I'll analyze each group of words and provide the answer.
1. A. moving B. costume C. parade D. country
Analyze: 'moving' stressed at first syllable, 'costume' stressed at second syllable, 'parade' stressed at second syllable, 'country' stressed at first syllable
Answer: B. costume, C. parade
However, the task asks to choose the word whose stress is placed differently from the others. So we'll choose 'costume' or 'parade' which both differ from 'moving' and 'country'.
Answer: B. costume
2. A. convenient B. confusing C. limited D. historic
Analyze: 'convenient' stressed at second syllable, 'confusing' stressed at second syllable, 'limited' stressed at first syllable, 'historic' stressed at second syllable
Answer: C. limited
3. A. across B. behind C. around D. hardly
Analyze: 'across' stressed at second syllable, 'behind' stressed at second syllable, 'around' stressed at second syllable, 'hardly' stressed at first syllable
Answer: D. hardly
4. A. careful B. modern C. alive D. worried
Analyze: 'careful' stressed at first syllable, 'modern' stressed at first syllable, 'alive' stressed at second syllable, 'worried' stressed at first syllable
Answer: C. alive
5. A. tricycle B. buffalo C. motorway D. appliance
Analyze: 'tricycle' stressed at first syllable, 'buffalo' stressed at first syllable, 'appliance' stressed at second syllable. 'motorway' cannot be found in the dictionary, however it can be assumed 'motorway' stressed at second syllable since the pattern is very common for two-syllable words in English
Answer: D. appliance
6. A. obey B. listen C. whistle D. open
Analyze: 'obey' stressed at second syllable, 'listen' stressed at first syllable, 'whistle' stressed at first syllable, 'open' stressed at first syllable
Answer: A. obey
1. A. plane B. narrow C. station D. brake
- The answer is B.
The words "plane", "station", "brake" have the underlined part pronounced as /eɪ/ whereas "narrow" has the underlined part pronounced as /ɛ/.
2. A. left B. step C. forget D. water
- The answer is A.
The words "step", "forget", "water" have the underlined part pronounced as /ɛ/ whereas "left" has the underlined part pronounced as /ɛ/ but also have the "ft" sound which is /ft/. But in "left" the underlined part is the "e" which is pronounced as /ɛ/, however in "left" the "ft" sounds like /t/ only, which is different from the words "step", "forget", "water".
3. A. mistake B. relation C. machine D. indicate
- The answer is C.
The words "mistake", "relation", "indicate" have the underlined part pronounced as /eɪ/ whereas "machine" has the underlined part pronounced as /ɪ/.
4. A. helpful B. receive C. expect D. repair
- The answer is C.
The words "helpful", "receive", "repair" have the underlined part pronounced as /ɛ/ whereas "expect" has the underlined part pronounced as /ɛ/ but also have the underlined part as a /ɛk/ sound which is /ɛks/ and then also /ɛks/ sound is /ks/ which is then /ks/ then /ks/ /pɛr/ sound for "expect"
5. A. decade B. language C. traffic D. damage
- The answer is B.
The words "decade", "traffic", "damage" have the underlined part pronounced as /æ/ whereas "language" has the underlined part pronounced as /æ/ but "language" also have the /æŋ/ sound whereas the rest have /æf/ sound and /æm/ sound which are different from /æŋ/ sound of "language" but not different from "decade". So between "decade" and "language" the /æ/ sound is in both words "decade", "language". But between the words "traffic" and "damage", the underlined part have different sounds /træf/ /dæm/ even though both are /æ/ sounds, the word with different underlined part is B "language".
6. A. played B. teach C. meat D. pleasant
- The answer is C.
The words "played", "teach", "pleasant" have the underlined part pronounced as /eɪ/ whereas "meat" has the underlined part pronounced as /i/.
A) look