Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the rest.

1.      a. behind           b. cupboard      c. kitchen          d. boring

2.      a. backpack      b. quiet               c. feather           d. pollute

3.      a. rubbish          b. dislike            c. money           d. lucky

4.      a. bathroom      b. event              c. backyard       d. modern

5.      a. cuisine           b. valley             c. pollute           d. dislike

6.      a. ready              b. about             c. heavy             d. borrow

7.      a. forget              b. early               c. physics          d. lesson

8.      a. invest             b. major             c. perform         d. machine

9.      a. police             b. result              c. correct           d. traffic

10.  a. before            b. belong           c. better             d. between

Choose the word whose the underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest

1.      a. books             b. dogs               c. cats                d. maps

2.      a. biscuits          b. magazines    c. newspapers d. vegetables

3.      a. promises       b. hopes             c. minutes         d. grapes

4.      a. houses           b. faces              c. hates              d. places

5.      a. change          b. channel         c. champagne  d. choice

6.      a. gate                b. gear                c. ginger             d. give

7.      a. kitchen          b. lunch              c. purchase      d. technology

8.      a. question        b. station           c. vacation        d. innovation

9.      a. lively               b. kite                 c. driven             d. bite

10.  a. sale                b. band               c. sand               d. tan

11.  a. blow               b. show              c. snow              d. cow

12.  a. sung               b. supper           c. supply            d. nun

13.  a. ground           b. should           c. about             d. amount

14.  a. weather         b. bread             c. ahead            d. mean

a. author            b. other              c. there              d. breathe