WHICH SOUND IS DIFFERENT? These tests will certainly meet your expectation, my dear colleagues. Ngô Đình Bảo Thoa SOUNDS 1 1. A. earflap B. basic C. mechanic D. natural 2. A. delicate B. laser C. vapour D. nation 3. A. want B. what C. water D. quality 4. A. says B. plays C. pays D. days 5. A. volcanic B. relaxed C. sanguine D. vacancy 6. A. swamp B. scapel C. tolerate D. swan 7. A. access B. accident C. account D. attach 8. A. cottage B. aim C. Canadian D. classmate 9. A. fame B. change C. blame D. champagne 10 A. addition B. adventure C. advertise D. advantage SOUNDS 2 1. A. caress B. affair C. welfare D. careful 2. A. uncertainty B. mountain C. bargain D. Jamaican 3. A. disease B. seat C. instead D. beneath 4. A. orator B. intimate C. toward D. facilitate 5. A. papal B. wander C. patriotic D. bakery 6. A. wizard B. drunkard C. regard D. lizard 7. A. many B. contain C. again D. said 8. A. sausage B. gaudy C. automatic D. altogether 9. A. anchor B. anthem C. anxious D. Germany 10. A. apparent B. appalling C. apprehension D. Africa SOUNDS 3 1. A. luggage B. advantage C. storage D. cage 2. A. dishwasher B. majority C. memory D. trigonometry 3. A. obstacle B. matter C. organic D. tavern 4. A. quantity B. botanist C. promise D. watch 5. A. astronaut B. because C. cauliflower D. knowledge 6. A. aunt B. draught C. laugh D. fault 7. A. fountain B. captain C. retain D. chicken 8. A. cause B. draughtsman C. gorgeous D. slaughter 9. A. bartender B. architecture C. Bulgaria D. darkroom 10. A. path B. moral C. last D. past SOUNDS 4 1. A. apologise B. absorb C. arrive D. absence 2. A. daughter B. laughter C. launch D. lawn 3. A. catastrophe B. heartache C. master D. fasten 4. A. apricot B. change C. camera D. blame 5. A. national B. language C. happy D. plane 6. A. drama B. aroma C. apology D. parliament Bảo Thoa 1 7. A. dramatic B. celebrate C. academic D. eraze 8. A. grain B. place C. palace D. pace 9. A. admiral B. adventurous C. advertise D. adverb 10. A. purchase B. chase C. lace D. Spain SOUNDS 5 1. A. cabbage B. baggage C. labour D. handle 2. A. handshake B. vague C. maze D. lazy 3. A. quack B. smash C. village D. miraculous 4. A. target B. war C. quarter D. broad 5. A. lake B. agency C. alphabetical D. range 6. A. dart B. farther C. fast D. bathe 7. A. prayer B. spray C. ray D. lay 8. A. derail B. e-mail C. train D. again 9. A. pain B. aisle C. daily D. tail 10. A. grass B. ask C. bass D. after SOUNDS 6 1. A. latter B. later C. classmate D. date 2. A. praise B. wait C. spontaneous D. plait 3. A. alike B. above C. abstract D. about 4. A. toward B. soar C. oar D. cupboard 5. A. lane B. make C. manage D. tame 6. A. table B. acquainted C. favour D. captain 7. A. fan B. plane C. happy D. sand 8. A. eradicate B. character C. maroon D. spectacular 9. A. any B. blames C. many D. comment 10. A. clause B. court C. mauve D. pause SOUNDS 7 1. A. debt B. birth-mark C. obstacle D. forbid 2. A. barber B. tomb C. abound D. tobacco 3. A. embroider B. piggybank C. syllable D. doubtful 4. A. tab B. mob C. comb D. rib 5. A. dumb B. basement C. abnormal D. beachwear 6. A. fabric B. boiling C. climbing D. botanist 7. A. comfortable B. bombing C. baby D. bright 8. A. matchbox B. harbour C. bungalow D. subtle 9. A. plumber B. tribe C. bribe D. fiber 10. A. thumb B. womb C. limb D. suburb SOUNDS 8 1. A. moustache B. ocean C. celebrate D. special 2. A. character B. cart C. chemistry D. chimney 3. A. society B. social C. cellar D. proceed 4. A. chain B. choice C. choir D. chocolate Bảo Thoa 