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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 196 · 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 “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  3. 3.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  4. 4.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  5. 5.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) re-FUND (2nd) (b) RE-fund (1st)
  6. 6.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) sur-VIVE (2nd) (b) SUR-vive (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.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) TRANS-port (1st) (b) trans-PORT (2nd)
  10. 10.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-give (1st) (b) for-GIVE (2nd)
  11. 11.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “forgive”? (a) FOR-give (1st) (b) for-GIVE (2nd)
  13. 13.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  14. 14.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “respect”? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
  18. 18.Listen to “basket”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
  19. 19.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “modern”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MOD-ern (1st) (b) mod-ERN (2nd)
  22. 22.Listen to “return”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-turn (1st) (b) re-TURN (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) COL-lect (1st) (b) col-LECT (2nd)
  24. 24.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  25. 25.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
  26. 26.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “basket”? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
  28. 28.Listen to “survive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
  30. 30.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
  32. 32.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
  33. 33.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  35. 35.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “winter”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WIN-ter (1st) (b) win-TER (2nd)
  37. 37.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
  39. 39.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  40. 40.Listen to “prepare”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRE-pare (1st) (b) pre-PARE (2nd)

Answer key

  1. in-VITE (2nd)
  2. GAR-den (1st)
  3. CON-duct (1st)
  4. re-BEL (2nd)
  5. RE-fund (1st)
  6. prog-RESS (2nd)
  7. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  8. RE-bel (1st)
  9. TRANS-port (1st)
  10. for-GIVE (2nd)
  11. re-LAX (2nd)
  12. for-GIVE (2nd)
  13. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  14. TA-ble (1st)
  15. PEN-cil (1st)
  16. re-SPECT (2nd)
  17. be-GIN (2nd)
  18. BAS-ket (1st)
  19. CON-tract (1st)
  20. re-LAX (2nd)
  21. MOD-ern (1st)
  22. re-TURN (2nd)
  23. col-LECT (2nd)
  24. sus-PECT (2nd)
  25. PAR-rot (1st)
  26. re-CORD (2nd)
  27. BAS-ket (1st)
  28. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  29. HAP-py (1st)
  30. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  31. PIC-ture (1st)
  32. de-SERT (2nd)
  33. CON-test (1st)
  34. en-JOY (2nd)
  35. SUS-pect (1st)
  36. WIN-ter (1st)
  37. PRE-sent (1st)
  38. PEN-cil (1st)
  39. PRO-duce (1st)
  40. pre-PARE (2nd)

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