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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 150 · 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.Which syllable is stressed in “rabbit”? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
  2. 2.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) in-CREASE (2nd) (b) IN-crease (1st)
  3. 3.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (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.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
  7. 7.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)
  8. 8.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  9. 9.Listen to “suggest”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUG-gest (1st) (b) sug-GEST (2nd)
  10. 10.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (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.Listen to “basket”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
  16. 16.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) ex-PORT (2nd) (b) EX-port (1st)
  17. 17.Listen to “respect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-SPECT (2nd) (b) RE-spect (1st)
  18. 18.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) MAR-ket (1st) (b) mar-KET (2nd)
  20. 20.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  21. 21.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  22. 22.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
  24. 24.Listen to “delete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-LETE (2nd) (b) DE-lete (1st)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  26. 26.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  27. 27.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  28. 28.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “picture”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PIC-ture (1st) (b) pic-TURE (2nd)
  30. 30.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) PRO-test (1st) (b) pro-TEST (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “complete”? (a) com-PLETE (2nd) (b) COM-plete (1st)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “prepare”? (a) PRE-pare (1st) (b) pre-PARE (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  37. 37.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) PER-fect (1st) (b) per-FECT (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “carpet”? (a) car-PET (2nd) (b) CAR-pet (1st)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
  40. 40.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)

Answer key

  1. RAB-bit (1st)
  2. IN-crease (1st)
  3. PRE-sent (1st)
  4. col-LECT (2nd)
  5. DE-sert (1st)
  6. TA-ble (1st)
  7. SUB-ject (1st)
  8. con-DUCT (2nd)
  9. sug-GEST (2nd)
  10. for-GET (2nd)
  11. for-GET (2nd)
  12. HAP-py (1st)
  13. MOD-ern (1st)
  14. IM-port (1st)
  15. BAS-ket (1st)
  16. EX-port (1st)
  17. re-SPECT (2nd)
  18. PRO-duce (1st)
  19. MAR-ket (1st)
  20. in-SULT (2nd)
  21. SUS-pect (1st)
  22. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  23. re-LAX (2nd)
  24. de-LETE (2nd)
  25. PEN-cil (1st)
  26. con-TRACT (2nd)
  27. PROG-ress (1st)
  28. OB-ject (1st)
  29. PIC-ture (1st)
  30. PRO-test (1st)
  31. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  32. TEACH-er (1st)
  33. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  34. com-PLETE (2nd)
  35. pre-PARE (2nd)
  36. en-JOY (2nd)
  37. PER-fect (1st)
  38. CAR-pet (1st)
  39. be-GIN (2nd)
  40. RE-bel (1st)

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