technology /tek'nɒlədʒi/

geography /dʒi'ɒgrəfi/
11. Các tính từ có hậu tố là -ic thì trọng âm chính thường rơi vào âm tiết ngay trước đó
(chính là âm tiết thứ hai từ cuối lên).
scientific /ˌSaɪən'tɪfɪk/
Còn những tính từ có hậu tố là -ical thì trọng âm chính thường rơi vào âm tiết thứ ba từ
cuối lên.
electrical /ɪ'lektrɪkl/
mathematical /ˌm„θə'm„tɪkl/
12. Những từ có hậu tố như sau thì trọng âm chính thường rơi vào âm tiết cuối (chính
là hậu tố đó).
-ee agree / ə'gri:/, trainee /treɪ'ni:/
-eer volunteer/ˌvɒlən'tɪə(r)/, engineer/ˌendʒɪ'nɪə(r)/
-ese Vietnamese /ˌvjetnə'mi:z/
-ique/ -esque unique /ju'ni:k/, picturesque /ˌpɪktʃə'resk/
-ain (đối với động từ) retain /rɪ'teɪn/, maintain /meɪn'teɪn/
Ngoại lệ: committee /kə'mɪti/, coffee /'kɒfi/, employee /im'plɔɪi:/

BÀI TẬP VÊ PHÁT ÂM

Exercise 1: Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that
of the other words.
1. A. matter B. back C. bag D. talk
2. A. that B. catch C. bad D. wash
3. A. day B. take C. face D. any
4. A. lazy B. lapel C. label D. laborer
5. A. butter B. put C. sugar D. push
6. A. too B. food C. soon D. good
7. A. would B. about C. round D. out
8. A. crew B. blew C. sew D. threw
9. A. come B. love C. women D. some
10. A. happy B. man C. many D. fat
Exercise 2: Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from
that of the other words.
1. A. pretty B. get C. send D. well
2. A. children B. child C. line D. sign
3. A. wait B. train C. said D. paid
4. A. mean B. weather C. head D. ready

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5. A. those B. lose C. both D. goes
6. A. bus B. busy C. but D. bunch
7. A. wait B. rain C. laid D. hair
8. A. reply B. climb C. sign D. limb
9. A. neighbour B. receive C. weight D. great
10. A. warm B. wash C. wall D. walk
Exercise 3: Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that
of the other words.
1. A. come B. roll C. comb D. grow
2. A. replace B. purchase C. surface D. palace
3. A. liable B. limit C. revival D. final
4. A. put B. pudding C. pull D. puncture
5. A. ghost B. hostage C. lost D. frosty
6. A. measure B. dreadful C. treasure D. breathe
7. A. suitable B. biscuit C. guilty D. building
8. A. physical B. mythology C. rhythm D. psychology
9. A. nature B. change C. gravity D. basis
10. A. talent B. campus C. many D. marry
Exercise 4: Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from
that of the other words.
1. A. hasty B. nasty C. tasty D. wastage
2. A. distribute B. tribe C. triangle D. trial
3. A. creature B. creative C. creamy D. crease
4. A. item B. Idiom C. idle D. ideal
5. A. title B. invest C. divine D. income
6. A. taught B. laugh C. naughty D. slaughter
7. A. double B. enough C. thorough D. couple
8. A. punctual B. rubbish C. frustrate D. furious
9. A. manage B. sat C. add D. black
10. A. plenty B. marry C. merry D. heaven
Exercise 5: Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from
that of the other words.
1. A. climb B. find C. tin Do tiny
2. A. traffic B. landscape C. examination D. park
3. A. boot B. book C. hook D. foot
4. A. gather B. father C. hat D. mariage

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5. A. bus B. bury C. up D. cut
6. A. head B. heat C. seat D. need
7. A. wild B. driven C. alive D. sign
8. A. penalty B. scenic C. epidemic D. level
9. A. food B. look C. took D. good
10. A. nourish B. flourish C. courageous D. southern

Exercise 6: Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from
that of the other words.
1. A. dealt B. dreamt C. heal D. jealous
2. A. slogan B. motor C. total D. proper
3. A. university B. unique C. unit D. undo
4. A. portrait B. painting C. railing D. complaint
5. A. review B. science C. client D. variety
6. A. examine B. famine C. determine D. miner
7. A. knowledge B. flower C. shower D. coward
8. A. practice B. device C. service D. inactive
9. A. teacher B. clear C. reason D. mean
10. A. complete B. command C. common D. community
Exercise 7: Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from
that of the other words.
1. A. release B. pleasure C. leaver D. creamy
2. A. too B. good C. soon D. food
3. A. most B. cost C. coast D. host
4. A. head R. heat C. seat D. need
5 A. faithful B. failure C. fairly D. fainted
6. A. course B. court C. coursing D. courage
7. A. watch B. want C. bank D. what
8. A. low B. bow C. know D. slow
9. A. none B. tomb C. tongue D. onion
10. A. name B. flame C. man D. fame

