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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 195 · 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.Which syllable is stressed in “forgive”? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)
  2. 2.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “protect”? (a) pro-TECT (2nd) (b) PRO-tect (1st)
  4. 4.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “respect”? (a) re-SPECT (2nd) (b) RE-spect (1st)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “prefer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
  8. 8.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “basket”? (a) BAS-ket (1st) (b) bas-KET (2nd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
  11. 11.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  12. 12.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) de-CREASE (2nd) (b) DE-crease (1st)
  13. 13.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “picture”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
  15. 15.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
  19. 19.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  20. 20.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) per-FECT (2nd) (b) PER-fect (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “decide”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-CIDE (2nd) (b) DE-cide (1st)
  22. 22.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  23. 23.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  24. 24.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)
  25. 25.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
  26. 26.Listen to “explain”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-plain (1st) (b) ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  27. 27.Listen to “modern”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
  28. 28.Listen to “enjoy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  29. 29.Listen to “survive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  32. 32.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “suggest”? (a) SUG-gest (1st) (b) sug-GEST (2nd)
  35. 35.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) PRO-test (1st) (b) pro-TEST (2nd)
  36. 36.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “reply”? (a) RE-ply (1st) (b) re-PLY (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-give (1st) (b) for-GIVE (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “prepare”? (a) pre-PARE (2nd) (b) PRE-pare (1st)
  40. 40.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)

Answer key

  1. for-GIVE (2nd)
  2. IN-sult (1st)
  3. pro-TECT (2nd)
  4. con-DUCT (2nd)
  5. re-SPECT (2nd)
  6. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  7. pre-FER (2nd)
  8. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  9. BAS-ket (1st)
  10. AP-ple (1st)
  11. in-SULT (2nd)
  12. DE-crease (1st)
  13. OB-ject (1st)
  14. PIC-ture (1st)
  15. CON-duct (1st)
  16. YEL-low (1st)
  17. re-LAX (2nd)
  18. WIN-dow (1st)
  19. CON-test (1st)
  20. PER-fect (1st)
  21. de-CIDE (2nd)
  22. re-BEL (2nd)
  23. RE-cord (1st)
  24. PAR-rot (1st)
  25. prog-RESS (2nd)
  26. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  27. MOD-ern (1st)
  28. en-JOY (2nd)
  29. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  30. be-GIN (2nd)
  31. MON-key (1st)
  32. de-SERT (2nd)
  33. TEACH-er (1st)
  34. sug-GEST (2nd)
  35. PRO-test (1st)
  36. re-LAX (2nd)
  37. re-PLY (2nd)
  38. for-GIVE (2nd)
  39. pre-PARE (2nd)
  40. PROG-ress (1st)

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