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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 172 · 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.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
  2. 2.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  3. 3.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  6. 6.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “prepare”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRE-pare (1st) (b) pre-PARE (2nd)
  8. 8.Listen to “carpet”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CAR-pet (1st) (b) car-PET (2nd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “explain”? (a) ex-PLAIN (2nd) (b) EX-plain (1st)
  10. 10.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  11. 11.Listen to “suggest”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUG-gest (1st) (b) sug-GEST (2nd)
  12. 12.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) re-FUND (2nd) (b) RE-fund (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “complete”? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
  14. 14.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) PRO-test (1st) (b) pro-TEST (2nd)
  15. 15.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  16. 16.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  17. 17.Listen to “describe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  18. 18.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) IN-crease (1st) (b) in-CREASE (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “prefer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-FER (2nd) (b) PRE-fer (1st)
  20. 20.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-peat (1st) (b) re-PEAT (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  22. 22.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “reply”? (a) RE-ply (1st) (b) re-PLY (2nd)
  24. 24.Listen to “begin”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
  25. 25.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  26. 26.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
  28. 28.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  29. 29.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  30. 30.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “describe”? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  32. 32.Listen to “decide”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-CIDE (2nd) (b) DE-cide (1st)
  33. 33.Listen to “basket”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BAS-ket (1st) (b) bas-KET (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “survive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sur-VIVE (2nd) (b) SUR-vive (1st)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
  37. 37.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
  38. 38.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)

Answer key

  1. AP-ple (1st)
  2. PRO-duce (1st)
  3. per-MIT (2nd)
  4. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  5. en-JOY (2nd)
  6. IN-sult (1st)
  7. pre-PARE (2nd)
  8. CAR-pet (1st)
  9. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  10. con-DUCT (2nd)
  11. sug-GEST (2nd)
  12. RE-fund (1st)
  13. com-PLETE (2nd)
  14. PRO-test (1st)
  15. ob-JECT (2nd)
  16. con-TRACT (2nd)
  17. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  18. IN-crease (1st)
  19. pre-FER (2nd)
  20. re-PEAT (2nd)
  21. GAR-den (1st)
  22. IM-port (1st)
  23. re-PLY (2nd)
  24. be-GIN (2nd)
  25. RE-cord (1st)
  26. RE-bel (1st)
  27. in-VITE (2nd)
  28. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  29. OB-ject (1st)
  30. pre-SENT (2nd)
  31. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  32. de-CIDE (2nd)
  33. BAS-ket (1st)
  34. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  35. WA-ter (1st)
  36. YEL-low (1st)
  37. in-VITE (2nd)
  38. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  39. PA-per (1st)
  40. PAR-rot (1st)

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