TESTS ON STRESS pot

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TESTS ON STRESS
Choose the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.
TEST 1.
1.
A. certificate
B.
manufacture
C.
entertainment

D.
obligation
2.
A. confident
B.
calculus
C.
specific
D.
precedent
3.
A. acrobat
B.
apprentice
C.
average
D.
catalogue
4.

A. complicated

B.
demonstrate
C.
communism
D.
convenient

5. A. experience B. festival C. fascinated D. energy
6. A. moreover B. memorial C. Olympic D. orphanage
7. A. javelin B. interesting C. material D. musical
8.
A. motorcycle
B.
furniture
C.
difficult
D.
detective
9.
A. conference
B.
Canada
C.
magnitude
D.
Argentina
10.

A. librarian
B.
respectable
C.
Internet
D.
victorious
TEST 2.
1. A.

assistant B. decision C. redundant D. management

2. A.

essential B. average C. promotion D. deliver
3. A.

favourable

B. evaluate C. democracy D. relationship
4. A.

cafeteria B. laboratory C. university D. explanation
5. A.

education B. compulsory C. technology D. intelligent
6. A.

arrival B. reception C. prestigious D. literal
7. A.

computer B. dependence C. obvious D. horizon
8. A.

delicious B. generate C. confidence D. theory
9. A.

company B. miracle C. atmosphere D. employment

10.

A.

official B. recommend C. informal D. disturbance
TEST 3.
1. A. coincide B. currency C. dictionary D.

cultural
2. A. committee B. community C. creative D.

definite
3. A. invigorate B. telegraph C. terminus D.

primitive
4. A. Malaysia B. Myanmar C. Rumania D.

Bulgaria
5. A. propaganda B. nationality C. ordinarily D.

ingenuity

6. A. Parisian B. average C. generate D.

punishment
7. A. instrument B. calendar C. curious D.

commercial
8. A. potato B. policeman C. November D.

cinema
9. A. occasional B. industrial C. information D.

variety
10.

A. contaminate B. attractive C. emphatic D.

corporate
TEST 4.
1. A. civilian B. bacteria C. bookbinder D. assembly
2. A. apartheid B. wonderful C. universe D. principal
3. A. virtually B. tobacco C. statesmanship D. weightlessness

4. A. sincerely B. signature C. synthetic D. productive
5. A. architecture B. alphabetical

C. opportunity D. international
6. A. individual B. engineering

C. remarkable D. disadvantage
7. A. competition B. absolutely C. mathematic D. advantageous

8. A. patriotic B. racialism C. federation D. Japanese
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9. A. associate B. marathon C. clarify D. government
10.

A. colonial B. professor C. inhabitant D. colony
TEST 5.
1. A. funeral B. Canadian C. puported C. puported
2. A. supervisor B. investigate C. untreatable C. untreatable
3. A. technological

B. personality C. representative C. representative

4. A. caterpillar B. exceeding C. existence C. existence
5. A. picturesque B. revelation C. humanitarian C. humanitarian
6. A. refugee B. impudence C. mountaineer C. mountaineer
7. A. devilish B. implicature C. glorify C. glorify
8. A. abnormality B. photography

C. proverbial C. proverbial
9. A. understand B. distinguish C. usherette C. usherette
10.

A. innovative B. automate C. womankind C. womankind
TEST 6.
1. A. prescription B.

assassinate C. accuracy D. ambiguous
2. A. altitude B.

beverage C. anecdote D. cathedral
3. A. December B.

amplify C. elephant D. favourite
4. A. frequency B.

gratitude C. equator D. habit
5. A. luxury B.

cosmetics C. protection D. investment
6. A. economy B.

accompany C. presentation D. successfully
7. A. romantic B.

popular C. financial D. reduction
8. A. intimacy B.

component C. customer D. prospect
9. A. accurate B.

exercise C. computer D. delicate
10.

