- A. forest
B. wonder
C. rock
D. lost
Answer: A. forest (The "or" in forest is pronounced differently than the "o" in wonder, rock, and lost, which have the "o" pronounced as /ɒ/ or /ɑː/).
- A. cave
B. bay
C. valley
D. lake
Answer: A. cave (The "a" in cave is pronounced differently than the "a" in bay, valley, and lake, which sound like /eɪ/ or /æ/).
- A. boots
B. scissors
C. caves
D. mountains
Answer: A. boots (The "oo" in boots is pronounced /uː/, while the "i" in scissors, "a" in caves, and "ou" in mountains are pronounced differently).
- A. diverse
B. island
C. scissors
D. chemistry
Answer: D. chemistry (The "ch" in chemistry is pronounced as /k/, while "diverse," "island," and "scissors" are pronounced with a different vowel sound).
- A. beach
B. cheese
C. change
D. other
Answer: D. other (The "o" in other is pronounced /ʌ/ or /ə/, which is different from the long vowel sounds in beach, cheese, and change).
- A. matches
B. parades
C. decides
D. relatives
Answer: A. matches (The ending "-es" in matches is pronounced /ɪz/, while the others end with /s/ or /z/ sounds).
- A. clothing
B. hold
C. dove
D. gather
Answer: D. gather (The "th" in gather is pronounced /ð/, which is different from the other options).
- A. comb
B. climb
C. dove
D. other
Answer: A. comb (The "o" in comb is pronounced /oʊ/, while climb, dove, and other have different sounds).
- A. although
B. thinking
C. heating
D. other
Answer: B. thinking (The "th" in thinking is pronounced /θ/, while although, heating, and other have different pronunciations at the start).
- A. headline
B. bay
C. lose
D. other
Answer: A. headline (The "h" in headline is pronounced as /h/, while the others have vowel sounds pronounced differently).