Exercise on stress on two-syllable words
II. Pick out the word that has the stress differently from that of the other words:
1. a. recently b. conduct c. attitude d. marriage
2. a. banquet b. schedule c. diameter d. blessing
3. a. birthday b. cowboy c. enjoy d. pleasure
4. a. disease b. humour c. cancer d. treatment
5. a. persuade b. reduce c. offer d. apply
6. a. farmer b. farewell c. factory d. fairy
7. a. cattle b. country c. canal d. cover
8. a. money b. machine c. many d. mother
9. a. borrow b. agree c. await d. prepare
10. a. paper b. tonight c. lecture d. story
11. a. money b. army c. afraid d. people
12. a. enjoy b. daughter c. provide d. decide
13. a. begin b. pastime c. finish d. summer
14. a. reply b. appeal c. offer d. support
15. a. profit b. comfort c. apply d. suggest
16. a. direct b. idea c. suppose d. figure
17. a. revise b. amount c. contain d. desire
18. a. standard b. happen c. handsome d. destroy
19. a. about b. around c. between d. under
20. a. knowledge b. enjoy c. science d. sudden
21. a. because b. method c. standard d. wooden
22. a. ashtray b. music c. severe d. temper
23. a. farewell b. thoughtful c. toward d. approach
24. a. bridegroom b. bamboo c. wedding d. survey
25. a. healthy b. remain c. alone d. accept
26. a. explain b. obtain c. promise d. suspect
27. a. confide b. agree c. maintain d. response
28. a. precede b. suppose c. decide d. finish
29. a. abroad b. noisy c. hundred d. quiet
30. a. passion b. aspect c. medium d. success
31. a. exist b. evolve c. enjoy d. enter
32. a. doctor b. modern c. corner d. Chinese
33. a. complain b. machine c. music d. instead
34. a. writer b. baker c. builder d. career
35. a. provide b. adopt c. happen d. inspire
36. a. result b. region c. river d. robot
37. a. constant b. basic c. irate d. obvious
38. a. become b. carry c. appoint d. invent
39. a. engine b. battle c. career d. rabies
40. a. attract b. destroy c. level d. occur
41. a. spaceship b. planet c. solar d. surround
42. a. brilliant b. daily c. extreme d. protein
43. a. appoint b. gather c. threaten d. vanish
44. a. button b. canal c. failure d. monster
45. a. disease b. humor c. cancer d. treatment
46. a. persuade b. reduce c. offer d. apply
47. a. farmer b. farewell c. factory d. fairy
48. a. cattle b. country c. canal d. cover
49. a. money b. machine c. many d. mother
50 a. borrow b. agree c. await d. prepare.
51. a. paper b. police c. people d. purpose
52. a. damage b. destroy c. demand d. deny
53. a. ancient b. attack c. alive d. across
54. a. person b. purpose c. possess d. pirate
55. a. ruler b. river c. retire d. rapid
56. a. sentence b. suggest c. species d. system
57. a. attack b. defeat c. believe d. happen
58. a. release b. pleasure c. leaver d creamy
I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
1. a. nature b. change c. gravity d. basic
2. a. darkness b. warmth c. market d. remark
3. a. trays b. says c. bays d. days
4. a. knees b. papers c. trees d. bats
5. a. because b. nurse c. horse d. purpose
6. a. marriage b. massage c. collage d. shortage
7. a. enough b. tough c. laugh d. though
8. a. breathe b. with c. thermal d. clothing
9. a. education b. individual c. procedure d. production
10. a. released b. pleased c. passed d. housed
11. a. helped b. struggled c. remarked d. watched
12. a. airports b. suitcases c. things d. calculators
13. a. fills b. adds c. stirs d. lets
14. a. cease b. chase c. increase d. raise
15. a. shops b. notes c. mouths d. books
16. a. jumped b. picked c. relaxed d. suited
17. a. hooked b. kissed c. traveled d. diminished
18. a. passed b. realized c. wished d. touched
19. a. enjoyed b. moved c. achieved d. liked
20. a. wicked b. wanted c. needed d. filled
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11. STRESS
influence
constancy
quality
apartment
12. STRESS
incapable
enthusiasm
relationship
understanding
13. Two friends must be loyal _____each other.
to
with
about
for
14. Such changeable and uncertain people are incapable ______a lifelong friendship.
for
up
of
to
15. Ellen: “_________?”~ Tom: “He’s tall and thin with blue eyes.”
Who does John look like
What does John look like
What does John like
How is John doing
16. I have no _______for Jan, it's all her own fault.
sympathy
sympathize
sympathetic
sympathetically
17. We must listen to their problems, real or______.
imagine
imaginary
imaginative
imagination
18. The boy saw the cat … through the window
jump
to jump
to jumping
jumped
19. Travelling (A) to other parts (B) of the country makes (C) you to love (D) your country more.
Travelling
other parts
makes
to love
20. Do you think her parents will let her ………… for a picnic?
to go
going
go
gone
21. Good friends always ______joys and sorrows with you and never turn their backs on you.
help
share
give
call