Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: 1. a. shifts b. thinks c. joins d. soups 2. a. bags b. graphs c. lands d. days 3. a. proved b. surveyed c. discussed d. rained 4. a. naked b. looked c. booked d. hooked 5. a. appeared b. agreed c. coughed d. loved Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence or substitutes the underlined part: 6. Although they are twins, they have almost the same appearance but they are seldom in _______. a. agree b. agreeable c. agreement d. agreeably 7. The more _______ and positive you look, the better you will feel. a. confide b. confident c. confidently d. confidence 8. My parents will have celebrated 40 years of _______ by next week. a. marry b. married c. marriageable d. marriage 9. Mr. Pike held his wife’s hands and talked urgently to her in a low voice, but there didn't seem to be any response. a. feeling b. emotion c. reply d. effect 10. Family is the place where _______ children is not only tolerated but welcomed and encouraged. a. taking b. having c. giving d. showing