2 5. A. sufficient B. deficiency C. precious D. concentration 6. A. describe B. science C. scenic D. scepter 7. A. touch B. much C. yacht D. Dutch 8. A. orchid B. change C. church D. achieve 9. A. pace B. race C. loose D. cellphone 10. A. chronic B. molecule C. critic D. scenery SOUNDS 9 1. A. cherish B. Christmas C. chameleon D. chronology 2. A. gauche B. epoch C. acheless D. Achilles 3. A. chaos B. chronicle C. chairman D. chorus 4. A. obstacle B. muscle C. pinnacle D. cleaning 5. A. chemical B. caress C. cello D. colonial 6. A. schwa B. scheme C. skeptical D. schematic 7. A. bronchitis B. chestnut C. chronometer D. chrisma 8. A. chauvinism B. exchange C. teacher D. childrearing 9. A. bristle B. indict C. Connecticut D. Vinci 10. A. scherzo B. scholar C. school D. Deutschmark SOUNDS 10 1. A. petty B. pretty C. election D. net 2. A. trolley B. donkey C. grey D. money 3. A. appear B. serious C. fearsome D. bear 4. A. wrapped B. walked C. wicked D. passed 5. A. feat B. deadly C. peanut D. aesthetic 6. A. dialed B. talked C. stopped D. laughed 7. A. breath B. receive C. feature D. breathe 8. A. influenced B. accompanied C. terrified D. averaged 9. A. conceive B. believe C. conceit D. foreign 10. A. breakfast B. great C. meant D. lead [chì] SOUNDS 11 1. A. beach B. bean C. break D. breach 2. A. seaside B. remedial C. leadership D. beefsteak 3. A. lasted B. needed C. asked D. painted 4. A. people B. serious C. comedian D. arena 5. A. atmosphere B. therefore C. wherever D. farewell 6. A. news B. flew C. dew D. few 7. A. reach B. heavy C. seen D. peak 8. A. height B. eighty C. weight D. freight 9. A. nephew B. skew C. knew D. sew 10. A. sincere B. zero C. reference D. spear SOUNDS 12 Bảo Thoa 3 1. A. inversion B. permanent C. clerk D. derby [Br. E] 2. A. teach B. mean C. Sweden D. head 3. A. early B. sulphuric C. hurl D. turning 4. A. heart B. ear C. dear D. peer 5. A. leave B. seat C. reach D. area 6. A. surgeon B. courageous C. people D. sulphur 7. A. appear B. bear C. dear D. weary 8. A. great B. snail C. raid D. aisle 9. A. married B. wanted C. naked D. beloved 10. A. her B. speaker C. teacher D. theater SOUNDS 13 1. A. significant B. logical C. investigate D. bargain 2. A. singe B. vague C. Nigerian D. genuine 3. A. regret B. range C. surgery D. stage 4. A. signal B. signature C. sign D. together 5. A. geneticist B. government C. globe D. guarantee 6. A. reef B. enough C. through D. tough 7. A. energy B. disadvantage C. biology D. ground 8. A. gesture B. handbag C. language D. agency 9. A. hiccough B. staff C. tough D. though 10. A. Singapore B. singer C. longer D. finger SOUNDS 14 1. A. colleague B. gracefully C. hangar D. benign 2. A. coverage B. beverage C. rouge D. gauge 3. A. though B. cough C. photograph D. laugh 4. A. glorious B. generation C. gaudy D. gorgeous 5. A. gender B. gymnastic C. giant D. gala 6. A. swinger B. stronger C. longer D. younger 7. A. enlarge B. arrange C. dangerous D. camouflage 8. A. giraffe B. goal C. gin D. ginger 9. A. phlegm B. gnat C. smog D. foreign 10. A. gnome B. assignment C. designer D. magnificent SOUNDS 15 1. A. locate B. geologist C. horizon D. gallop 2. A. rough B. tough C. through D. much 3. A. environment B. information C. favor D. form 4. A. mouse B. put C. would D. could 5. A. sufficient B. enough C. thorough D. touch 6. A. food B. blood C. pool D. fool 7. A. combine B. collaborate C. commerce D. tomato 8. A. atmosphere B. mostly C. hydropower D. almost 9. A. lose B. shoes C. toes D. canoes 10. A. loose