1. C. ruled
2. A. hour
3. A. economic
4. A. extinction
5. D. obese
To answer the questions, we need to analyze the pronunciation of each word, specifically focusing on the underlined parts (implied by the question).
Question 1:
- A. gone: /gɔn/
- B. money: /ˈməni/
- C. month: /mənθ/
- D. done: /dən/
All options A, C, and D have the same ending sound /n/. However, option B (money) ends with the "i" sound /ˈməni/. Therefore, the correct answer is B.
Question 2:
- A. closed: /kloʊzd/
- B. pleased: /plizd/
- C. climbed: /klaɪmd/
- D. finished: /ˈfɪnɪʃt/
All options A, B, and C have the same "ed" sound /zd/, /zd/, or /md/ sound. However, option D (finished) has a different sound /t/. Therefore, the correct answer is D.
Question 3:
- A. thought: /θɔt/
- B. clothing: /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/
- C. another: /əˈnəðər/
- D. those: /ðoʊz/
All options A, B, and C have the "th" sound /θ/, /ð/, or /ð/. However, option D (those) also has the "th" sound but as /ð/. Options B and C and D have a sound close to each other, but A has the "t" sound /θɔt/. Therefore, the correct answer is A.
Analyze:
'about', 'appear', and 'develop' are all stressed at the second syllable. On the other hand, 'helpful' is stressed at the first syllable.
Answer: D. helpful
Analyze:
'television' is stressed at the first syllable. Meanwhile, 'combination', 'generation', and 'education' are all stressed at the third syllable.
Answer: A. television
To determine which word has an underlined part that differs in pronunciation from the other three, we'll analyze each question:
Question 1: A. throw, B. cow, C. slow, D. know
The words "throw" (θroʊ), "slow" (sloʊ), and "know" (noʊ) all end with the "oʊ" sound, while "cow" (kaʊ) ends with a "aʊ" sound. Therefore, the answer is B. cow.
Question 2: A. identify, B. final, C. since, D. decide
The words "identify" (aɪˈdɛntəfaɪ), "final" (ˈfaɪnəl), and "decide" (dɪˈsaɪd) all contain the "aɪ" or "aɪ" sound, while "since" (sɪns) contains the "ɪ" sound. Therefore, the answer is C. since.
Question 3: A. threaten, B. through, C. thankful, D. those
The words "threaten" (θˈrɛtən), "thankful" (ˈθæŋkfəl), and "those" (ðoʊz) all start with the "θ" (theta) sound, while "through" (θru) starts with the same "θ" sound but is pronounced more like "θruː" (with a longer "u" sound), so it's more like an exception but since those has a "ð" which sounds the same but is different letter than the rest we would have: The words "threaten" (θˈrɛtən), "through" (θru), and "thankful" (ˈθæŋkfəl) all start with the "θ" (theta) sound, while "those" (ðoʊz) starts with the "ð" (eth) sound. Therefore, the answer is D. those
Analyze:
'problem', 'answer', 'question', 'comfortable', 'dangerous', 'ceremony' are stressed at the first syllable.
'example' and 'exciting' are stressed at the second syllable.
Answer: D. example (Question 1) and B. dangerous is not the correct answer, A. comfortable, B. dangerous and D. ceremony have the same stress position so we choose C. exciting doesn't match with other 3 choices but it is the only one with the second syllable so) or D. ceremony
Answer choice is C. exciting or D. ceremony