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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 120 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  3. 3.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
  4. 4.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
  5. 5.Listen to “return”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-turn (1st) (b) re-TURN (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “describe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-SCRIBE (2nd) (b) DE-scribe (1st)
  7. 7.Listen to “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
  9. 9.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) sub-JECT (2nd) (b) SUB-ject (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “enjoy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
  12. 12.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  13. 13.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) DE-crease (1st) (b) de-CREASE (2nd)
  14. 14.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “delete”? (a) DE-lete (1st) (b) de-LETE (2nd)
  16. 16.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  17. 17.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  18. 18.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  19. 19.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  20. 20.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-give (1st) (b) for-GIVE (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
  22. 22.Listen to “rabbit”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rab-BIT (2nd) (b) RAB-bit (1st)
  23. 23.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
  24. 24.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) ex-PORT (2nd) (b) EX-port (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “survive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
  26. 26.Listen to “delete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-lete (1st) (b) de-LETE (2nd)
  27. 27.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “reply”? (a) re-PLY (2nd) (b) RE-ply (1st)
  29. 29.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “describe”? (a) de-SCRIBE (2nd) (b) DE-scribe (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
  32. 32.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) PRO-test (1st) (b) pro-TEST (2nd)
  33. 33.Listen to “basket”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BAS-ket (1st) (b) bas-KET (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
  37. 37.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “doctor”? (a) doc-TOR (2nd) (b) DOC-tor (1st)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “respect”? (a) re-SPECT (2nd) (b) RE-spect (1st)
  40. 40.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)

Answer key

  1. DE-sert (1st)
  2. MON-key (1st)
  3. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  4. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  5. re-TURN (2nd)
  6. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  7. MON-key (1st)
  8. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  9. SUB-ject (1st)
  10. en-JOY (2nd)
  11. SUM-mer (1st)
  12. CON-tract (1st)
  13. DE-crease (1st)
  14. per-MIT (2nd)
  15. de-LETE (2nd)
  16. in-SULT (2nd)
  17. CON-test (1st)
  18. TEACH-er (1st)
  19. con-TEST (2nd)
  20. for-GIVE (2nd)
  21. HAP-py (1st)
  22. RAB-bit (1st)
  23. pro-TECT (2nd)
  24. EX-port (1st)
  25. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  26. de-LETE (2nd)
  27. EX-tract (1st)
  28. re-PLY (2nd)
  29. RE-cord (1st)
  30. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  31. re-LAX (2nd)
  32. PRO-test (1st)
  33. BAS-ket (1st)
  34. PAR-rot (1st)
  35. re-LAX (2nd)
  36. for-GET (2nd)
  37. PRE-sent (1st)
  38. DOC-tor (1st)
  39. re-SPECT (2nd)
  40. WA-ter (1st)

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