B. cooperation C. tool D. spoon SOUNDS 16 Bảo Thoa 4 1. A. photograph B. motor C. download D. impose 2. A. dough B. borough C. although D. low 3. A. colony B. balcony C. appropriate D. agony 4. A. erosion B. focus C. disposed D. logic 5. A. troublesome B. income C. monthly D. drunkard 6. A. couple B. country C. funny D. about 7. A. common B. comma C. compound D. comb 8. A. pollen B. pollute C. promotion D. possession 9. A. remove B. woman C. rule D. two 10. A. host B. most C. cost D. post SOUNDS 17 1. A. transform B. formation C. worry D. warm 2. A. worth B. worldwide C. hurt D. wolf 3. A. resource B. exhaust C. abound D. four 4. A. stone B. comic C. tolerate D. documentary 5. A. double B. does C. mosquito D. dull 6. A. supersonic B. solve C. scholarship D. tobacco 7. A. coincide B. coins C. point D. soil 8. A. process B. property C. prospect D. phosphate 9. A. how B. cow C. blow D. down 10. A. noon B. good C. book D. foot SOUNDS 18 1. A. homonym B. horrible C. location D. involve 2. A. loan B. loath C. lode D. position 3. A. mould B. should C. would D. could 4. A. ought B. bough C. thought D. brought 5. A. spoor B. door C. floor D. force 6. A. poisonous B. noise C. tortoise D. buoy 7. A. golf B. adulthood C. wood D. bosom 8. A. wool B. mood C. took D. look 9. A. postage B. ostrich C. frost D. hostage 10. A. postcard B. superpose C. remote D. toddle SOUNDS 19 1. A. told B. poultry C. volunteer D. cold 2. A. good B. boom C. cook D. could 3. A. meadow B. tow C. show D. knowledge 4. A. moss B. company C. colourful D. cover 5. A. comedy B. below C. comb D. grow 6. A. both B. moth C. clothes D. pole 7. A. apostle B. cost C. costume D. milepost 8. A. foes B. potatoes C. does D. shows 9. A. cupboard B. chalkboard C. hoard D. taught Bảo Thoa 5 10. A. bought B. court C. course D. courier SOUNDS 20 1. A. cool B. shoot C. flood D. soon 2. A. bond B. month C. pond D. fond 3. A. donkey B. Tom C. women D. bomb 4. A. courage B. rough C. roundabout D. cough 5. A. forbid B. gorgeous C. torpedor D. aboard 6. A. soul B. touch C. soldier D. shoulder 7. A. found B. loud C. moustache D. brown 8. A. know B. now C. drowse D. fountain 9. A. open B. over C. office D. poster 10. A. Missouri B. tourist C. fluoride D. sour SOUNDS 21 1. A. excellent B. except C. exchange D. exhort 2. A. excuse B. exemplify C. extent D. exclamation 3. A. exactitude B. text C. inbox D. extreme 4. A. mixture B. sexy C. checkbox D. exemption 5. A. X-ray B. X-bar C. Xmas D. x-axis 6. A. fox B. axis C. wax D. xenophobia 7. A. crux B. luxury C. anxious D. asphyxia 8. A. thanks B. kicks C. prix D. fix 9. A. anthrax B. flexion C. buxom D. axiom 10. A. circumflex B. crucifix C. crucifixion D. toxin SOUNDS 22 1. A. fax B. approximate C. anxiety D. fox 2. A. auxililiary B. axis C. fix D. boxing 3. A. example B. exist C. exhaust D. exercise 4. A. extra B. exhibition C. exaggerate D. exam 5. A. sixty B. fixture C. chickenpox D. anxious 6. A. exception B. exert C. exactly D. exile 7. A. exciting B. excerpt C. excess D. exotic 8. A. complexity B. complexion C. context D. smallpox 9. A. exceed B. oxen C. xerox D. excluding 10. A. Marxism B. tax C. maximum D. existence SOUNDS 23 1. A. exalt B. coaxing C. climax D. cervix 2. A. index B. paradox C. xenon D. sphinx 3. A. existential B. dioxin C. matrix D. ambidextrous 4. A. earwax B. exude C. dyslexia D. elixir 5. A. cybersex B. execute C. exhale D. faux SOUNDS 24 1. A. fax B. approximate C. anxiety D. fox Bảo Thoa 6 1. A. auxililiary B. axis C. fix D. boxing 3. A. example B. exist