Pronunciation and Language Focus Quiz

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following sentences.

• interact

• place

• volcano

• plane

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following sentences.

• interrupt

• awardee

• teenager

• guarantee

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following sentences.

• bachelor

• connection

• internet

• conference

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following sentences.

• smartphone

• pavement

• private

• repeat

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following sentences.

• ceremony

• holography

• telepathy

• communicate

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following sentences.

• social

• verbal

• device

• language

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following sentences.

• popular

• opposite

• discover

• different

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following sentences.

• yesterday

• interact

• refugee

• Japanese

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following sentences.

• battery

• expression

• effective

• regardless

If ______ becomes popular in the future, it will save communicators a lot of travelling time and money.

• private messaging

• language barrier

• translation

• holography