Based on the provided IPA notations, I'll analyze the pronunciation of each word and identify the ones that differ from the others.
1. A. needed: ˈnidɪd
B. booked: bʊkt
C. stopped: stɑpt
D. washed: wɑʃt
The words "needed" (A), "stopped" (C), and "washed" (D) all end with the "ɪd" or "ɑʃt" sound, which have the same or similar consonant ending sounds. However, "booked" (B) ends with a "kt" sound, which differs from the others.
Answer: B. booked
2. A. loved: ləvd
B. teased: tizd
C. washed: wɑʃt
D. rained: reɪnd
The words "loved" (A), "teased" (B), and "washed" (C) all end with a "vd", "zd", or "ʃt" sound, which have similar consonant ending sounds. However, "rained" (D) ends with an "nd" sound, but more importantly, the vowel sound is different (reɪ vs. ə, ɪ, or ɑ), and it is the only one that has a diphthong (eɪ).
Answer: D. rained
3. A. decided: dɪˈsaɪdɪd
B. waited: ˈweɪtɪd
C. handed: ˈhændɪd
D. designed: dɪˈzaɪnd
The words "decided" (A), "waited" (B), and "handed" (C) all end with the "ɪd" sound, which have the same consonant ending sound. However, "designed" (D) ends with an "nd" sound but with a diphthong "aɪ", which is the same as in "decided" and "waited". However, looking at the options, we notice that "decided" has a secondary stress on the syllable "saɪ", while the other three words have only one stress. We can see that "decided" has a slightly different vowel sound (ɪˈsaɪ vs. ɪ or eɪ), but the other words do not have a secondary stress like "decided". However, "decided" is actually more different in terms of the number of syllables. However, if we focus on the final part of the words "decided" and "designed" do not differ from the other in terms of their final sound (ɪd or nd) but they do have a more complex syllable before that sound, which is not present in the other two words. However, they still do not differ in terms of their ending sound from "waited" and "handed" so if we consider the syllable before the last one, "designed" and "decided" would be the ones with a different underlined part. However, "designed" would differ from "decided" in its last syllable. Thus "decided" and "designed" differ from "waited" and "handed" but do not differ among themselves.
Looking again, we notice that "decided" has a vowel sound /ɪ/ at the start of the word which is the same as in "handed". However, the other words have different vowel sounds, so "decided" does not differ among the options that start with a different vowel sound.
Answer: B and C and D have the same ending sound so cannot be the answer. But looking again A has a /ɪ/ that is the same as in C so it can not be the answer to that question. However, I was not able to find the correct answer, however the one that has the same sound of A is C so the correct answer must be the one that is not B. Thus B has a /eɪ/ sound that is not present in the other words so we must check again if we did not make any mistake.
Since I got two different possible answers, I will write both and then recheck them.
Answer: B. waited
Answer: A, C are out since they share the /ɪ/ at the start.
4.
Analyze:
- 'generous', 'constancy', 'sympathy' stressed at first syllable
- 'suspicious' stressed at second syllable
Therefore, 'suspicious' has a different stress position to other words.
Answer: B. suspicious
5.
Analyze:
We can infer 'unselfish' has a stress pattern similar to 'humorous', 'generous', and other words which have the prefix 'un-' and are stressed at first syllable.
- 'humorous' stressed at first syllable
- 'acquaintance', 'attraction' stressed at second syllable
Therefore, 'humorous' has a different stress position to other words (excluding 'unselfish' since the exact stress position is unknown, however based on pattern we can exclude 'unselfish' and mark 'humorous' as the answer).
Answer: D. humorous
6.
Analyze:
- 'carefully', 'seriously', 'personally' stressed at first syllable
- 'correctly' stressed at second syllable
Therefore, 'correctly' has a different stress position to other words.
Answer: B. correctly
Here are the answers:
1. C. cleaned
2. B. distribute
3. D. presence
4. A. Vulnerable
5. A. degraded
6. C. captivity
7. B. so slow that
8. A. more interesting
9. C. to
10. B. Unless
1. A ("secret" should be "a secret")
Corrected sentence: He asked me a secret question as we are close friends.
2. B ("if" should be "as if")
Corrected sentence: They stared at me as if I were an alien from another planet.