E1: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. Question 1: A. castle...

Here are the answers to each question: 1. A. castle B. letter C. hospital D. status Answer: B (letter is the only one with the "ɛ" sound, while the others have "æ" or "ɑ" sounds) 2. A. occupy B. observe C. promote D. custom Answer: B (observe is the only one with an unstressed first syllable, while the others have a stressed first syllable) 3. A. ancient B. tradition C. appear D. typical Answer: D (typical is the only one with a stressed first syllable and a "ɪ" sound, while the others have an unstressed first syllable and different vowel sounds) 4. A. effort B. recognize C. secret D. religion Answer: D (religion is the only one with an unstressed first syllable and a "ɪ" sound, while the others have a stressed first syllable and different vowel sounds) 5. A. generation B. question C. promotion D. communication Answer: B (question is the only one with a stressed first syllable and a "w" sound, while the others have an unstressed first syllable and different vowel sounds) 1. A. life B. value C. alive D. folk Answer: D (folk is the only one with a single vowel sound and no diphthong, while the others have a diphthong or different vowel sounds) 2. A. only B. chalk C. lesson D. celebrate Answer: D (celebrate is the only one with a "eɪ" sound, while the others have different vowel sounds) 3. A. should B. color C. health D. leisure Answer: C (health is the only one with a "θ" sound, while the others have different consonant sounds) 4. A. culture B. ankle C. walk D. mobile Answer: C (walk is the only one with a "ɔ" sound, while the others have different vowel sounds) 5. A. travel B. mall C. half D. several Answer: D (several is the only one with a "və" sound, while the others have different vowel sounds) 1. A. milk B. palm C. people D. fell Answer: D (fell is the only one with a single "ɛ" sound, while the others have different vowel sounds) 2. A. link B. believe C. talk D. collection Answer: D (collection is the only one with a "kə" sound, while the others have different consonant sounds) 3. A. local B. careful C. national D. would Answer: D (would is the only one with a "ʊ" sound, while the others have different vowel sounds) 4. A. police B. calm C. holiday D. landscape Answer: B (calm is the only one with a "ɑ" sound, while the others have different vowel sounds) 5. A. could B. clean C. while D. windmills Answer: B (clean is the only one with a "iː" sound, while the others have different vowel sounds) Here are the answers to each question: **Question 1: A. complex B. structure C. basic D. report** Analyze: 'complex' stressed at first syllable, 'structure' stressed at first syllable, 'basic' stressed at first syllable, 'report' stressed at second syllable Answer: D. report **Question 2: A. modern B. complete C. ancient D. barefoot** Analyze: 'modern' stressed at first syllable, 'complete' stressed at second syllable, 'ancient' stressed at first syllable, 'barefoot' stressed at first syllable Answer: B. complete **Question 3: A. worship B. promote C. believe D. preserve** Analyze: 'worship' stressed at first syllable, 'promote' stressed at second syllable, 'believe' stressed at second syllable, 'preserve' stressed at second syllable Answer: A. worship **Question 4: A. communal B. monument C. occupied D. heritage** Analyze: 'communal' stressed at second syllable, 'monument' stressed at first syllable, 'occupied' stressed at first syllable, 'heritage' stressed at first syllable Answer: A. communal **Question 5: A. ingredient B. associate C. generation D. significant** Analyze: 'ingredient' stressed at second syllable, 'associate' stressed at second syllable, 'generation' stressed at third syllable, 'significant' stressed at second syllable Answer: C. generation **Question 6: 1. A. improve B. program C. grandma D. custom** Analyze: 'improve' stressed at second syllable, 'program' stressed at first syllable, 'grandma' stressed at first syllable, 'custom' stressed at first syllable Answer: A. improve **Question 7: 2. A. musical B. monument C. family D. remember** Analyze: 'musical' stressed at first syllable, 'monument' stressed at first syllable, 'family' stressed at first syllable, 'remember' stressed at second syllable Answer: D. remember **Question 8: 3. A. problem B. member C. become D. mother** Analyze: 'problem' stressed at first syllable, 'member' stressed at first syllable, 'become' stressed at second syllable, 'mother' stressed at first syllable Answer: C. become **Question 9: 4. A. memory B. important C. tomorrow D. computer** Analyze: 'memory' stressed at first syllable, 'important' stressed at second syllable, 'tomorrow' stressed at second syllable, 'computer' stressed at second syllable Answer: A. memory **Question 10: 5. A. promote B. market C. remain D. remote** Analyze: 'promote' stressed at second syllable, 'market' stressed at first syllable, 'remain' stressed at second syllable, 'remote' stressed at second syllable Answer: B. market Here are the answers with the correct option circled: 1. They (were watching) a movie when their friends called. 2. At 9 pm yesterday, he (was packing) for his upcoming trip. 3. What were you doing when the phone (rang)? 4. They were feeling lost when they finally (asked) for directions. 5. It was snowing snow all day, so they (decided) to stay indoors. 6. At this time last month, she (was studying) for her final exams. 7. We were having a conversation with a stranger on the bus when we (realized) we knew each other! 8. She was having a headache all day, so she (needed) to stay home. 9. While my mom was washing the dishes, my dad (was reading) the news. 10. She was knitting a scarf when I (saw) her walking down the street. Here are the correct forms of the verbs for each question: 1. visited 2. were walking 3. was 4. built 5. were exploring 6. was reading 7. opened 8. was watching 9. had 10. were traveling 11. were 12. wasn't working 13. was reading 14. lived 15. were playing 16. didn't rain 17. was walking 18. were having 19. had known 20. hadn't missed 21. was cooking 22. were