Exercise 2: Find the word whose stress pattern is different from the others of the same group.

1.   A. realize                 B. improve               C. possible               D. comfortable

2.   A. important            B. especially             C. prefer                   D. influence

3.   A. mineral               B. example               C. diamond               D. popular

4.   A. republic              B. collector               C. situation               D. inscription

5.   A. protection           B. separate                C. develop                D. encourage

6.   A. recognize            B. stimulate              C. activity                D. adult

7.   A. intelligent            B. direct                    C. desire                   D. satisfactory

8.   A. relationship         B. command             C. vocabulary           D. island

9.   A. define                  B. idea                      C. express                D. figure

10. A. suppose              B. expect                  C. unusual                D. literary