1. A. head B. B. spread C. cream D. bread
Answer: C. cream (the underlined part "ea" is pronounced as /iː/ in cream, while in the other options, it is pronounced as /ɛ/).
2. A. practiced B. learned C. asked D. watched
Answer: D. watched (the underlined part "ed" is pronounced as /tʃt/ in watched, while in the other options, it is pronounced as /ɪd/ or /t/).
3. A. marry B. grandmother C. cattle D. artist
Answer: A. marry (the underlined part "ar" is pronounced as /ær/ in marry, while in the other options, it is pronounced as /ɑr/ or /ær/ followed by other sounds).
4. A. overlooks B. beliefs C. towards D. Rights
Answer: D. Rights (the underlined part "igh" is pronounced as /aɪ/ in Rights, while in the other options, it is pronounced as /i/ or /ɪ/ or /aɪ/ followed by other sounds, but with different vowel sound before the "gh" or different word stress).
5. A. reasonable B. resort C. season D. Excursion
Answer: B. resort (the underlined part "o" is pronounced as /ɔ/ in resort, while in the other options, it is pronounced as /i/ or /ɪ/ or /ɛ/ or /iː/).
6. A. explore B. resort C. expedition D. Environment
Answer: B. resort (the underlined part "e" is pronounced as /ɪ/ in resort, while in the other options, it is pronounced as /ɛ/ or /ɪ/ followed by other sounds or /iː/).
7. A. athlete B. author C. southern D. Length
Answer: C. southern (the underlined part "ou" is pronounced as /aʊ/ in southern, while in the other options, it is pronounced as /uː/ or /aʊθ/).
8. A. school B. scholarship C. chemistry D. children
Answer: B. scholarship (the underlined part "sch" is pronounced as /sk/ in scholarship, while in the other options, it is pronounced as /skʊl/ or /kɛmɪstri/ or /ʧɪldrən/).
Here are the answers to each question:
1. Analyze: 'vacation' stressed at second syllable, 'delicious' stressed at second syllable, 'excursion' stressed at second syllable, 'holiday' stressed at first syllable
Answer: D. holiday
2. Analyze: 'office' stressed at first syllable, 'fluency' stressed at first syllable, 'official' stressed at second syllable, 'Accent' stressed at second syllable
Answer: A. office or B. fluency (either one can be the correct answer since they both have different stress patterns from 'official' and 'Accent')
3. Analyze: 'pancake' stressed at first syllable, 'canteen' stressed at second syllable, 'teaspoon' stressed at first syllable, 'Cabbage' stressed at first syllable
Answer: B. canteen
4. Analyze: 'object' stressed at first syllable, 'experiment' stressed at second syllable, 'private' stressed at first syllable, 'Habitable' stressed at first syllable
Answer: B. experiment
Here are the answers:
1. A. may feel
2. A. which
3. B. will be paid off
4. C. who
5. B. would spend
6. A. round
7. C. where
8. C. smoking
12. The correct answer is B. user-friendly.
13. The correct answer is B. start.
14. The correct answer is D. Increase.
15. The correct answer is C. unknown.
15. B. Could you say that again, please?
16. C. That's very kind of you.
17. B. That's a good idea.