Correct Word Stress for Grade 12

Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

• begged

• canned

• booked

• buttoned

Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

• tangle

• dangerous

• battle

• calculate

Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

• erode

• involve

• reduce

• product

Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

• discussion

• assistant

• character

• expensive

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

What I can’t understand is why he is now pursuing our daughter and why he has not told her that he was once acquainted___________us.

• to

• with

• for

• of

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

They held a concert to mark the ______________ of Mozart's death.

• occasion

• situation

• remembrance

• anniversary

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Alice didn't expect .................. to Tom's party.

• asking

• being asked

• to be asked

• to ask

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

These activities are considered as a chance for new comers to___________with their colleagues in company.

• suppose

• attend

• discuss

• socialize

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

These activities are considered as a chance for new comers to___________with their colleagues in company.

• suppose

• attend

• discuss

• socialize

Choose the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

She tried very hard to pass the driving test. She could hardly pass it.

• Although she didn’t try hard to pass pass the driving test, she could pass it.

• Hard as she tried, she could hardly hard pass the driving test

• Despite being able to pass the driving test, she didn’t pass it.

• She tried very hard, so she passed the driving test satisfactorily