Exercise: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
| 1. A. arrived | B. believed | C. received | D. hoped |
| 2. A. opened | B. knocked | C. played | D. occurred |
| 3. A. rubbed | B. tugged | C. stopped | D. filled |
| 4. A. dimmed | B. travelled | C. passed | D. stirred |
| 5. A. tipped | B. begged | C. quarrelled | D. carried |
| 6. A. tried | B. obeyed | C. cleaned | D. asked |
| 7. A. packed | B. added | C. worked | D. pronounced |
| 8. A. watched | B. phoned | C. referred | D. followed |
| 9. A. agreed | B. succeeded | C. smiled | D. loved |
| 10. A. laughed | B. washed | C. helped | D. weighed |
| 11. A. walked | B. ended | C. started | D. wanted |
| 12. A. killed | B. hurried | C. regretted | D. planned |
| 13. A. visited | B. showed | C. wondered | D. studied |
| 14. A. sacrificed | B. finished | C. fixed | D. seized |
| 15. A. needed | B. booked | C. stopped | D. washed |
| 16. A. loved | B. teased | C. washed | D. rained |
| 17. A. packed | B. punched | C. pleased | D. pushed |
| 18. A. filled | B. naked | C. suited | D. wicked |
| 19. A. caused | B. increased | C. practised | D. promised |
| 20. A. washed | B. parted | C. passed | D. barked |
| 21. A. killed | B. cured | C. crashed | D. waived |
| 22. A. imagined | B. released | C. rained | D. followed |
| 23. A. called | B. passed | C. talked | D. washed |
| 24. A. landed | B. needed | C. opened | D. wanted |
| 25. A. cleaned | B. attended | C. visited | D. started |
| 26. A. talked | B. fished | C. arrived | D. stepped |
| 27. A. wished | B. wrapped | C. laughed | D. turned |
| 28. A. considered | B. rescued | C. pulled | D. roughed |
| 29. A. produced | B. arranged | C. checked | D. fixed |
| 30. A. caused | B. examined | C. operated | D. advised |
| 31. A. discovered | B. destroyed | C. developed | D. opened |
| 32. A. repaired | B. invented | C. wounded | D. succeeded |
| 33. A. improved | B. parked | C. broadened | D. encouraged |
| 34. A. delivered | B. organized | C. replaced | D. obeyed |
| 35. A. painted | B. provided | C. protected | D. equipped |
| 36. A. tested | B. marked | C. presented | D. founded |
| 37. A. used | B. finished | C. married | D. rained |
| 38. A. allowed | B. dressed | C. flashed | D. mixed |
| 39. A. switched | B. stayed | C. believed | D. cleared |
| 40. A. recommended | B. waited | C. handed | D. designed |
| 41. A. annoyed | B. phoned | C. watched | D. remembered |
| 42. A. hurried | B. decided | C. planned | D. wondered |
| 43. A. posted | B. added | C. managed | D. arrested |
| 44. A. dreamed | B. neglected | C. denied | D. admired |
| 45. A. admitted | B. advanced | C. appointed | D. competed |
| 46. A. announced | B. apologized | C. answered | D. argued |
| 47. A. complained | B. applied | C. compared | D. polished |
| 48. A. booked | B. watched | C. jogged | D. developed |
| 49. A. contributed | B. jumped | C. introduced | D. vanished |
| 50. A. whispered | B. wandered | C. sympathized | D. sentenced |
| 51. A. worked | B. wanted | C. stopped | D. asked |
| 52. A. opened | B. knocked | C. played | D. occurred |
| 53. A. talked | B. watched | C. lived | D. stopped |
| 54. A. covered | B. installed | C. described | D. decorated |
| 55. A. claimed | B. warned | C. occurred | D. existed |
| 56. A. carried | B. looked | C. managed | D. opened |
| 57. A. pleased | B. smoked | C. stopped | D. missed |
| 58. A. waited | B. mended | C. objected | D. faced |
| 59. A. pleased | B. erased | C. increased | D. amused |
| 60. A. arrived | B. believed | C. received | D. hoped |
Key: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
1 – D, 2 – B, 3 – C, 4 – C, 5 – A, 6 – D, 7 – B, 8 – A, 9 – B, 10 – D,
11 – A, 12 – C, 13 – A, 14 – D, 15 – A, 16 – C, 17 – C, 18 – A, 19 – A, 20 – B,
21 – C, 22 – B, 23 – A, 24 – C, 25 – A, 26 – C, 27 – D, 28 – D, 29 – B, 30 – C,
31 – C, 32 – A, 33 – B, 34 – C, 35 – D, 36 – B, 37 – B, 38 – A, 39 – A, 40 – D,
41 – C, 42 – B, 43 – C, 44 – B, 45 – B, 46 – A, 47 – D, 48 – C, 49 – A, 50 – D.
51 – B, 52 – B, 53 – C, 54 – D, 55 – D, 56 – B, 57 – A, 58 – D, 59 – A,60 – D