. A. reliable B. liquid C. revival D. final
29. A. apply B. university C. early D. identity
30. A. general B. education C. secondary D. remember
31. A. university B. understand C. discussion D. industrial
32. A. logic B. voluntary C. opposite D. portable
33. A. atom B. compare C. prove D. continue
34. A. pull B. push C. butcher D. nurse
35. A. burn B. cup C. dust D. unhappy
36. A. darkness B. particular C. market D. remark
37. A. ghost B. hostage C. lost D. frosty
38. A. muddy B. punctual C. studious D. culture
39. A. function B. rubbish C. frustrate D. furious
40. A. bulldog B. Cuba C. duty D. mutual
41. A. right B. private C. communist D. minority
42. A. repeat B. scene C. cede D. complete
43. A. national B. landscape C. courage D. balance
44. A. addition B. advantage C. adventure D. advertise
45. A. capacity B. shortage C. luggage D. message
46. A. documentary B. population C. stimulate D. maximum
47. A. sodium B. solid C. solitude D. solvent
48. A. intimate B. village C. damage D. prepare
49. A. supportive B. substantial C. compulsory D. curriculum
50. A. imprudent B. hallucination C. input D. intrude

IV. Choose the word which has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest
1.
A. middle B. mile C. kind D. time
2. A. spear B. breakfast C. fear D. pear
3. A. shown B. flown C grown D. crown
4. A. accountant B. amount C. founding D. country
5. A. post B. local C. prominent D. hotel
6. A. download B. growth C. blow D. shadow
7. A. childhood B. silent C. write D. written
8. A. mind B. while C. sister D. island
9. A. pie B. heir C. inquire D. tie
10. A. fame B. baby C. many D. plane

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11. A. straight B. explain C. fair D. tail

12. A. translation B. Canadian C. parent D. Australian
13. A. afraid B. laird C. nail D. sail
14. A. great B. real C. steak D. break
15. A. danger B. landscape C. debate D. nature
16. A. academic B. grade C. behave D. examination
17. A. appointment B. choir C. choice D. point
18. A. bowl B. snow C. crown D. slow
19. A. coarsen B. road C. coal D. load
20. A. slowly B. tomorrow C. allow D. below
21. A. comb B. pole C. fortunately D. most
22. A. sour B. hour C. pour D. flour
23. A. capable B. ancient C. angle D. danger
24. A. expand B. vacancy C. mate D. category
25. A. weary B. bear C. pear D. swear
26. A. loud B. mouse C. soul D. sound
27. A. soul B. aloud C. counting D. council
28. A. vowel B. widow C. flower D. gowns
29. A. rout B. route C. plough D. dough
30. A. south B. doubt C. shoulder D. mouth
31. A. around B. tourist C. fountain D. south
32. A. dinosaur B. crocodile C. signature D. rise
33. A. sound B. shoulder C. hour D. round
34. A. comprise B. incline C. cacti D. bewilder
35. A. poultry B. bound C. sound D. mould
36. A. knowledge B. flower C. shower D. coward
37. A. power B. widow C. arrow D. slowly
38. A. dough B. mould C. around D. poultry
39. A. bound B. cough C. ground D. round
40. A. hear B. dear C. pear D. clear
41. A. slave B. cake C. shape D. slap
42. A. invasion B. liberation C. photography D. exchange
43. A. counterfeit B. courtesy C. drought D. outer
44. A. fate B. cape C. tape D. bacteria
45. A. spine B. feminine C. valentine D. undermine
46. A. paradigm B. swine C. filter D. sigh
47. A. squire B. quip C. guile D. quite
48. A. silent B. twine C. political D. swine
49. A. aisle B. sail C. afraid D. straight
50. A. amount B. astound C. mouthful D. shoulder

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1. A. both B. bath C. brother D. birthday

