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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 200 · 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.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  2. 2.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
  3. 3.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
  5. 5.Listen to “suggest”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sug-GEST (2nd) (b) SUG-gest (1st)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “forgive”? (a) FOR-give (1st) (b) for-GIVE (2nd)
  7. 7.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  9. 9.Listen to “respect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-SPECT (2nd) (b) RE-spect (1st)
  10. 10.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) de-CREASE (2nd) (b) DE-crease (1st)
  11. 11.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
  12. 12.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  18. 18.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  19. 19.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
  20. 20.Listen to “collect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)
  21. 21.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) trans-PORT (2nd) (b) TRANS-port (1st)
  22. 22.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) PER-fect (1st) (b) per-FECT (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
  24. 24.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
  26. 26.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
  28. 28.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)
  29. 29.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  30. 30.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  31. 31.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) re-FUND (2nd) (b) RE-fund (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
  33. 33.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  35. 35.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “respect”? (a) re-SPECT (2nd) (b) RE-spect (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “modern”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
  39. 39.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  40. 40.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)

Answer key

  1. pre-SENT (2nd)
  2. PAR-rot (1st)
  3. RE-cord (1st)
  4. FA-mous (1st)
  5. sug-GEST (2nd)
  6. for-GIVE (2nd)
  7. re-BEL (2nd)
  8. re-LAX (2nd)
  9. re-SPECT (2nd)
  10. DE-crease (1st)
  11. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  12. GAR-den (1st)
  13. MOD-ern (1st)
  14. pro-TECT (2nd)
  15. TA-ble (1st)
  16. pre-FER (2nd)
  17. GAR-den (1st)
  18. ob-JECT (2nd)
  19. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  20. col-LECT (2nd)
  21. TRANS-port (1st)
  22. PER-fect (1st)
  23. AP-ple (1st)
  24. HAP-py (1st)
  25. com-PLETE (2nd)
  26. de-SERT (2nd)
  27. WA-ter (1st)
  28. DOC-tor (1st)
  29. TEACH-er (1st)
  30. EX-tract (1st)
  31. RE-fund (1st)
  32. MON-key (1st)
  33. in-SULT (2nd)
  34. re-LAX (2nd)
  35. WA-ter (1st)
  36. re-SPECT (2nd)
  37. MOD-ern (1st)
  38. SUM-mer (1st)
  39. con-TEST (2nd)
  40. CON-tract (1st)

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