PART 1. PRONUNCIATION
Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. The underlined part is the "ed" ending in the words. A. stopped, B. expected, C. finished all have /ɪd/ while D. faced has /t/ so D is different.
2. The underlined part is the "e" in the words. A. generous, B. greenhouse, C. global all have /e/ while D. gases has /æ/ so D is different.
3. The underlined part is the "ease" in the words. A. increase, B. release all have /iːz/ while C. please, D. grease have /iːz/ and /iːs/ respectively, C and D are different.
4. The underlined part is the stress pattern in the words. A. commercial, B. electricity, C. advanced all have secondary stress before the primary stress while D. processing has the primary stress at the beginning, so D is different.
5. The underlined part is the "ea" in the words. A. dream, B. mean, C. peace, D. steady all have different pronunciation of "ea", A, B, C have /iː/ while D has /ɛ/ so D is different.
6. The underlined part is the "th" sound. A. theme has /θ/ while B. throwaway has /θr/ and the other two have a different first sound, but if we focus on the "th" sound, A is different from the other three.
7. The underlined part is the first vowel sound in the words. A. architect, B. purchase have /ɑ/ while C. technology has /ɛ/ and D. psychology has /aɪ/ so C and D are different.
8. The underlined part is the stress pattern of the words. A. dynamic has the stress on the second syllable while B. system, C. analyst, D. stability have the primary stress on the first syllable so A is different.
9. The underlined part is the first syllable in the words. A. origin has /ɔr/ while B. removal has /rɪ/ and C. environment has /ɛn/ and D. society has /soʊ/ so they are all different but if we look for a pattern we see A has a distinct first syllable sound /ɔr/ while the other three have a different first sound, so A is different.
10. The underlined part is the first syllable in the words. A. consist, B. disable, C. suggest have /kən/, /dɪ/, /sə/ respectively while D. vision has /ˈvɪʒ/ so D is different.
Choose the word whose primary stress is different from the others.
11. The primary stress is on the second syllable in candidate, on the first in habitat, on the first in wilderness and on the third in attendance so attendance is different.
12. The primary stress is on the first syllable in diverse, create and succeed and on the first in private, so private is not different, they are all different in the position of their primary stress, but they all have the primary stress either on the first or on the second syllable except private which is on the first, so it's the same pattern, but if we look at create and succeed we see that their primary stress is on the second syllable so create and succeed are different from the other two.
13. The primary stress is on the first syllable in effective, practical and relation and on the second in solution so solution is different.
14. The primary stress is on the third syllable in awareness and protection and on the first in natural and on the third in surrounding, so natural is different.
15. The primary stress is on the third syllable in community and on the fourth in contribution and economic and on the third in entertainment so entertainment is not different from community, but if we look at the pattern of the first syllable not being stressed we see that economic has the primary stress on the third syllable, so economic is not different from community, contribution, and entertainment, so they all have the primary stress not on the first syllable, except community which has the primary stress on the second syllable, no it has the primary stress on the third syllable but if we consider the pattern of not having the stress on the first syllable, then community is not different from the others, but if we consider the pattern of having the primary stress on a syllable other than the first or second then we see community is different.
16. The primary stress is on the first syllable in campaign, global and balance and on the first in carbon so carbon is not different.
17. The primary stress is on the first syllable in natural and endangered and on the first in dangerous and on the first in habitat so habitat is not different.
18. The primary stress is on the first syllable in rainforest, tropical and animal and on the second in discover so discover is different.
19. The primary stress is on the second syllable in pollution and continue and enormous and on the third in disappear so disappear is different.
20. The primary stress is on the first syllable in devastated, environment and diversity and on the third in ecology so ecology is different.
Here are the answers to the vocabulary questions:
1. A. charter
2. C. offers
3. C. held
4. A. consists
5. C. participants
6. D. competitive
7. C. economical
8. D. responsible
9. A. reducing
10. A. into
11. D. preventive
12. C. worse