2. A. station B. cartoon C. factory D. after
3. A. vacation B. beautiful C. vegetable D. understand
4. A. another B. health C. mathematics D. theater
5. A. coach B. headache C. teach D. such
6. A. castle B. carrot C. cycling D. company
7. A. century B. centimeter C. comfortable D. cigarette
8. A. century B. customer C. secretary D. alcohol
9. A. especially B. license C. except D. dancer
10. A. nurse B. opposite C. surprise D. surname
11. A. noisy B. inside C. costly D. listen
12. A. also B. always C. august D. ask
13. A. sugar B. sweet C. sport D. sorry
14. A. white B. whole C. which D. why
15. A. course B. cinema C. conversation D. computer
16. A. insect B. lose C. useful D. tourism
17. A. bridge B. engineer C. finger D. manage
18. A. architecture B. chain C. channel D. chicken
19. A. century B. camping C. activity D. creature
20. A. capital B. competition C. advice D. alcohol
21. A. usually B. visitor C. desert D. museum
22. A. discuss B. certainly C. discount D. customer
23. A. figure B. magazine C. geography D. grammar
24. A. absent B. absolutely C. advertise D. atmosphere
25. A. attach B. branch C. charity D. stomach
26. A. condition B. confirm C. curious D. cycle
27. A. departure B. difficulty C. directly D. disadvantage
28. A. game B. generous C. ago D. guess
29. A. surely B. single C. since D. secret
30. A. tuna B. situation C. gentle D. particular
31 A. education B. individual C. dolphin D. disease
32. A. though B. smooth C. without D. earth
33.. A. brother B. sunbathe C. otherwise D. thriller
34. A. chilly B. cheek C. chemist D. challenge
35. A. scissors B. sense C. sure D. sailor
36. A. optimistic B. terrorism C. distinctive D. initiation
37. A. intellectual B. integrate C. stable D. investor
38. A. sympathy B. method C. without D. theme
39. A. currency B. advocate C. discrimination D. civilize
40. A. Islam B. inspire C. enthusiast D. tourism
41. A. moisture B. architecture C. capture D. influential
42. A. loyalty B. drugstore C. pollutant D. radiation

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43. A. education B. facility C. ecology D. nuclear

44. A. constancy B. enthusiasm C. scream D. consequence
45. A. residential B. cosy C. suitable D. preservation
46. A. appreciate B. confidence C. species D. artificial
47. A. attitude B. estimate C. influential D. extinction
48. A. survive B. offspring C. coastal D. present
49. A. conquest B. discourtesy C. socialize D. significant
50. A. fertilize B. potential C. proportion D. investigation
EXTRA EXERCISES
Ex 1. Choose the word which has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest
1) necessarily B) mechanic C) exception D) apprentice
2) A) basic B) erosion C) loose D) recycle
3) A) worry B) infer C) dirtying D) fertilizer
4) A) mile B) militant C) smile D) kind
5) A) relaxed B) mounted C) collected D) needed
6) A) picked B) considered C) stayed D) received
7) A) women B) bench C) lend D) spend
8) A) food B) good C) look D) blood
9) A) property B) access C) possession D) American
10) A) much B) number C) cut D) put
11) A) particular B) park C) smart D) hard
12) A) Africa B) access C) ache D) man
13) A) cat B) certain C) cook D) Canadian
14) A) respect B) send C) set D) then
15) A) forget B) open C) popular D) font
16) A) easy B) seat C) learn D) eat
17) A) pleasant B) health C) breath D) breathe
18) A) child B) chill C) chemistry D) teacher
19) A) threaten B) breath C) health D) breathe
20) A) main B) certain C) complain D) explain
21) A) nightmare B) care C) Are D) share
22) A) heart B) earn C) heard D) learn
23) A) fear B) near C) clear D) pear
24) A) nation B) vase C) nature D) grade
25) A) enough B) account C) surround D) outdoor
26) A) phoned B) called C) cooked D) climbed
27) A) can B) cell C) call D) cold
28) A) wants B) books C) stops D) sends
29) A) teach B) meet C) feather D) seat
30) A) cow B) low C) how D) round
31) A) case B) age C) carry D) vapour
32) A) oxygen B) slowly C) healthy D) supply
33) A) count B) amount C) mountain D) course
34) A) complete B) object C) defend D) prevent
35) A) rhinoceros B) habitat C) vehicle D) whale
36) A) involved B) decided C) explained D) swallowed
37) A) admit B) confide C) decide D) retire
38) A) land B) save C) cramp D) cash
39) A) tapes B) cakes C) chores D) dates
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40) A) picked B) considered C) stayed D) received

