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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 194 · 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.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  2. 2.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  3. 3.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-PLETE (2nd) (b) COM-plete (1st)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “complete”? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
  6. 6.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  7. 7.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  9. 9.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  10. 10.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  11. 11.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  12. 12.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  13. 13.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
  14. 14.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  15. 15.Listen to “collect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “winter”? (a) WIN-ter (1st) (b) win-TER (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “doctor”? (a) doc-TOR (2nd) (b) DOC-tor (1st)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “suggest”? (a) SUG-gest (1st) (b) sug-GEST (2nd)
  19. 19.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  20. 20.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  21. 21.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “table”? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
  23. 23.Listen to “picture”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
  24. 24.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  25. 25.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-TECT (2nd) (b) PRO-tect (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
  27. 27.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) de-CIDE (2nd) (b) DE-cide (1st)
  30. 30.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  31. 31.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “forgive”? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)
  33. 33.Listen to “explain”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-PLAIN (2nd) (b) EX-plain (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “repeat”? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “begin”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “rabbit”? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
  38. 38.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  39. 39.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) PER-fect (1st) (b) per-FECT (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)

Answer key

  1. CON-tract (1st)
  2. in-SULT (2nd)
  3. com-PLETE (2nd)
  4. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  5. com-PLETE (2nd)
  6. PRE-sent (1st)
  7. IM-port (1st)
  8. GAR-den (1st)
  9. sus-PECT (2nd)
  10. re-BEL (2nd)
  11. PROG-ress (1st)
  12. CON-test (1st)
  13. YEL-low (1st)
  14. prog-RESS (2nd)
  15. col-LECT (2nd)
  16. WIN-ter (1st)
  17. DOC-tor (1st)
  18. sug-GEST (2nd)
  19. re-CORD (2nd)
  20. RE-bel (1st)
  21. con-DUCT (2nd)
  22. TA-ble (1st)
  23. PIC-ture (1st)
  24. re-LAX (2nd)
  25. pro-TECT (2nd)
  26. PEN-cil (1st)
  27. in-VITE (2nd)
  28. HAP-py (1st)
  29. de-CIDE (2nd)
  30. RE-cord (1st)
  31. OB-ject (1st)
  32. for-GIVE (2nd)
  33. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  34. re-PEAT (2nd)
  35. be-GIN (2nd)
  36. en-JOY (2nd)
  37. RAB-bit (1st)
  38. con-TRACT (2nd)
  39. PER-fect (1st)
  40. WIN-dow (1st)

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