Exercise 1: Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.

1. D. yet
(Stress: 'yet) vs. 'yes' (yes), 'eye' (eye), 'year' (year).


2. C. whom
(Stress: 'whom') vs. 'which' (which), 'word' (word), 'work' (work).


3. D. optimistic
(Stress: 'opti'mistic) vs. 'celebrity' (celebri'ty), 'schedule' (sched'ule), 'counsellor' (coun'sellor).


4. B. artisan
(Stress: ar'tisan) vs. 'cart' (cart), 'garbage' (gar'bage), 'handicraft' (hand'icraft).




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Exercise 2: Choose the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.

1. A. complex
(Underlined: com'plex) vs. 'ancient' (an'cient).


2. B. seabed
(Underlined: 'bed') vs. 'campus' (cam'pus).


3. A. performance
(Underlined: 'form'ance) vs. 'memorable' (mem'or'able).


4. B. distraction
(Underlined: 'trac' vs. 'accomplish' (ac'com'plish)).




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Exercise 3: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.

1. When I was a child, I used to play football every afternoon.
A. every afternoon
B. every day
C. all the time
D. every week

B. every day is the correct option.


2. The teacher told us to study harder if we wanted to pass the exam.
A. to study harder
B. studying harder
C. study hard
D. studied harder

A. to study harder is the correct option.


3. They have just finished their homework when you arrived.
A. just finished
B. just have finished
C. finished just
D. have just finishing

A. just finished is the correct option.


4. If I could fly, I would visit many places around the world.
A. will
B. can
C. could
D. would

C. could is the correct option.