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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 193 · 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 “summer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “collect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)
  4. 4.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
  6. 6.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) win-DOW (2nd) (b) WIN-dow (1st)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “basket”? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
  8. 8.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
  10. 10.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  11. 11.Listen to “begin”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-GIN (2nd) (b) BE-gin (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “explain”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-plain (1st) (b) ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
  15. 15.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “delete”? (a) de-LETE (2nd) (b) DE-lete (1st)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  19. 19.Listen to “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  20. 20.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “describe”? (a) de-SCRIBE (2nd) (b) DE-scribe (1st)
  23. 23.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) IN-crease (1st) (b) in-CREASE (2nd)
  24. 24.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)
  25. 25.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “enjoy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  27. 27.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
  29. 29.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) per-FECT (2nd) (b) PER-fect (1st)
  30. 30.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  31. 31.Listen to “survive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
  32. 32.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
  33. 33.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) re-TURN (2nd) (b) RE-turn (1st)
  35. 35.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)
  36. 36.Listen to “reply”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-PLY (2nd) (b) RE-ply (1st)
  37. 37.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  38. 38.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
  39. 39.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
  40. 40.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)

Answer key

  1. SUM-mer (1st)
  2. col-LECT (2nd)
  3. PAR-rot (1st)
  4. de-SERT (2nd)
  5. for-GET (2nd)
  6. WIN-dow (1st)
  7. BAS-ket (1st)
  8. RE-bel (1st)
  9. SUM-mer (1st)
  10. in-SULT (2nd)
  11. be-GIN (2nd)
  12. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  13. MAR-ket (1st)
  14. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  15. re-BEL (2nd)
  16. de-LETE (2nd)
  17. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  18. PEN-cil (1st)
  19. MON-key (1st)
  20. sus-PECT (2nd)
  21. en-JOY (2nd)
  22. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  23. IN-crease (1st)
  24. TEACH-er (1st)
  25. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  26. en-JOY (2nd)
  27. PRO-duce (1st)
  28. PA-per (1st)
  29. PER-fect (1st)
  30. re-CORD (2nd)
  31. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  32. SIS-ter (1st)
  33. con-DUCT (2nd)
  34. re-TURN (2nd)
  35. SUB-ject (1st)
  36. re-PLY (2nd)
  37. OB-ject (1st)
  38. IM-port (1st)
  39. TA-ble (1st)
  40. PA-per (1st)

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