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 questions. 

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 

John is planning ___________ to the gym after work today.

"I met her two days ago," said Tim

When the old man ________ past the park, he saw some children playing football.

Rapid ________ happened during the period of industrialization in Europe and North America the 19th and early 20" centuries.

Playing basketball is _______ than playing badminton.

I could hear voices but I couldn't ________ what they were saying.

I didn’t _______ to see my aunt when I was in Paris.

I am now reconciled with two of my estranged siblings - not just my older brother, but my sister, whom I hadn't spoken to for 17 years,

She needs __________ new phone because her old one was broken.

The application form ________ to the university before May 31st.

The number of rare animals is decreasing so rapidly, ________ ?

Could I pick your _______ on the subject before the meeting?