A. preservation B.

perversity C. magnificent D. potentially
TEST 7.
1. A. vanilla B. graffiti C. indifferently D. ambiguous

2. A. satisfactory

B. assassin C. centenary D. cathedral
3. A. interior B. shorthand C. delightful D. favourite
4. A. ecology B. outwit C. automatic D. habit
5. A. commando B. exceptional C. remove D. investment
6. A. excellent B. derelict C. discard D. successfully
7. A. tragedy B. parallel C. yesterday D. reduction
8. A. infer B. mountain C. eternal D. prospect
9. A. appetite B. opponent C. congregate D. delicate
10.

A. amazing B. shampoo C. accustom D. potentially
TEST 8.
1. A.

insist B. require C. assist D. glacier
2. A.

apparent B. attendance C. ancestry D. alternative
3. A.

abnormality B. continental C. mechanical D. occupation
4. A.

costume B. besides C. complain D. around
5. A.

outnumber B. organic C. singular D. Nigeria
6. A.

perversity B. miraculous C. uncertainty D. miscellaneous
7. A.

metropolis B. preliminary C. invaluable D. analyst
8. A.

politics B. political C. mudslide D. television
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9. A.

tobacco B. tomorrow C. sulphuric D. certainty
10.

A.

divine B. signature C. scholarship D. orator
TEST 9.
1. A.

cashier B. wealthy C. workshop D. turkey
2. A.

sanitary B. salesmanship

C. immense D. oxygen
3. A.

botanist B. subsidiary C. authorship D. applicant

4. A.

mechanized B. trapeze C. official D. subscription
5. A.

across B. airmail C. giraffe D. banana
6. A.

accept B. attractive C. almost D. because
7. A.

crocodile B. anywhere C. cigarette D. comedy
8. A.

activity B. envelope C. massacre D. hospital
9. A.

photograph B. severance C. pantomime D. historian
10.

A.

appointment B. bedtime C. borrow D. image
TEST 10.
1. A.

material B. ornament C. remember D. together
2. A.

stomachache

B. stationer C. typewriter D. adoration
3. A.

classmate B. cartoon C. disp D. canteen
4. A.

Christmas B. depend C. electric D. emotion
5. A.

etiquette B. earache C. empty D. deceased
6. A.

forget B. fountain C. enormous D. headmaster
7. A.

homesick B. highland C. sunbathe D. suggest
8. A.

umbrella B. medicine C. mistletoe D. magazine
9. A.

orchard B. peanut C. shadowy D. September
10.

A.

sunburn B. engine C. eternal D. pianist
TEST 11.
1. A.

contemptuous B.

thermometer C.

available D.

comfortable
2. A.

curricular B.

xenophobia C.

historical D.

grammatical
3. A.

grammarian B.

parameter C.

personify D.

repetitious
4. A.

counteraction B.

accompany C.

statistical D.

penultimate
5. A.

abacus B.

democrat C.

paperback D.

uranium
6. A.

bookshelf B.

commerce C.

submariner D.

arid
7. A.

aquatic B.

theology C.

astound D.

arithmetaic
8. A.

lieutenant B.

chancellor C.

psychiatrist D.

adversity
9. A.

paranormal B.

astronomy C.

karaoke D.

documentary

10.

A.

insurgent B.

Mongolia C.

aquarium D.

amnesty
TEST 12.
1. A.

metabolic B. perform C. administer D.

majority
2. A.

analytical B. examination

C. resurrect D.

agricultural
3. A.

pharmacology

B. biographical

C. trigonometry D.

enthusiastic
4. A.

nonsensical B. opposition C. astonishment D.

geometry
5. A.

journalese B. preferential C. vegetarian D.

penetrative
6. A.

condominium B. generational

C. sentimental D.

parliamentarian

7. A.

genetics B. limerick C. generic D.

fanatic
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8. A.

grotesque B. chronology C. anthropoid D.

imbroglio
9. A.

deodorant B. emergency C. consultancy D.

archetypal
10.

A.

receptor B. reshuffle C. replicate D.

engagement
TEST 13.
1. A.

absurdity B.

particular C.

polyphony D.

politician
2. A.

emulate B.

Pacific C.

newspaper D.

imitate
3. A.

memorable B.

medicinal C.

parole D.

promotional
4. A.

genuine B.

fortunate C.

genocide D.

kangaroo
5. A.

descendent B.

