Ex1: Choose the word A, B, C or D whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1. **A. rubbish** (pronounced /ˈrʌb.ɪʃ/)
B. uniform (pronounced /ˈjuː.nɪ.fɔːm/)
C. umbrella (pronounced /ʌmˈbrel.ə/)
D. thumb (pronounced /θʌm/)
**Answer: A**

2. A. appear (pronounced /əˈpɪr/)
**B. weather** (pronounced /ˈwɛð.ər/)
C. bread (pronounced /brɛd/)
D. headache (pronounced /ˈhɛd.eɪk/)
**Answer: B**

3. **A. project** (as a noun pronounced /ˈprɒdʒ.ekt/)
B. belong (pronounced /bɪˈlɒŋ/)
C. woman (pronounced /ˈwʊm.ən/)
D. concert (pronounced /ˈkɒn.sɜːrt/)
**Answer: A**

4. A. think (pronounced /θɪŋk/)
**B. though** (pronounced /ðoʊ/)
C. mother (pronounced /ˈmʌð.ər/)
D. these (pronounced /ðiːz/)
**Answer: B**

5. A. eraser (pronounced /ɪˈreɪ.zər/)
B. baseball (pronounced /ˈbeɪs.bɔːl/)
**C. suitcase** (pronounced /ˈsuːt.keɪs/)
D. waterfall (pronounced /ˈwɔː.tər.fɔːl/)
**Answer: C**

Ex2: Choose the word A, B, C or D whose main stress is different from the others in the group.

6. A. pencil (stress on first syllable)
B. raincoat (stress on first syllable)
**C. arrive** (stress on second syllable)
D. notebook (stress on first syllable)
**Answer: C**

7. A. enjoyable (stress on second syllable)
B. power (stress on first syllable)
C. permission (stress on second syllable)
**D. explore** (stress on second syllable)
**Answer: B**

8. A. photography (stress on second syllable)
B. minority (stress on second syllable)
**C. heroic** (stress on second syllable)
D. visit (stress on first syllable)
**Answer: D**

9. **A. translation** (stress on second syllable)
B. difficult (stress on first syllable)
C. unluckily (stress on first syllable)
D. agree (stress on second syllable)
**Answer: A**

10. **A. Vietnamese** (stress on last syllable)
B. engineer (stress on last syllable)
C. celebration (stress on third syllable)
D. product (stress on first syllable)
**Answer: C**