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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 178 · 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 “carpet”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) car-PET (2nd) (b) CAR-pet (1st)
  2. 2.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
  3. 3.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
  4. 4.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  5. 5.Listen to “return”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-turn (1st) (b) re-TURN (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-PLETE (2nd) (b) COM-plete (1st)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
  8. 8.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “deny”? (a) de-NY (2nd) (b) DE-ny (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) doc-TOR (2nd) (b) DOC-tor (1st)
  11. 11.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ap-PLE (2nd) (b) AP-ple (1st)
  13. 13.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  15. 15.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
  16. 16.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  17. 17.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
  18. 18.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) MOD-ern (1st) (b) mod-ERN (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
  22. 22.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) sur-VIVE (2nd) (b) SUR-vive (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “enjoy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  27. 27.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “winter”? (a) win-TER (2nd) (b) WIN-ter (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “describe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  30. 30.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) in-CREASE (2nd) (b) IN-crease (1st)
  31. 31.Listen to “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
  32. 32.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “carpet”? (a) CAR-pet (1st) (b) car-PET (2nd)
  34. 34.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  35. 35.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  36. 36.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) PIC-ture (1st) (b) pic-TURE (2nd)
  38. 38.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) EX-port (1st) (b) ex-PORT (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
  40. 40.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)

Answer key

  1. CAR-pet (1st)
  2. TA-ble (1st)
  3. PRO-duce (1st)
  4. con-TRACT (2nd)
  5. re-TURN (2nd)
  6. com-PLETE (2nd)
  7. WIN-dow (1st)
  8. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  9. de-NY (2nd)
  10. DOC-tor (1st)
  11. in-VITE (2nd)
  12. AP-ple (1st)
  13. pre-SENT (2nd)
  14. PEN-cil (1st)
  15. per-MIT (2nd)
  16. sus-PECT (2nd)
  17. IM-port (1st)
  18. re-BEL (2nd)
  19. TEACH-er (1st)
  20. MOD-ern (1st)
  21. PA-per (1st)
  22. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  23. for-GIVE (2nd)
  24. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  25. en-JOY (2nd)
  26. re-LAX (2nd)
  27. prog-RESS (2nd)
  28. WIN-ter (1st)
  29. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  30. IN-crease (1st)
  31. MON-key (1st)
  32. ob-JECT (2nd)
  33. CAR-pet (1st)
  34. RE-cord (1st)
  35. SUS-pect (1st)
  36. PROG-ress (1st)
  37. PIC-ture (1st)
  38. EX-port (1st)
  39. PA-per (1st)
  40. TEACH-er (1st)

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