Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 204 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) trans-PORT (2nd) (b) TRANS-port (1st)
2. 2.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
3. 3.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)
4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
5. 5.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
6. 6.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
7. 7.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) IM-port (1st) (b) im-PORT (2nd)
8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
9. 9.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
10. 10.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
11. 11.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
12. 12.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)
14. 14.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
15. 15.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
17. 17.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) RE-fund (1st) (b) re-FUND (2nd)
18. 18.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
19. 19.Listen to “market”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
21. 21.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) PER-fect (1st) (b) per-FECT (2nd)
22. 22.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) DE-crease (1st) (b) de-CREASE (2nd)
23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “delete”? (a) de-LETE (2nd) (b) DE-lete (1st)
24. 24.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
25. 25.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
26. 26.Listen to “famous”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “prepare”? (a) PRE-pare (1st) (b) pre-PARE (2nd)
28. 28.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
29. 29.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
30. 30.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
31. 31.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
32. 32.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “protect”? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) pre-FER (2nd) (b) PRE-fer (1st)
36. 36.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
37. 37.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
38. 38.Listen to “enjoy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)

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