Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 110 · 40 questions

How to say it (Nouns at the front, verbs at the back): Find the job of the word in the sentence: thing (noun) or action (verb)? Noun or adjective: stress the 1st syllable — RE-cord, PRE-sent, OB-ject. Verb: stress the 2nd syllable — re-CORD, pre-SENT, ob-JECT.

1. 1.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)
2. 2.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) re-FUND (2nd) (b) RE-fund (1st)
3. 3.Listen to “survive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
4. 4.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
5. 5.Listen to “picture”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
6. 6.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
8. 8.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
9. 9.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) PRO-test (1st) (b) pro-TEST (2nd)
10. 10.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “basket”? (a) BAS-ket (1st) (b) bas-KET (2nd)
12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
13. 13.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
14. 14.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
15. 15.Listen to “delete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-lete (1st) (b) de-LETE (2nd)
16. 16.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)
18. 18.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
19. 19.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
20. 20.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
21. 21.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) PER-fect (1st) (b) per-FECT (2nd)
22. 22.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “deny”? (a) DE-ny (1st) (b) de-NY (2nd)
24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)
25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “prepare”? (a) pre-PARE (2nd) (b) PRE-pare (1st)
26. 26.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
27. 27.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “table”? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
29. 29.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
33. 33.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)
34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
36. 36.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-PLETE (2nd) (b) COM-plete (1st)
37. 37.Listen to “begin”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
38. 38.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
39. 39.Listen to “describe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-SCRIBE (2nd) (b) DE-scribe (1st)
40. 40.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)

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