41) A) women B) bench C) lend D) spend
42) A) communicate B) private C) translate D) tolerate
43) A) nation B) access C) Australia D) failure
44) A) scientists B) satellites C) Abnormalities D) birthmarks
45) A) friend B) guest C) gesture D) women
46) A) about B) sound C) count D) wounded
47) A) family B) can C) party D) graduate
48) A) high B) Advice C) guide D) river
49) A) pleasure B) please C) easy D) leave
50) A) graduated B) asked C) processed D) finished
51) A) bank B) safe C) value D) cash
52) A) wine B) decline C) design D) engine
53) A) nation B) national C) nationality D) international
54) A) respect B) send C) set D) then
55) A) intention B) question C) action D) mention
56) A) give B) five C) hive D) dive
57) A) feature B) reason C) season D) pleasant
58) A) one B) orange C) dozen D) cover
59) A) stall B) take C) spray D) pavement
60) A) ache B) chemist C) Christmas D) approach
61) A) missed B) jumped C) arrived D) rained
62) A) few B) new C) threw D) knew
63) A) nicest B) largest C) hottest D) best
64) A) bare B) dare C) care D) car
65) A) so B) show C) who D) though
66) A) children B) child C) line D) sign
67) A) either B) neither C) height D) leisure
68) A) name B) flame C) man D) fame
69) A) chief B) of C) leaf D) thief
70) A) this B) thick C) Maths D) thin
71) A) students B) lectures C) speakers D) nations
72) A) cost B) most C) hot D) lot
73) A) delicate B) prefer C) reference D) chemical
74) A) ear B) hear C) near D) heart
75) A) beams B) tops C) months D) locks
76) A) homeless B) done C) become D) month
77) A) book B) smooth C) good D) look
78) A) tolerated B) needed C) collected D) looked
79) A) utter B) custom C) cutting D) use
80) A) mile B) militant C) smile D) kind
81) A) preserve B) sack C) conserve D) poison
82) A) machine B) cheap C) teacher D) child
83) A) wants B) books C) stops D) sends
84) A) mile B) militant C) smile D) kind
85) A) relaxed B) mounted C) collected D) needed
Ex 2. Choose the word which has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest
1. A. roses B. villages C. colleagues D. matches
2. A. worked B. stopped C. forced D. wanted
3. A. says B. lays C. plays D. stays

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4. A. waited B. mended C. objected D. faced

5. A. confused B. faced C. cried D. defined
6. A. needed B. waited C. pointed` D. considered
7. A. marked B. reached C. needed D. walked
8. A. Succeeds B. devotes C. prevents D. coughs
9. A. kissed B. helped C. forced D. raised
10. A. completes B. engines C. taxis D. ferries
11. A. learned B. watched C. helped D. wicked
12. A. cancels B. referees C. sacks D. widens
13. A. combs B. lamps C. brakes D. invites
14. A. books B. floors C. tombs D. drums
15. A. closes B. loses C. loves D. chooses
16. A. languages B. rabies C. assumes D. consumes
17. A. trays B. says C. bays D. days
18. A. kissed B. pleased C. increased D. ceased
19. A. devoted B. suggested C. provided D. wished
20. A. packed B. punched C. pleased D. pushed
21. A. gives B. phones C. switches D. dives
22. A. watched B. crashed C. occupied D. coughed
23. A. studies B. flourishes C. finishes D. glances
24. A. hears B. thanks C. blows D. coincides
25. A. started B. looked C. decided D. coincided
26. A. designed B. preserved C. sawed D. guided
27. A. stops B. climbs C. pulls D. televisions
28. A. cats B. tapes C. rides D. cooks
29. A. agreed B. missed C. liked D. watched
30. A. measured B. pleased C. distinguished D. managed
31. A. Preferred B. worked C. fixed D. fetched
32. A. embarrassed B. astonished C. surprised D. decreased
33. A. chased B. wished C. pursued D. thanked
34. A. shoots B. grounds C. concentrates D. forests
35. A. practised B. raised C. rained D. followed
36. A. concealed B. fined C. resembled D. resisted
37. A. tells B. talks C. stays D. steals
38. A. hours B. fathers C. dreams D. thinks
39. A. filled B. landed C. suited D. decided
40. A. imagined B. punished C. diseased D. determined
41. A. examined B. released C. serviced D. ceased
42. A. diseases B. pleases C. loses D. releases
43. A. bushes B. buses C. lorries D. charges
44. A. expelled B. dismissed C. encountered D. returned
45. A. fixed B. founded C. needed D. intended
46. A. eradicated B. defended C. unnoticed D. extended
47. A. parents B. boys C. mothers D. things
48. A. weekends B. families C. problems D. biologists
49. A. weekends B. schools C. secrets D. solutions
50. A. confided B. determined C. obliged D. maintained
51. A. knocked B. missed C. organized D. finished
52. A. laughed B. cooked C. explained D. looked
53. A. ways B. ties C. stops D. cars

