Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 147 · 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.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
2. 2.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “suggest”? (a) SUG-gest (1st) (b) sug-GEST (2nd)
4. 4.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
5. 5.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) de-CREASE (2nd) (b) DE-crease (1st)
6. 6.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) in-CREASE (2nd) (b) IN-crease (1st)
7. 7.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
9. 9.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) ap-PLE (2nd) (b) AP-ple (1st)
11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “protect”? (a) pro-TECT (2nd) (b) PRO-tect (1st)
12. 12.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
13. 13.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
14. 14.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
15. 15.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) pro-TEST (2nd) (b) PRO-test (1st)
16. 16.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)
17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “doctor”? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)
18. 18.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
19. 19.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
20. 20.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “reply”? (a) RE-ply (1st) (b) re-PLY (2nd)
22. 22.Listen to “explain”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-PLAIN (2nd) (b) EX-plain (1st)
23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) de-CIDE (2nd) (b) DE-cide (1st)
24. 24.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) EX-port (1st) (b) ex-PORT (2nd)
25. 25.Listen to “prefer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-FER (2nd) (b) PRE-fer (1st)
26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “basket”? (a) BAS-ket (1st) (b) bas-KET (2nd)
27. 27.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
28. 28.Listen to “begin”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
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.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
31. 31.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
32. 32.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) TRANS-port (1st) (b) trans-PORT (2nd)
33. 33.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) win-DOW (2nd) (b) WIN-dow (1st)
34. 34.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
35. 35.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
37. 37.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
38. 38.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
40. 40.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)

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