C. exhaust D. exercise 4- A. extra B. exhibition C. exaggerate D. exam 5. A. sixty B. fixture C. chickenpox D. anxious 6. A. exception B. exert C. exactly D. exile 7. A. exciting B. excerpt C. excess D. exotic 8. A. complexity B. complexion C. context D. smallpox 9. A. exceed B. oxen C. xerox D. excluding 10. A. Marxism B. tax C. maximum D. existence SOUNDS 25 1. A. excellent B. except C. exchange D. exhort 2. A. excuse B. exemplify C. extent D. exclamation 3. A. exactitude B. text C. inbox D. extreme 4. A. mixture B. sexy C. checkbox D. exemption 5. A. X-ray B. X-bar C. Xmas D. x-axis 6. A. fox B. axis C. wax D. xenophobia 7. A. crux B.luxury C. anxious D. asphyxia 8. A. thanks B. kicks C. prix D. fix 9. A. anthrax B. flexion C. buxom D. axiom 10. A. circumflex B. crucifix C. crucifixion D. toxin SOUNDS 26 1. A. exalt B. coaxing C. climax D. cervix 2. A. index B. paradox C. xenon D. sphinx 3. A. existential B. dioxin C. matrix D. ambidextrous 4. A. earwax B. exude C. dyslexia D. elixir 5. A. cybersex B. execute C. exhale D. faux SOUND 27 1. A. hydrogen B. typhoon C. dynamo D. crystal 2. A. testerday B. yield C. type D. youthful 3. A. beyond B. obey C. prey D. grey 4. A. philosophy B. myth C. happy D. simile 5. A. cyclone B. physics C. possibility D. sympathy 6. A. pyjamas B. python C. psychology D. nylon SOUNDS 28 1. A. New Zealand B. analyse C. zero D. quartz 2. A. dazzle B. pizza C. puzzle D. drizzle 3. A. amazement B. influenza C. citizen D. waltz 4. A. Czechoslovakia B. crazy C. size D. dizzy 5. A. lazy B. seizure C. zoo D. zeal SOUNDS 29 1. A. prize B. quiz C. razor D. glitz 2. A. Pulitzer B. dense C. AIDS D. fence 3. A. lose B. leaves C. peoples D. collapse Bảo Thoa 7 4. A. Zen B. zodiac C. Nazi D. Xerox 5. A. appetizer B. azure C. baize D. bazaar 6. A. bizarre B. blazer C. bilharzia D. idealize 7. A. bitzer B. embezzle C. sneeze D. stabilize 8. A. zipper B. breeze C. zebra D. howitzer 9. A. protozoan B. blitzkrieg C. bulldozer D. horizon 10. A. rendezvous B. trapezoid C. wizard D. zigzag SOUNDS 30 1. A. chintz B. schmaltz C. putz D. stanza 2. A. eczema B. suzerainty C. Tarzan D. plaza 3. A. sizzle B. piazza C. scuzzy D. zenith 4. A. pretzel B. ritzy C. schizoid D. seltzer 5. A. Zionism B. zodiac C. Alzheimer D. Aussie SOUNDS 31 1. A. guide B. build C. biscuit D. till 2. A. illustrate B. entrust C. calculus D. impetus 3. A. skull B. subtract C. public D. judgment 4. A. continue B. capsule C. security D. assume 5. A. hut B. shut C. put D. cut 6. A. wolf B. woman C. would D. swollen 7. A. introduce B. institute C. pursue D. stimulate 8. A. treasure B. usual C. insure D. measure 9. A. business B. busy C. minute D. music 10. A. tongue B. guest C. guess D. colleague SOUNDS 32 1. A. dialogue B. argue C. league D. plague 2. A. bury B. current C. hurry D. encourage 3. A. community B. value C. manufacture D. cue 4. A. curriculum B. cultural C. currency D. ton 5. A. sanguine B. language C. persuade D. guard 6. A. album B. ulcer C. consult D. outnumber 7. A. truth B. put C. pollution D. improve 8. A. failure B. furniture C. jury D. author 9. A. fluid B. bluish C. suicide D. guideline 10. A. accuracy B. calculate C. miraculous D. curricular SOUNDS 33 1. A. unicameral B. unicorn C. uninspired D. unit 2. A. frustrate B. rubbish C. punctual D. furious 3. A. guilty B. suave C. dissuade D. sweat 4. A. Venus B. plus C. minus D. interest 5. A. bullet B. bull C. pulley D. dull 6. A. lettuce B. impulse C. lustful D. sudden 7. A. buy B. guy C. plaguy D. sideway 8. A. blue