Exercise 8: Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that
of the other words.
1. A. count B. sound C. found D. mould
2. A. noon B. tool C. foot D. spoon

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3. A. bush B. brush C. bus D. cup
4. A. dead B. bead C. thread D. bread
5. A. soul B. mould C. foul D. shoulder
6. A. says B. bays C. days D. rays
7. A. too B. food C. soon D. good
8. A. butter B. put C. sugar D. push
9. A. gear B. beard C. pear D. dear
10. A. reject B. regard C. represent D. religion

Exercise 9: Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from
that of the other words.
1. A. chooses B. houses C. rises D. horses
2. A. suit B. seven C. sugar D. sun
3 A. accurate B. accept C. accident D. success
4. A. cat B. ceiling C. nice D. centre
5. A. think B. thanks C. that D. three
6. A. happy B. hour C. high D. hotel
7. A. who B. where C. what D. why
8. A. off B. of C. safe D. knife
9. A. get B. gentle C. give D. guest
10. A. chair B. cheap C. chemist D. child

Exercise 10: Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that
of the other words.
1. A. whole B. when C. which D. while
2. A. measure B. decision C. pleasure D. permission
3. A. while B. which C. who D. white
4. A. chorus B. cherish C. chaos D. scholarship
5. A. honourable B. honesty C. historic D. heir
6. A. research B. resent C. resemble D. resist
7. A. decision B. occasion C. expansion D. erosion
8. A. performed B. finished C. interviewed D. delivered
9. A. theatre B. therefore C. throughout D. thunder
10. A. measure B. leisure C. ensure D. pleasure
Exercise 11: Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from
that of the other words.

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1. A. looked B. moved C. tried D. opened
2. A. gentle B. get C. game D. gift
3. A. church B. each C. much D. ache
4. A. pitch B. watch C. butcher D. architect
5. A. page B. game C. go D. gift
6. A. sense B. practise C. necessary D. advertise
7. A. chin B. champagne C. child D. charge
8. A. measure B. please C. his D. disease
9. A. practised B. raised C. rained D. followed
10. A. hour B. honest C. heir D. hospital
Exercise 12: Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
from that of the other words.
1. A. characteristic B. chapter C. chaotic D. archive
2. A. tiles B. follows C. letters D. books
3. A. tension B. precision C. provision D. decision
4. A. laugh B. enough C. plough D. cough
5. A. thank B. thought C. thin D. farther
6. A. think B. there C. theme D. thumb
7. A. south B. truth C. smooth D. both
8. A. loose B. lose C. cease D. dose
9. A. exchange B. ache C. stomach D. architect
10. A. ploughed B. fixed C. laughed D. coughed

Exercise 13: Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that
of the other words.
1. A. breath B. breathe C. thank D. threat
2. A. beds B. doors C. students D. plays
3. A. myth B. with C. both D. tenth
4. A. cell B. centre C. city D. cube
5. A. though B. enough C. cough D. rough
6. A. kicked B. blocked C. naked D. locked
7. A. breathe B. breath C. myth D. thigh
8. A. cheese B. choice C. chord D. chunk
9. A. worth B. eighteenth C. path D. with
10. A. likes B. sighs C. heaps D. fuss

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Exercise 14: Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from
that of the other words.
1. A. government B. glory C. worry D. wonder
2. A. promise B. devise C. surprise D. realize
3. A. weight B. height C. eight D. vein
4. A. hood B. hook C. stood D. tool
5. A. natural B. nature C. native D. nation
6. A. terrace B. territory C. terrific D. terror
7. A. kite B. blind C. right D. rigid
8. A. fond B. off C. follow D. honey
9. A. pretty B. level C. lesson D. length
10. A. eight B. weight C. heighten D. freight
Exercise 15: Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that
of the other words.
1. A. that B. hat C. park D. taxi
2. A. bad B. fan C. catch D. wash
3. A. worker B. teacher C. better D. prefer
4. A. monk B. boss C. shop D. got
5. A. tribe B. distribute C. triangle D. trial
6. A. clown B. cow C. plough D. tough
7. A. below B. beverage C. begin D. beneath
8. A. south B. brown C. soup D. house
9. A. comb B. come C. dome D. home
10. A. surgical B. surround C. surrender D. survival

Exercise 16: Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that
of the other words.
1. A. opportunity B. menu C. aptitude D. muscular
2. A. karate B. hazard C. glad D. blanket
3. A. master B. ask C. aspect D. castle
4. A. adult B. husband C. mutual D. culture
5. A. bound B. ground C. bounce D. cough
6. A. addition B. adventure C. advertise D. advantage
7. A. dealt B. dreamt C. steal D. jealous
8. A. fame B. change C. champagne D. blame
9. A. nourish B. enough C. courage D. encounter
10. A. use B. umbrella C. union D. unit

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