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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 144 · 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.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  3. 3.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  4. 4.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
  5. 5.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  6. 6.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) EX-port (1st) (b) ex-PORT (2nd)
  7. 7.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “repeat”? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)
  9. 9.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
  11. 11.Listen to “prepare”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRE-pare (1st) (b) pre-PARE (2nd)
  12. 12.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  13. 13.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) re-TURN (2nd) (b) RE-turn (1st)
  15. 15.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
  16. 16.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  17. 17.Listen to “suggest”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sug-GEST (2nd) (b) SUG-gest (1st)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  19. 19.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
  20. 20.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “begin”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-GIN (2nd) (b) BE-gin (1st)
  22. 22.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
  23. 23.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  24. 24.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  26. 26.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
  27. 27.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  28. 28.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “enjoy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  30. 30.Listen to “explain”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-PLAIN (2nd) (b) EX-plain (1st)
  31. 31.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
  32. 32.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
  34. 34.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  35. 35.Listen to “market”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) MOD-ern (1st) (b) mod-ERN (2nd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “basket”? (a) BAS-ket (1st) (b) bas-KET (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “collect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COL-lect (1st) (b) col-LECT (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “suggest”? (a) SUG-gest (1st) (b) sug-GEST (2nd)
  40. 40.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)

Answer key

  1. PRO-duce (1st)
  2. MON-key (1st)
  3. ob-JECT (2nd)
  4. per-MIT (2nd)
  5. DE-sert (1st)
  6. EX-port (1st)
  7. EX-tract (1st)
  8. re-PEAT (2nd)
  9. TA-ble (1st)
  10. de-CIDE (2nd)
  11. pre-PARE (2nd)
  12. OB-ject (1st)
  13. prog-RESS (2nd)
  14. re-TURN (2nd)
  15. GAR-den (1st)
  16. PROG-ress (1st)
  17. sug-GEST (2nd)
  18. GAR-den (1st)
  19. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  20. de-SERT (2nd)
  21. be-GIN (2nd)
  22. WA-ter (1st)
  23. re-BEL (2nd)
  24. pre-SENT (2nd)
  25. re-LAX (2nd)
  26. SIS-ter (1st)
  27. CON-tract (1st)
  28. HAP-py (1st)
  29. en-JOY (2nd)
  30. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  31. in-VITE (2nd)
  32. YEL-low (1st)
  33. be-GIN (2nd)
  34. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  35. MAR-ket (1st)
  36. MOD-ern (1st)
  37. BAS-ket (1st)
  38. col-LECT (2nd)
  39. sug-GEST (2nd)
  40. DOC-tor (1st)

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