Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 15 · 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.Listen to “explain”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-plain (1st) (b) ex-PLAIN (2nd)
2. 2.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
3. 3.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-TECT (2nd) (b) PRO-tect (1st)
4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “explain”? (a) EX-plain (1st) (b) ex-PLAIN (2nd)
6. 6.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
7. 7.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
8. 8.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
9. 9.Listen to “winter”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WIN-ter (1st) (b) win-TER (2nd)
10. 10.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
11. 11.Listen to “decide”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
12. 12.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)
13. 13.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) sub-JECT (2nd) (b) SUB-ject (1st)
14. 14.Listen to “describe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
15. 15.Listen to “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
16. 16.Listen to “prefer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-FER (2nd) (b) PRE-fer (1st)
17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
18. 18.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
19. 19.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
21. 21.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
22. 22.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
23. 23.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
24. 24.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
25. 25.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
26. 26.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
27. 27.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
29. 29.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
30. 30.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
31. 31.Listen to “rabbit”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rab-BIT (2nd) (b) RAB-bit (1st)
32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
33. 33.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) IM-port (1st) (b) im-PORT (2nd)
34. 34.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “respect”? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
36. 36.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
37. 37.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
38. 38.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
39. 39.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) EX-port (1st) (b) ex-PORT (2nd)
40. 40.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)

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