B. cue C. suit D. sue Bảo Thoa 8 9. A. fuel B. amuse C. pursuer D. cruel 10. A. annuity B. ambiguity C. anguish D. circuitous SOUNDS 34 1. A. sword B. welfare C. wheel D. swamp 2. A. wreck B. rewrite C. two D. twig 3. A. answer B. twin C. allow D. raw 4. A. whistle B. wheat C. what D. whose 5. A. wrestle B. withdraw C. wrinkle D. law SOUNDS 35 1. A. theatre B. therefore C. thick D. thunder 2. A. blacksmith B. thrilling C. withdraw D. authorship 3. A. within B. south C. thief D. width 4. A. throughout B. themselves C. threaten D. thunder 5. A. worth B. eighteenth C. path D. with 6. A. bequeath B. thrash C. though D. then 7. A. picture B. nature C. mature D. departure 8. A. nation B. partial C. action D. natural 9. A. whistle B. must C. cosmetic D. ancestry 10. A. Christmas B. attendance C. militant D. light SOUNDS 36 1. A. thus B. those C. father D. thoughtful 2. A. mouth B. soothing C. northern D. together 3. A. without B. math C. although D. breathing 4. A. mistletoe B. castle C. master D. fasten 5. A. network B. wrestle C. bustle D. bouquet 6. A. often B. rustle C. soften D. passport 7. A. worthy B. author C. weather D. clothes 8. A. these B. there C. thanD. think 9. A. myth B. eighth C. rhythm D. bathroom 10. A. mathematics B. mouths C. baths D. months SOUNDS 37 1. A. moisten B. beaten C. burst D. pastime 2. A. marathon B. fathom C. anthem D. thaw 3. A. southerly B. heathen C. breathe D. thundercloud 4. A. birthday B. diphthong C. asthma D. twentieth 5. A. isthmus B. thrifty C. healthy D. undergrowth 6. A. bracelet B. cabaret C. treatment D. exhaust 7. A. mount B. artist C. chalet D. respect 8. A. Thanksgiving B. theatrical C. Thailand D. Thornhill 9. A. apostle B. mortgage C. mustn't D. resistance 10. A. Thames B. thyme C. theory D. Thomas Bảo Thoa 9 SOUNDS 38 1. A. portrait B. advantage C. storage D. cage 2. A. dishwasher B. majority C. memory D. trigonometry 3. A. obstacle B. matter C. organic D. tavern 4. A. quantity B. botanist C. promise D. watch 5. A. astronaut B. because C. cauliflower D. knowledge 6. A. aim B. draught C. laugh D. fault 7. A. fountain B. captain C. retain D. chicken 8. A. cause B. draughtsman C. gorgeous D. slaughter 9. A. bartender B. architecture C. Bulgaria D. darkroom 10. A. path B. moral C. last D. past SOUNDS 40 1. A. apologise B. absorb C. arrive D. absence 2. A. daughter B. laughter C. launch D. lawn 3. A. catastrophe B. heartache C. master D. fasten 4. A. apricot B. change C. camera D. blame 5. A. national B. language C. happy D. plane 6. A. drama B. aroma C. apology D. parliament 7. A. dramatic B. celebrate C. academic D. eraze 8. A. grain B. place C. palace D. pace 9. A. admiral B. adventurous C. advertise D. adverb 10. A. purchase B. chase C. lace D. Spain SOUNDS 41 1. A. latter B. later C. classmate D. date 2. A. praise B. wait C. spontaneous D. plait 3. A. alike B. above C. abstract D. about 4. A. toward B. soar C. oar D. cupboard 5. A. lane B. make C. manage D. tame 6. A. table B. acquainted C. favour D. captain 7. A. fan B. plane C. happy D. sand 8. A. eradicate B. character C. maroon D. spectacular 9. A. any B. blames C. many D. comment 10. A. clause B. court C. mauve D. pause AN ANSWER KEY IS NOT WISHED FOR! Bảo Thoa 10 . WHICH SOUND IS DIFFERENT? These tests will certainly meet your expectation, my dear colleagues. Ngô Đình Bảo Thoa SOUNDS 1 1. A. earflap. schematic 7. A. bronchitis B. chestnut C. chronometer D. chrisma 8. A. chauvinism B. exchange C. teacher D. childrearing 9. A. bristle B. indict C. Connecticut