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PRONUNCIATION 1
For each of the six questions choose the one correct answer.
1. Which of the following jobs has the stress on the first syllable?
a. biologist
b. photographer
c. psychiatrist
d. secretary
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PRONUNCIATION 1 answers
1.
a. BiOlogist has the stress on the second syllable.
b. PhoTOGrapher has the stress on the second syllable.
c. PsyCHIatrist has the stress on the second syllable.
d. Correct - SECretary has the stress on the first syllable. The others are all
stressed on the second syllable.
2.
a. debt - /dEt/
b. fret - /frEt/
c. Correct - treat /trI:t/. The other words all have the vowel sound /E/.
d. sweat - /swEt/
3.
a. mother - /'mVDe/
b. Correct - bother /'boDe/. The other words all have the vowel sound /V/.
c. brother - /'brVDe/
d. another - /e'nVDe/
4.
a. hot - /hot/
b. knot - /not/
c. Correct - taught /tO:t/. The other words all have the vowel sound /o/.
d. what - /wot/
5.
a. through - /TrU:/
b. Correct - sew /seu/. The other words all have the vowel sound /U:/.
c. drew - /drU:/
d. do - /dU:/
6.
a. Incorrect
b. Correct - AdVERtisement is the correct pronunciation.
c. Incorrect
d. Incorrect
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