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

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