I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others by circling the letter A, B, C, or D.

1. A. happy                 B. apple                       C. act                           D. aunt

2. A. plays                   B. says                         C. days                        D. stays

3. A. season                 B. break                       C. great                       D. steak

4. A. practiced            B. raised                      C. missed                    D. hoped

5. A. new                    B. drew                       C. few                         D. knew

6. A. southern             B. neither                    C. there                       D. third

7.  A. pancake             B. many                       C. any                          D. head

* Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words.

8.  A. exercise             B. expensive                C. especial                   D. exhausted

9. A. persuade             B. reduce                     C. offer                       D. apply

10. A. birthday            B. enjoy                       C. pleasure                  D. cowboy