Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 113 · 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.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
2. 2.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) PIC-ture (1st) (b) pic-TURE (2nd)
4. 4.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
5. 5.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
6. 6.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “describe”? (a) de-SCRIBE (2nd) (b) DE-scribe (1st)
8. 8.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) de-CREASE (2nd) (b) DE-crease (1st)
9. 9.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
10. 10.Listen to “return”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-TURN (2nd) (b) RE-turn (1st)
11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)
13. 13.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) doc-TOR (2nd) (b) DOC-tor (1st)
14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “carpet”? (a) car-PET (2nd) (b) CAR-pet (1st)
15. 15.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
19. 19.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) re-FUND (2nd) (b) RE-fund (1st)
20. 20.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
21. 21.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) win-DOW (2nd) (b) WIN-dow (1st)
23. 23.Listen to “picture”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
24. 24.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) MAR-ket (1st) (b) mar-KET (2nd)
27. 27.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
28. 28.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
29. 29.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
30. 30.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “suggest”? (a) sug-GEST (2nd) (b) SUG-gest (1st)
32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “protect”? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “doctor”? (a) doc-TOR (2nd) (b) DOC-tor (1st)
34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
35. 35.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) PRO-test (1st) (b) pro-TEST (2nd)
36. 36.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
37. 37.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
38. 38.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) TRANS-port (1st) (b) trans-PORT (2nd)
39. 39.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
40. 40.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) IN-crease (1st) (b) in-CREASE (2nd)

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