Gregorian C.

ornamental D.

delivery
6. A.

substantial B.

stalactite C.

alkali D.

opportune
7. A.

pneumonia B.

cosmetics C.

protection D.

shareholder
8. A.

academy B.

neurologist C.

beneficial D.

eradicate
9. A.

habitual B.

approximate C.

accommodate D.

aspiration
10.

A.

preference B.

dramatic C.

Arabia D.

objective
TEST 14.
1. A.

architect B.

temperament C.

salary D.

arena
2. A.

ceremonial B.

engineer C.

altitude D.

Portuguese
3. A.

compulsory B.

satellite C.

gallery D.

indicate
4. A.

receive B.

abound C.

sustain D.

foreign
5. A.

considerate B.

economic C.

redundancy D.

communicate

6. A.

important B.

consistent C.

impotent D.

assemble
7. A.

protestant B.

cultural C.

character D.

phenomenon
8. A.

evidence B.

persuasively C.

interval D.

custody
9. A.

vulnerable B.

participate C.

intellect D.

interviewer
10.

A.

corporal B.

heritage C.

document D.

apprehend
TEST 15.
1. A.

ultraviolet B.

competitive C.

photosynthesis

D.

pedophilia
2. A.

advocate B.

regime C.

adverbial D.

apostle
3. A.

complication B.

matrimonial C.

contradiction D.

academician
4. A.

parody B.

absent C.

lemonade D.

quantity
5. A.

emperor B.

inertia C.

custody D.

derelict
6. A.

compliance B.

encounter C.

perpendicular D.

continual
7. A.

insolent B.

aroma C.

disaster D.

adrenalin
8. A.

otherwise B.

clarify C.

marigold D.

injurious
9. A.

infamous B.

centenary C.

calendar D.

hyperhole
10.

A.

military B.

binary C.

ecology D.

poisonous





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Keys to TESTS ON STRESS
Choose the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.
TEST 1.

1.
A. certificate

[sə'tifikit]
C.
entertainment



2.
A. confident

['kɔnfidənt]
C.
specific


3.
A. acrobat

['ækrəbæt]
C.
average


4.
A. complicated


['kɔmplikeitid]

C.
communism


5. A. experience
[iks'piəriəns]
C. fascinated
6. A. moreover
[mɔ:'rouvə]
C. Olympic
7.
A. javelin

['dʒævlin]
(thể dục,thể thao)
cái lao
C.
material


8.
A. motorcycle

['moutəsaikl]
C.
difficult


9.
A. conference

['kɔnfərəns]
cuộc thảo luận;
hội nghị
C.
magnitude


10.

A. librarian

[lai'breəriən]
C.
Internet


11
B manufacture

[mænju'fækt∫ə]
D.
obligation


12
B calculus

['kælkjuləs]
D.

precedent


13
B apprentice

[ə'prentis]
người học việc,
D.
catalogue


14
B.demonstrate

['demənstreit]
D.
convenient


15
B.festival

['festivəl]
D.
energy


16
B.memorial

[mə'mɔ:riəl]
D.
orphanage


17
B.interesting

['intristiη]
D.
musical


18
B.furniture

['fə:nit∫ə]
D.
detective


19
B.Canada


D.
Argentina

20
B.respectable

[ri'spektəbl]
D.
victorious


TEST 2.
1. A.

assistant B. decision C. redundant D. management

2. A.

essential B. average C. promotion D. deliver
3. A.

favourable

B. evaluate C. democracy D. relationship
4. A.

cafeteria B. laboratory C. university D. explanation
5. A.

education B. compulsory C. technology D. intelligent
6. A.

arrival B. reception C. prestigious D. literal

7. A.

computer B. dependence C. obvious D. horizon
8. A.

delicious B. generate C. confidence D. theory
9. A.

company B. miracle C. atmosphere D. employment

10.

A.

official B. recommend C. informal D. disturbance
TEST 3.
1. A. coincide B. currency C. dictionary D.

cultural
2. A. committee B. community C. creative D.

definite
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3. A. invigorate B. telegraph C. terminus D.

primitive
4. A. Malaysia B. Myanmar C. Rumania D.

