I'll help you analyze the pronunciation of each word and choose the one that has the underlined pattern (double consonant or double vowel) least in common with the others.
1. A. food (fud)
B. school (skul)
C. tool (tul)
D. good (gʊd)
The words "school" and "tool" have a "ool" pattern, while "food" has a similar pattern. However, "good" has a distinct "gʊd" pattern. The answer is D. good.
2. A. border (ˈbɔrdər)
B. torch (tɔrʧ)
C. morning (ˈmɔrnɪŋ)
D. forgett (forgett)
The words "border", "morning", and "torch" have a similar pattern of having a double vowel ("or") or a diphthong. However, "forgett" has a distinct pattern, but "forgett" has two "t"s and two "e"s but not in the order "tt" or "ee". But border is the answer.
The answer is A. border.
3. A. housed (haʊzd)
B. preserved (prɪˈzərvd)
C. crooked (ˈkrʊkəd)
D. raised (reɪzd)
The words "housed", "crooked", and "raised" have a distinct pattern, but "housed" has a diphthong "aʊ" while "crooked" has "oo" and "raised" has "ai". However, "preserved" has a different pattern and doesn't have a double vowel, but has double consonants "ss" "rr" and "dd", while the others do not.
The answer is B. preserved.
4. A. species (ˈspiʃiz)
B. pollute (pəˈlut)
C. accept (əkˈsɛpt)
D. receipt (rɪˈsit)
The words "species", "pollute", and "receipt" have a distinct pattern, while "accept" has a different pattern. The words "species", "pollute", and "receipt" have double consonants "ss" or "cc", and double consonants "ll" or double consonants "pp" "tt", while "accept" has a double consonant "cc" but the "cc" is in between two distinct vowels.
The answer is C. accept.
5. A. mouths (maʊðz)
B. paths (pæθs)
C. months (mənθs)
D. wreaths (riθs)
The words "mouths", "months", and "wreaths" have a distinct pattern of having a "th" or an "ou" or "ea" while "paths" has a distinct pattern of having "th" but a short "a" compared to "mouths", "months" and "wreaths".
The answer is B. paths.
Here are the analyses and answers:
6.
Analyze:
'tomorrow' stressed at second syllable
'important' stressed at second syllable
'mystery' stressed at first syllable
'however' stressed at second syllable
Therefore, 'mystery' has a different stress position to other words.
Answer: C. mystery
7.
Analyze:
'understand' stressed at third syllable
'adventure' stressed at second syllable
'engineer' stressed at first syllable
'Vietnamese' stressed at fourth syllable
However, the closest match for the question is between 'understand' stressed at third syllable and other words stressed at second and first syllables.
Answer: A. understand
8.
Analyze:
'lemonade' stressed at first syllable
'atmosphere' stressed at first syllable
'introduce' stressed at third syllable
'correspond' stressed at third syllable
However, the closest match for the question is between 'lemonade' and 'atmosphere' both stressed at first syllable, and 'introduce' and 'correspond' stressed at third syllable.
Answer: A. lemonade and D. atmosphere are incorrect, so the best answer would be B or C. Since 'introduce' and 'correspond' are more alike in stress pattern than the rest. The best choice is 'B' introduce.
9.
Analyze:
'computer' stressed at second syllable
'company' stressed at first syllable
'comprise' stressed at second syllable
'communicate' stressed at second syllable
Therefore, 'company' has a different stress position to other words.
Answer: B. company
10.
Analyze:
'happen' stressed at first syllable
'study' stressed at first syllable
'appear' stressed at second syllable
'wonder' stressed at first syllable
Therefore, 'appear' has a different stress position to other words.
Answer: C. appear
Here are the answers to the given sentences:
1. A. boring
2. D. to/ in
3. A. have
4. C. both
5. B. in which
6. B. for