Exercise 1 Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

1. A. power            B. slow                       C. snow                   D. show
2. A. fought            B. bought                   C. drought               D. ought
3. A. department     B. supermarket           C. warm                  D. smart
4. A. boat               B. broad                     C. coast                   D. alone
5. A. look               B. pull                        C. fool                     D. Good

Exercise 2

1. A. miles           B. sleeps                   C. laughs                     D. unlocks
2. A. house          B. history                  C. honest                     D. higher
3. A. wealth         B. cloth                     C. with                        D. marathon
4. A. sugar           B. surety                   C. sunny                      D. sugary
5. A. chronic       B. change                  C. charity                    D. Achievement

Exercise 3

1. A. missed         B. decided                  C. stopped                  D. walked
2. A. large            B. vegetable               C. angry                      D. gem
3. A. descend       B. decent                    C. delicious                 D. percentage
4. A. comb           B. plumb                    C. climb                      D. disturb
5. A. machine       B. choice                    C. cheap                     D. Change

Exercise 4

1. A. leisure         B. occasion                C. pleasure                  D. cosy
2. A. listened       B. liked                      C. watched                  D. stopped
3. A. book           B. floor                      C. hook                       D. cooker
4. A. bush            B. brush                     C. bus                         D. cup
5. A. flamer         B. fame                      C. came                       D. Manner

Exercise 5

1. A. over             B. rose                      C. cover                         D. chosen
2. A. honor           B. himself                 C. heart                          D. honey
3. A. gain             B. good                    C. discourage                 D. god
4. A. sugar           B. surety                   C. sunny                        D. sugary
5. A. mischief       B. relief                    C. belief                         D. chief