Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 136 · 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.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “winter”? (a) win-TER (2nd) (b) WIN-ter (1st)
3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “table”? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
4. 4.Listen to “winter”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WIN-ter (1st) (b) win-TER (2nd)
5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “explain”? (a) ex-PLAIN (2nd) (b) EX-plain (1st)
6. 6.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “doctor”? (a) doc-TOR (2nd) (b) DOC-tor (1st)
8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) FA-mous (1st) (b) fa-MOUS (2nd)
9. 9.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) doc-TOR (2nd) (b) DOC-tor (1st)
10. 10.Listen to “prefer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-FER (2nd) (b) PRE-fer (1st)
11. 11.Listen to “prepare”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRE-pare (1st) (b) pre-PARE (2nd)
12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
13. 13.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-give (1st) (b) for-GIVE (2nd)
14. 14.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
15. 15.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “repeat”? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)
17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
18. 18.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
19. 19.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-get (1st) (b) for-GET (2nd)
20. 20.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
21. 21.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
22. 22.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
23. 23.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
24. 24.Listen to “explain”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-plain (1st) (b) ex-PLAIN (2nd)
25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “respect”? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)
27. 27.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
29. 29.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
31. 31.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
32. 32.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) MOD-ern (1st) (b) mod-ERN (2nd)
34. 34.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “delete”? (a) DE-lete (1st) (b) de-LETE (2nd)
36. 36.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
37. 37.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “describe”? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
39. 39.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-peat (1st) (b) re-PEAT (2nd)
40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)

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