A. PHONETICS: Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.
1. A. myth B. thigh C. breath D. breathe
2. A. promised B. caused C. increased D. practiced
3. A. encourage B. garage C. shortage D. storage
4. A. hobby B. comfort C. knowledge D. popular
5. A. issue B. tissue C. passion D. vessel
6. A. nature B. change C. gravity D. basic
7. A. earthquake B. breath C. thanks D. breathe
8. A. hands B. occasions C. associates D. others
9. A. frightened B. stamped C. walked D. laughed
10. A. because B. nurse C. horse D. purpose
11. A. marriage B. massage C. collage D. shortage
12. A. breathe B. with C. thermal D. clothing
13. A. volcano B. forest C. tornado D. ghost
14. A. released B. pleased C. passed D. watched
15. A. helped B. struggled C. remarked D. watched
16. A. helped B. booked C. waited D. helped
17. A. bury B. eruption C. mudslide D. untreated
18. A. says B. looks C. laughs D. wants
19. A. brush B. chin C. washing D. machine
20. A. cause B. poison C. scatter D. disaster