Bulgaria

5. A. propaganda B. nationality C. ordinarily D.

ingenuity
6. A. Parisian B. average C. generate D.

punishment
7. A. instrument B. calendar C. curious D.

commercial
8. A. potato B. policeman C. November D.

cinema
9. A. occasional B. industrial C. information D.

variety
10.

A. contaminate B. attractive C. emphatic D.

corporate
TEST 4.
1. A. civilian B. bacteria C. bookbinder D. assembly
2. A. apartheid B. wonderful C. universe D. principal
3. A. virtually B. tobacco C. statesmanship D. weightlessness

4. A. sincerely B. signature C. synthetic D. productive
5. A. architecture B. alphabetical

C. opportunity D. international
6. A. individual B. engineering

C. remarkable D. disadvantage
7. A. competition B. absolutely C. mathematic D. advantageous
8. A. patriotic B. racialism C. federation D. Japanese
9. A. associate B. marathon C. clarify D. government
10.

A. colonial B. professor C. inhabitant D. colony
TEST 5.
1. A. funeral B. Canadian C. puported C. puported
2. A. supervisor B. investigate C. untreatable C. untreatable
3. A. technological

B. personality C. representative C. representative

4. A. caterpillar B. exceeding C. existence C. existence
5. A. picturesque B. revelation C. humanitarian C. humanitarian
6. A. refugee B. impudence C. mountaineer C. mountaineer
7. A. devilish B. implicature C. glorify C. glorify
8. A. abnormality B. photography

C. proverbial C. proverbial
9. A. understand B. distinguish C. usherette C. usherette
10.

A. innovative B. automate C. womankind C. womankind
TEST 6.
1. A. prescription B.

assassinate C. accuracy D. ambiguous

2. A. altitude B.

beverage C. anecdote D. cathedral
3. A. December B.

amplify C. elephant D. favourite
4. A. frequency B.

gratitude C. equator D. habit
5. A. luxury B.

cosmetics C. protection D. investment
6. A. economy B.

accompany C. presentation D. successfully
7. A. romantic B.

popular C. financial D. reduction
8. A. intimacy B.

component C. customer D. prospect
9. A. accurate B.

exercise C. computer D. delicate
10.

A. preservation B.

perversity C. magnificent D. potentially
TEST 7.

1. A. vanilla B. graffiti C. indifferently D. ambiguous
2. A. satisfactory

B. assassin C. centenary D. cathedral
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3. A. interior B. shorthand C. delightful D. favourite
4. A. ecology B. outwit C. automatic D. habit
5. A. commando B. exceptional C. remove D. investment
6. A. excellent B. derelict C. discard D. successfully
7. A. tragedy B. parallel C. yesterday D. reduction
8. A. infer B. mountain C. eternal D. prospect
9. A. appetite B. opponent C. congregate D. delicate
10.

A. amazing B. shampoo C. accustom D. potentially
TEST 8.
1. A.

insist B. require C. assist D. glacier
2. A.

apparent B. attendance C. ancestry D. alternative
3. A.

abnormality B. continental C. mechanical D. occupation
4. A.

costume B. besides C. complain D. around
5. A.

outnumber B. organic C. singular D. Nigeria
6. A.

perversity B. miraculous C. uncertainty D. miscellaneous
7. A.

metropolis B. preliminary C. invaluable D. analyst
8. A.

politics B. political C. mudslide D. television
9. A.

tobacco B. tomorrow C. sulphuric D. certainty
10.

A.

divine B. signature C. scholarship D. orator
TEST 9.
1. A.

cashier B. wealthy C. workshop D. turkey
2. A.

sanitary B. salesmanship

C. immense D. oxygen
3. A.

botanist B. subsidiary C. authorship D. applicant
4. A.

mechanized B. trapeze C. official D. subscription
5. A.

across B. airmail C. giraffe D. banana
6. A.

accept B. attractive C. almost D. because
7. A.

crocodile B. anywhere C. cigarette D. comedy
8. A.

activity B. envelope C. massacre D. hospital
9. A.

photograph B. severance C. pantomime D. historian
10.

A.

appointment B. bedtime C. borrow D. image
TEST 10.
1. A.

material B. ornament C. remember D. together
2. A.

stomachache

B. stationer C. typewriter D. adoration
3. A.

classmate B. cartoon C. disp D. canteen
4. A.

