ENGLISH 6 REVISION FOR SECOND MID TERM TEST

Choose the word whose underline part is pronounced differently from the others:

• favorite

• animal

• channel

• programme

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'favorite' because the underlined 'a' is pronounced as /eɪ/, while in 'animal', 'channel', and 'programme', the underlined 'a' is pronounced as /æ/. Thus, 'favorite' has a different vowel sound.

Choose the word whose underline part is pronounced differently from the others:

• gather

• bathe

• birthday

• weather

Answer explanation

The word 'birthday' has the 'th' sound pronounced as /θ/, while 'gather', 'bathe', and 'weather' have the 'th' pronounced as /ð/. This makes 'birthday' the only word with a different pronunciation for the underlined part.

Choose the word whose underline part is pronounced differently from the others:

• laughs

• protects

• handbooks

• cleans

Answer explanation

The word 'clean' has a different pronunciation for the underlined 's' compared to 'laugh', 'protect', and 'handbook', where the 's' is pronounced as /s/. In 'clean', the 's' is pronounced as /z/, making it the odd one out.

Choose the word whose underline part is pronounced differently from the others:

• terrible

• comedy

• president

• general

Answer explanation

The word 'comedy' has the underlined 'e' pronounced as /ɛ/, while 'terrible', 'president', and 'general' have the 'e' pronounced as /ɪ/. Thus, 'comedy' is the correct choice as it has a different pronunciation.

Choose the word whose underline part is pronounced differently from the others:

• movie

• notice

• close

• show

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'movie' because the underlined 'o' is pronounced as a long vowel sound /uː/, while in 'notice', 'close', and 'show', the 'o' is pronounced as a diphthong /oʊ/. Thus, 'movie' has a different pronunciation.

Choose the word whose underline part is pronounced differently from the others:

• tomorrow

• tower

• crowd

• around

Answer explanation

The word 'tomorrow' has the underlined part pronounced as /oʊ/, while 'tower', 'crowd', and 'around' have the underlined parts pronounced as /aʊ/. Thus, 'tomorrow' is the word with a different pronunciation.

Choose the word whose underline part is pronounced differently from the others:

• marry

• fair

• chair

• hair

Answer explanation

The word 'marry' has the underlined part pronounced as /æ/, while 'fair', 'chair', and 'hair' have the underlined part pronounced as /ɛə/. Thus, 'marry' is the correct choice.

Choose the word whose underline part is pronounced differently from the others:

• phone

• cold

• postcard

• forest

Answer explanation

The word 'forest' has the underlined 'o' pronounced as /ɒ/, while 'phone', 'cold', and 'postcard' have the 'o' pronounced as /oʊ/. Thus, 'forest' is the word with a different pronunciation.

Choose the word whose underline part is pronounced differently from the others:

• bay

• vacation

• jacket

• place

Answer explanation

The word 'jacket' has the underlined part pronounced as /ja/, while 'bay', 'vacation', and 'place' have the underlined parts pronounced as /a/. Thus, 'jacket' is the word with a different pronunciation.

Choose the word whose underline part is pronounced differently from the others:

• big

• exciting

• indoor

• champion

Answer explanation

The word 'exciting' has the underlined 'i' pronounced as /aɪ/, while 'big', 'indoor', and 'champion' have the 'i' pronounced as /ɪ/. Therefore, 'exciting' is the word with a different pronunciation.