PHONETICS
ES 3 - GRADE 8
I. Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of other words by circling letter
A, B, C or D.
1. A. ancestor
B. curious
C. heritage
D. tradition
2. A. diversity
B. minority
C. socialize
D. addicted
3. A. buffalo
B. recognize
C. convenient
D. cultural
4. A. complicated
B. community
C. majority
D. communicate
5. A. satisfied
B. nomadic
C. generous
D. socialise
6. A. festival
B. history
C. station
D. resource
7. A. begin
B. important
C. devote
D. statue
8. A. convince
B. ugly
C. weather
D. customer
9. A. flourishing
B. bicycle
C. impress
D. caution
10. A. celebration
B. production
C. competition
D. anniversary
11. A. cartoon
B. honor
C. culture
D. honest
12. A. character
B. adventure
C. library
D. knowledge
13. A. discovery
B. calculator
C. airplane
D. difficulty
14. A. Argentina
B. understand
C. lemonade
D. Australia
15. A. husband
B. married
C. cassette
D. beautiful
16. A. teammate
B. include
C. canoe
D. reduce
17. A. directory
B. generous
C. accessible
D. traditional
18. A. product
B. celebration
C. Vietnamese
D. engineer
19. A. directory
B. experiment
C. commercial
D. engineer
20. A. stationary
B. emigrate
C. orphanage
D. exhibition
21. A. affect
B. pollute
C. effect
D. litter
22. A. cholera
B. pollutant
C. permanent
D. groundwater
23. A. radiation
B. political
C. historical
D. contaminant
24. A. seriously
B. measurement
C. scientific
D. logical
25. A. aquatic
B. historic
C. physical
D. botanical
26. A. accent
B. legend
C. icon
D. parade
27. A. schedule
B. unique
C. puzzle
D. awesome
28. A. absolutely
B. temperature
C. contamination
D. atmosphere
29. A. kangaroo
B. underground
C. radioactive
D. Aborigines
30. A. definition
B. improvement
C. population
D. celebration
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31. A. collapse
B. damage
C. erupt
D. affect
32. A. disaster
B. eruption
C. pollution
D. permanent
33. A. volcano
B. temperature
C. illustrate
D. station
34. A. tsunami
B. typhoon
C. thunderstorm
D. tornado
35.
A. accommodation
B. contribution
C. evacuation
D. contamination
36. A. disaster
B. pollution
C. permanent
D. eruption
37. A. volcano
B. illustrate
C. aquatic
D. official
38. A. tornado
B. typhoon
C. earthquake
D. tsunami
39. A. radiation
B. groundwater
C. absolutely
D. terribly
40. A. poisonous
B. natural
C. dramatic
D. logical
41. A. appliance
B. activity
C. adventure
D. average
42. A. favorite
B. government
C. influence
D. identity
43. A. economic
B. volcanic
C. disappointed
D. scientific
44. A. reputation
B. description
C. suggestion
D. pollution
45. A. magazine
B. picture
C. documentary
D. entertain
46. A. consequently
B. advantage
C. apologise
D. complain
47. A. relationship
B. arrangement
C. challenging
D. eliminate
48. A. prescription
B. profession
C. mechanic
D. calculate
49. A. Japanese
B. English
C. Indian
D. American
50. A. emphasize
B. equipment
C. improvement
D. distinguish
51. A. continent
B. cinema
C. elephant
D. computer
52. A. receptionist
B. biography
C. disqualify
D. operation
53. A. goodbye
B. hello
C. problem
D. correct
54. A. morning
B. evening
C. Monday
D. mistake
55. A. cinema
B. computer
C. professor
D. banana
56. A. average
B. aquatic
C. athletic
D. available
57. A. schedule
B. report
C. promise
D. orbit
58. A. potential
B. delicate
C. apprentice
D. astonished
59. A. signature
B. scholarship
C. terminus
D. transaction
60. A. technique
B. treatment
C. guidance
D. plastic
II. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. Identify your answer by
circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
1. A. sound
2. A. tool
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B. cloud
B. noon
C. found
C. door
D. favourite
D. school
3. A. know
4. A. crafts
5. A. mention
6. A. country
7. A. camel
8. A. populated
9. A. fields
10. A. normal
11. A. leisure
12. A. community
13. A. minority
14. A. recognised
15. A. education
16. A. stripe
17. A. honey
18. A. suitable
19. A. youth
20. A. washed
21. A. algal
22. A. thermal
23. A. pollution
24. A. untreated
25. A. physical
26. A. algal
27. A. thermal
28. A. pollution
29. A. untreated
30. A. physical
31. A. other
