Choose the word with different stress pattern. 1. A. unsurprising ​B. undecided​C. undeveloped​D. uninteresting 2. A. relative ​​B. informative ​C. inaccurate​​D. untold 3. A. unlimited​ B. illogical​ C. conversation D. priority 4. A. technique ​​B. treatment​C. guidance​ D. plastic 5. .A. linguistic​​B. classical​​C. phonetic​​D. romantic 6. A. fantastic​B. historic​​C. comic​​D. symbolic 7. A. additive​​B. genitive​​C. repetitive​​D. sensitive 8. A. transitive​​B. positive​​C. sensitive​​D. infinitive 9. A. aquatic​​B. electronic​​C. biologic​​D. scientific 10. A. incident​B. terrorist​​C. adventure​​D. cultural 11. A. disease​B. tablet​​C. buggy​​D. robot 12. A. unimportant ​B. impatient ​C. immature ​D. unforeseen

1. D. uninteresting

2. D. untold

3. C. conversation

4. A. technique

5. B. classical

6. C. comic

7. C. repetitive

8. D. infinitive

9. A. aquatic

10. C. adventure

11. A. disease

12. A. unimportant

Explanation:

The stressed syllable of a word is the one we pronounce more strongly, the one you would make longer if you were to scream that word. Take the word orange, for example. If you were to scream it, you would say "range" instead of "ornge". That is because "or" is the stressed syllable, not "ange".

Now, let's use number 1 above as an example. Below, we will highlight the stressed syllable in each word:

A. unsurprising B. undecided C. undeveloped D. uninteresting

Words A, B, and C have the same pattern, the stressed syllable being the one before the last. Only letter D has a different pattern, which is why we can choose it as the right option.

sentences vary by structure as well as by function. there are compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

simple sentence

i like to read.

a simple sentence has one independent clause.

compound sentence

i like to read, and i also like to write.

a compound sentence includes more than one independent clause, connected by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet).

complex sentence

i prefer to read books that are bestsellers.

a complex sentence includes one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. (a dependent clause is one that cannot stand alone.) types of dependent clauses include relative clauses (i kicked the boy who pinched me), adverb clauses (i am going home now because i have a curfew), and noun clauses (i don't know what to do next).

compound-complex sentence

although i prefer to read current bestsellers, i do like to read old agatha christie mysteries, and i also like some 20th-century science fiction.

compound-complex sentences take a bunch of clauses (multiple independent clauses, and one or more dependent clauses) and toss them together like a salad. although these sentences take practice to write in a grammatically correct fashion, they can hold a tremendous amount of meaning, and are common in academic writing.