Christmas B. depend C. electric D. emotion
5. A.

etiquette B. earache C. empty D. deceased
6. A.

forget B. fountain C. enormous D. headmaster
7. A.

homesick B. highland C. sunbathe D. suggest
8. A.

umbrella B. medicine C. mistletoe D. magazine
9. A.

orchard B. peanut C. shadowy D. September
10.

A.

sunburn B. engine C. eternal D. pianist
TEST 11.

1. A.

contemptuous B.

thermometer C.

available D.

comfortable
2. A.

curricular B.

xenophobia C.

historical D.

grammatical
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3. A.

grammarian B.

parameter C.

personify D.

repetitious
4. A.

counteraction B.

accompany C.

statistical D.

penultimate
5. A.

abacus B.

democrat C.

paperback D.

uranium
6. A.

bookshelf B.

commerce C.

submariner D.

arid
7. A.

aquatic B.

theology C.

astound D.

arithmetaic
8. A.

lieutenant B.

chancellor C.

psychiatrist D.

adversity
9. A.

paranormal B.

astronomy C.

karaoke D.

documentary

10.

A.

insurgent B.

Mongolia C.

aquarium D.

amnesty
TEST 12.
1. A.

metabolic B. perform C. administer D.

majority
2. A.

analytical B. examination

C. resurrect D.

agricultural
3. A.

pharmacology

B. biographical

C. trigonometry D.

enthusiastic
4. A.

nonsensical B. opposition C. astonishment D.

geometry
5. A.

journalese B. preferential C. vegetarian D.

penetrative
6. A.

condominium B. generational

C. sentimental D.

parliamentarian

7. A.

genetics B. limerick C. generic D.

fanatic
8. A.

grotesque B. chronology C. anthropoid D.

imbroglio
9. A.

deodorant B. emergency C. consultancy D.

archetypal

10.

A.

receptor B. reshuffle C. replicate D.

engagement
TEST 13.
1. A.

absurdity B.

particular C.

polyphony D.

politician
2. A.

emulate B.

Pacific C.

newspaper D.

imitate
3. A.

memorable B.

medicinal C.

parole D.

promotional
4. A.

genuine B.

fortunate C.

genocide D.

kangaroo
5. A.

descendent B.

Gregorian C.

ornamental D.

delivery
6. A.

substantial B.

stalactite C.

alkali D.

opportune
7. A.

pneumonia B.

cosmetics C.

protection D.

shareholder
8. A.

academy B.

neurologist C.

beneficial D.

eradicate
9. A.

habitual B.

approximate C.

accommodate D.

aspiration
10.

A.

preference B.

dramatic C.

Arabia D.

objective
TEST 14.
1. A.

architect B.

temperament C.

salary D.

arena
2. A.

ceremonial B.

engineer C.

altitude D.

Portuguese
3. A.

compulsory B.

satellite C.

gallery D.

indicate
4. A.

receive B.

abound C.

sustain D.

foreign
5. A.

considerate B.

economic C.

redundancy D.

communicate

6. A.

important B.

consistent C.

impotent D.

assemble
7. A.

protestant B.

cultural C.

character D.

phenomenon
8. A.

evidence B.

persuasively C.

interval D.

custody
9. A.

vulnerable B.

participate C.

intellect D.

interviewer
10.

A.

corporal B.

heritage C.

document D.

apprehend
TEST 15.
1. A.

ultraviolet B.

competitive C.

photosynthesis

D.

pedophilia
9

2. A.

advocate B.

regime C.

adverbial D.

apostle
3. A.

complication B.

matrimonial C.

contradiction D.

academician
4. A.

parody B.

absent C.

lemonade D.

quantity
5. A.

emperor B.

inertia C.

custody D.

derelict
6. A.

compliance B.

encounter C.

perpendicular D.

continual
7. A.

insolent B.

aroma C.

disaster D.

adrenalin
8. A.

otherwise B.

clarify C.

marigold D.

injurious
9. A.

infamous B.

centenary C.

calendar D.

hyperhole
10.

A.

military B.

binary C.

ecology D.

poisonous