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54. A. missed B. failed C. pumped D. jumped

55. A. relaxed B. surprised C. stopped D. kissed
56. A. books B. carrots C. floors D. slopes
57. A. eradicated B. controlled C. served D. surprised
58. A. ended B. wanted C. liked D. mended
59. A. effects B. letters C. persons D. friends
60. A. dates B. halves C. speeds D. countries
Ex 3.Different sound
1. A. heat B. scream C. meat D. dead
2. A. prepared B. particular C. pagoda D. attract
3. A. thrilling B. other C. through D. something
4. A. idea B. going C. will D. trip
5. A. face B. place C. prepared D. days
6. A. around B. sound C. only D. mouse
7. A. teacher B. other C. together D. term
8. A. Germany B. garden C. gate D. gas
9. A. scholarship B. Christ C. school D. chicken
10. A. house B. harm C. hour D. husband
11. A. sing B. morning C. any D. hang
12. A. hundred B. exhausted C. however D. heat
13. A. head B. ready C. mean D. weather
14. A. choir B. cheap C. Child D. chair
15. A. charge B. child C. teacher D. champagne
16. A. reason B. clear C. mean D. each
17. A. motion B. question C. mention D. fiction
18. A. gather B. good C. large D. again
19. A. change B. children C. machine D. church
20. A. hand B. bank C. sand D. band
21. A. cooks B. loves C. joins D. spends
22. A. share B. rare C. are D. declare
23. A. clothes B. cloths C. roofs D. books
24. A. naked B. looked C. booked D. hooked
25. A. laughed B. weighed C. helped D. missed
26. A. apply B. university C. identity D. early
27. A. choice B. achieve C. each D. chemistry
28. A. final B. applicant C. high D. decide
29. A. average B. indicate C. application D. grade
30. A. course B. four C. our D. yours
31. A. worker B. whom C. interview D. answer
32. A. honest B. holiday C. home D. happiness
33. A. character B. teacher C. chemist D. technical
34. A. interview B. minute C. question D. suitable
35 A. explained B. disappointed C. prepared D. interviewed
36. A. economy B. industry C. qualify D. priority
37. A. right B. private C. communist D. minority
38. A. measure B. subsidies C. domestic D. hospital
39. A. though B. encourage C. enough D. country
40. A. improve B. introduce C. move D. lose
41. A. future B. mature C. pasture D. nature
42. A. chore B. technology C. much D. exchange

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43. A. threaten B. earth C. healthy D. breathe

44. A. wipe B. allow C. powerful D. answer
45. A. service B. practice C. office D. device
46. A. grasses B. stretches C. comprises D. potatoes
47. A. lie B. wide C. circle D. comprise
48. A. compound B. route C. house D. south
49. A. dune B. hummock C. shrub D. buffalo
50. A. west B. between C. growth D. which

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