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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 190 · 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.“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.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
  3. 3.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) IN-crease (1st) (b) in-CREASE (2nd)
  4. 4.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)
  5. 5.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  6. 6.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
  8. 8.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) ex-PORT (2nd) (b) EX-port (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “respect”? (a) re-SPECT (2nd) (b) RE-spect (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “prefer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-FER (2nd) (b) PRE-fer (1st)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “rabbit”? (a) rab-BIT (2nd) (b) RAB-bit (1st)
  12. 12.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  13. 13.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
  15. 15.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
  17. 17.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) PRO-test (1st) (b) pro-TEST (2nd)
  18. 18.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) win-DOW (2nd) (b) WIN-dow (1st)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) be-LIEVE (2nd) (b) BE-lieve (1st)
  22. 22.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “explain”? (a) ex-PLAIN (2nd) (b) EX-plain (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
  27. 27.Listen to “return”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-TURN (2nd) (b) RE-turn (1st)
  28. 28.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) FA-mous (1st) (b) fa-MOUS (2nd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “prepare”? (a) PRE-pare (1st) (b) pre-PARE (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) MAR-ket (1st) (b) mar-KET (2nd)
  32. 32.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) sub-JECT (2nd) (b) SUB-ject (1st)
  33. 33.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “survive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
  35. 35.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “begin”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-GIN (2nd) (b) BE-gin (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “describe”? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “summer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “enjoy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  40. 40.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)

Answer key

  1. RE-cord (1st)
  2. in-VITE (2nd)
  3. IN-crease (1st)
  4. re-PEAT (2nd)
  5. de-SERT (2nd)
  6. sus-PECT (2nd)
  7. PA-per (1st)
  8. EX-port (1st)
  9. re-SPECT (2nd)
  10. pre-FER (2nd)
  11. RAB-bit (1st)
  12. con-DUCT (2nd)
  13. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  14. SUM-mer (1st)
  15. GAR-den (1st)
  16. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  17. PRO-test (1st)
  18. prog-RESS (2nd)
  19. WIN-dow (1st)
  20. MON-key (1st)
  21. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  22. PROG-ress (1st)
  23. for-GET (2nd)
  24. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  25. HAP-py (1st)
  26. re-LAX (2nd)
  27. re-TURN (2nd)
  28. EX-tract (1st)
  29. FA-mous (1st)
  30. pre-PARE (2nd)
  31. MAR-ket (1st)
  32. SUB-ject (1st)
  33. PRO-duce (1st)
  34. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  35. RE-bel (1st)
  36. be-GIN (2nd)
  37. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  38. SUM-mer (1st)
  39. en-JOY (2nd)
  40. ob-JECT (2nd)

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