I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group
 

1.     A. bird                                            B. girl                                     C. first                                    D. sister

2.     A. burn                                          B. sun                                    C. hurt                                   D. turn

3.     A. nurse                                         B. picture                              C. surf                                    D. return

4.     A. neighbor                                   B. favorite                            C. culture                              D. tourist

5.     A. hobby                                       B. hour                                  C. hotel                                  D. hot

6.     A. prefer                                        B. better                                C. teacher                             D. worker

7.     A. bear                                           B. hear                                   C. dear                                   D. near

8.     A. collect                                       B. concern                            C. concert                             D. combine

9.     A. absent                                       B. government                     C. dependent                        D. enjoy

10.  A. future                                      B. return                                C. picture                              D. culture

11. A. exciting                      B. excellent                           C. experience       D. expensive

12. A. hobby                        B. cycle                 C. bye                    D. why

13. A. pottery                       B. collect                               C. melody                             D. monopoly

14. A. bird-watching           B. children                            C. school                               D. challenge

15. A. future                                         B. return                                C. picture                              D. culture

16. A. piano                                          B. fish                                    C. like                                    D. badminton

17. A. arrange                                      B. game                                 C. make                                D. skate

18. A. mother                      B. some                C. cold                  D. come

19. A. absent                       B. government      C. dependent                       D. enjoy

20. A. telephone                 B. post office                       C. directory          D. moment

21. A. number                   B. Sunday                              C. excuse                              D. fun

22. A. second                      B. personal                           C. tomorrow                         D. movie

23. A. machine                 B. kitchen                               C. teacher                             D. children

24. A. city                           B. many                C. country                             D. cry

25. A. book                         B. room                 C. stool                  D. school

26. A. soon                       B. see                                       C. sure                   D. sorry

27. A. amazing                    B. orange                              C. table                  D. favorite

28. A. country                      B. journalist                          C. younger                            D. countryside

29. A. game                                          B. arrange                             C. skate                 D. cake

30. A. hobby                        B. doll                    C. collect                               D. for

31. A. difficult                      B. unusual                            C. uncle                 D. result

32. A. piano                                          B. fish                    C. like                    D. badminton

33. A. rest                                              B. help                   C. garden                              D. identify

34. A. heard                                          B. pearl                  C. heart                 D. earth

35. A. button                        B. circus                C. suggest                              D. future

36. A. sofa                                            B. away                 C. banana                             D. occasion

37. A. light                                            B. fine                    C. knife                 D. principle 

38. A. farm                                           B. card                   C. bare                   D. marvelous 

39. A. both                                            B. bottle                C. Scotland                           D. cotton 

40. A. park                                            B. farm                  C. warm                D. marmalade

41. A. nature                        B. pure                   C. picture                              D. culture

42. A. faithful                      B. failure                               C. fairly                 D. painted 

43. A. country                      B. cover                 C. economical      D. ceiling

44. A. new                                             B. sew                    C. few                    D. nephew

45. A. with                                            B. library                               C. willing                               D. if

46. A. ask                                              B. angry                C. manager                           D. damage

47. A. notebook                   B. hoping                              C. cock                  D. potato

48. A. engineer                     B. verb                   C. deer                   D. merely

49. A. theory                        B. therefore                          C. neither                              D. weather

50. A. shoot                                          B. mood                C. poor                  D. smooth