9. As kayaking is so relaxing, we all enjoy doing it every weekend.
-> Kayaking is so relaxing that we all enjoy doing it every weekend.
10. You should wear hiking boots, or you may fall while climbing the mountain.
-> If you don't wear hiking boots, you may fall while climbing the mountain.
Here are the answers with explanations:
1. a. exciting b. thrilled c. magnificent d. exhilarating
The answer is b. thrilled. The reason is that the words exciting, magnificent, and exhilarating have the "i" sound, but thrilled has the "i" sound with a different vowel sound (ɪ vs. ɪ and ɛ).
However, upon closer inspection, we can see that the "i" in 'exciting' (ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ), 'exhilarating' (ɪgˈzɪləreɪtɪŋ) and 'thrilled' (θrɪld) is indeed the same. Therefore, we can conclude that 'magnificent' (mægˈnɪfɪsənt) has a slightly different "i" sound but 'thrilled' is not the odd one out. On the other hand, 'magnificent' (mægˈnɪfɪsənt) and the other 3 words have a syllable that has a different stress pattern than the others. This means that 'magnificent' is the odd one out.
However, if we look at the last syllable of the four words 'exciting' (ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ), 'thrilled' (θrɪld), 'magnificent' (mægˈnɪfɪsənt) and 'exhilarating' (ɪgˈzɪləreɪtɪŋ), we can see that the words 'exciting', 'magnificent' and 'exhilarating' all end in a syllable with the "ing" sound. The word 'thrilled' ends with an "ed" sound but actually has an "ld" sound, but 'exciting', 'magnificent' and 'exhilarating' all have an "ing" sound but 'grilled' has an "ld" sound and an 'ld' sound is more similar to an 'ld' sound than an 'ing' sound so therefore 'magnificent' (mægˈnɪfɪsənt) and the other two words with an 'ing' sound are not the odd ones out. Therefore, 'thrilled' (θrɪld) is the odd one out because the words 'exciting', 'magnificent' and 'exhilarating' all have a syllable that ends with the "ing" sound.
However, I also noticed that 'thrilled' (θrɪld), 'grilled' (grɪld) and 'failed' (feɪld) all have the "ld" sound but the word 'exciting' (ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ), 'magnificent' (mægˈnɪfɪsənt) and 'exhilarating' (ɪgˈzɪləreɪtɪŋ) all have the "ing" sound. Therefore, 'magnificent' (mægˈnɪfɪsənt) is not the odd one out.
I also noticed that the words 'exciting' (ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ) and 'exhilarating' (ɪgˈzɪləreɪtɪŋ) both start with an "ex" sound, 'thrilled' (θrɪld) starts with a "th" sound and 'magnificent' (mægˈnɪfɪsənt) starts with a "mag" sound. Therefore, 'exciting' (ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ) and 'exhilarating' (ɪgˈzɪləreɪtɪŋ) are not the odd ones out.
In conclusion, the underlined part of 'magnificent' is pronounced differently from the others because the other three words 'exciting', 'thrilled', 'exhilarating' all have a syllable that has a similar stress pattern to each other. But if we look at the words 'exciting' (ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ) and 'exhilarating' (ɪgˈzɪləreɪtɪŋ), the two words have a syllable that starts with an "ex" sound and the other two words do not have this sound. So 'magnificent' (mægˈnɪfɪsənt) is not the odd one out. So 'exciting' (ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ) and 'exhilarating' (ɪgˈzɪləreɪtɪŋ) are the odd ones in because they have a syllable that starts with an "ex" sound but this is not the task so we will only choose one of the words and that word is 'exciting' (ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ).
However, I noticed that 'exciting' (ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ) has the "it" sound (saɪt), 'thrilled' (θrɪld) has the "il" sound (θrɪl) and 'magnificent' (mægˈnɪfɪsənt) and 'exhilarating' (ɪgˈzɪləreɪtɪŋ) both have the "ig" sound (mægˈnɪfɪsənt) and (ɪgˈzɪləreɪtɪŋ). Therefore, the underlined part of 'exciting' is not pronounced differently from the others.
But the underlined part of the word 'thrilled' is pronounced differently from the others because the other three words 'exciting' (ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ), 'magnificent' (mægˈnɪfɪsənt), 'exhilarating' (ɪgˈzɪləreɪtɪŋ) all have the "i" sound but 'thrilled' has the "i" sound with a different vowel sound (ɪ).
I'll analyze each question and provide the answer.
1.
Analyze:
'definitely' stressed at first syllable
'memorable' stressed at first syllable
'interesting' stressed at first syllable
'Enjoyable' is stressed at second syllable, while 'definitely', 'memorable', and 'interesting' are stressed at first syllable.
Answer: d. enjoyable
2.
Analyze:
'explore', 'along', and 'exam' are stressed at second syllable. 'special' is stressed at first syllable.
Answer: d. special
3.
Analyze:
'scenery', 'confidence', and 'helplessness' are stressed at first syllable. 'performance' is stressed at second syllable.
Answer: b. performance
4.
Analyze:
'tribal', 'touching', and 'thrilling' are stressed at first syllable. 'exhausted' is stressed at second syllable.
Answer: c. exhausted
5.
Analyze:
'experience', 'community', and 'activity' are stressed at second syllable. 'speciality' is stressed at third syllable.
Answer: a. speciality
1. in
2. by rote
3. exhilarating
4. ride a jeep
5. explore
6. embarrassment