32. A. television
33. A. explain
34. A. threaten
35. A. deaf
36. A. allow
37. A. exhausted
38. A. mood
39. A. Dutch
40. A. descent
41. A. hands
42. A. frightened
43. A. fluoride
44. A. stack
45. A. agent
B. show
B. comics
B. question
B. cloud
B. cattle
B. loaded
B. flowers
B. visitor
B. pleasure
B. computer
B. ethnic
B. designed
B. question
B. string
B. donkey
B. situation
B. cloth
B. handed
B. aquatic
B. thankful
B. earplug
B. measure
B. visual
B. aquatic
B. thankful
B. earplug
B. measure
B. visual
B. leather
B. elephant
B. current
B. thread
B. leaf
B. follow
B. hour
B. moon
B. Russian
B. dissent
B. occasions
B. stamped
B. lid
B. slash
B. engine
C. now
C. streets
C. action
C. loudly
C. paddy
C. harvested
C. lemons
C. transport
C. ensure
C. museum
C. tradition
C. displayed
C. pollution
C. spring
C. money
C. regulation
C. bathe
C. laughed
C. contaminate
C. there
C. dump
C. pleasure
C. music
C. contaminate
C. there
C. dump
C. pleasure
C. music
C. wealthy
C. section
C. desire
C. seat
C. meat
C. yellow
C. honest
C. soon
C. just
C. discontent
C. associates
C. walked
C. arid
C. swamp
C. regard
D. low
D. stamps
D. education
D. mouse
D. buffalo
D. lived
D. parks
D. chore
D. measure
D. curious
D. religion
D. entered
D. collection
D. trip
D. survey
D. customer
D. month
D. helped
D. permanent
D. thorough
D. dust
D. bread
D. because
D. permanent
D. thorough
D. dust
D. bread
D. because
D. brother
D. Swedish
D. electric
D. bread
D. heat
D. fellow
D. house
D. good
D. use
D. continent
D. others
D. laughed
D. hidden
D. stamp
D. surgeon
46. 21. A. gives
B. phones
C. switches
D. dives
47. 22. A. watched
B. crashed
C. occupied
D. coughed
48. 23. A. studies
B. flourishes
C. finishes
D.
glances
49. 24. A. hears
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B. thanks
C. blows
D. coincides
50. 25. A. started
B. looked
C. decided
D.
coincided
51. 26. A. designed
52. 27. A. stops
53. 28. A. cats
54. 29. A. agreed
B. preserved
C. sawed
D. guided
B. climbs
C. pulls
D. televisions
C. rides
D. cooks
B. tapes
B. missed
C. liked
D.
watched
55. 30. A. measured
B. pleased
C. distinguished
56. 31. A. practised
B. amused
C. advertised
D. managed
D.
annoyed
57. 32. A. embarrassed
B. astonished
C. surprised
D.
decreased
58. 33. A. walks
59. 34. A. shoots
B. begins
B. grounds
C. helps
D. cuts
C. concentrates
D.
forests
60. 35. A. practiced
B. raised
C. rained
D. followed
61. 36. A. concealed
B. fined
C. resembled
62. 37. A. tells
B. talks
C. stays
D. steals
63. 38. A. hours
B. fathers
C. dreams
D. thinks
D.
resisted
64. 39. A. laughed
B. ploughed
C. coughed
D.
disliked
65. 40. A. imagined
B. punished
C. diseased
D. determined
66. 41. A. examined
B. released
C. serviced
D. ceased
67. 42. A. diseases
B. pleases
C. loses
D.
B. buses
C. lorries
D.
releases
68. 43. A. bushes
charges
69. 44. A. expelled
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B. dismissed
C. encountered
D. returned
70. 45. A. biscuits
B. magazines
C. newspapers
D. vegetables
71. 46. A. filled
72. 47. A. chased
B. landed
B. wished
C. suited
D. crooked
C. pursued
D.
thanked
73. 48. A. beds
B. doors
C. plays
D. students
74. 49. A. preferred
B. worked
C. fixed
D. fetched
75. 50. A. completes
B. engines
C. taxis
D. ferries
76. 51. A. difficulties
B. enriches
C. classes
D. enlarges
77. 52 A. characters
B. problems
C. retreats
D. universities
78. 53. A. shipped
B. hitchhiked
C. traced
D. repainted
79. 54. A. caused
B. promised
C. kissed
D.
B. burgled
C. robbed
D.
discussed
80. 55. A. listened
chatted
81. 56. A. gossiped
82. 57. A. passes
B. rumoured
C. remembered
B. challenges
D. threatened
C. sexes
D. tomatoes
83. 58. A. arms
84. 59. A. worried
B. suits
B. bored
C. chairs
D. boards
C. disappointed
D.
annoyed
85. 60. A. licks
B. risks
C. leans
D. drops
86. 61. A. supposedly
B. rubbed
C. played
D. believed
87. 62. A. relieves
B. invents
88. 63. A. comes
B. rolls
C. buys
D. deals
C. takes
D. drives
89. 64. A. recognized
denied
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B. organized
C. pronounced
D.
90. 65. A. dreams
D. tasks
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B. heals
C. kills