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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 207 · 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.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  2. 2.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-TECT (2nd) (b) PRO-tect (1st)
  3. 3.Listen to “respect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
  4. 4.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  5. 5.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “carpet”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) car-PET (2nd) (b) CAR-pet (1st)
  7. 7.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)
  9. 9.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
  11. 11.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
  14. 14.Listen to “enjoy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “table”? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “decide”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
  18. 18.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)
  19. 19.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
  20. 20.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
  22. 22.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)
  24. 24.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  25. 25.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “rabbit”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rab-BIT (2nd) (b) RAB-bit (1st)
  27. 27.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) COL-lect (1st) (b) col-LECT (2nd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) MOD-ern (1st) (b) mod-ERN (2nd)
  30. 30.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
  31. 31.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  32. 32.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  33. 33.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) de-CIDE (2nd) (b) DE-cide (1st)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “deny”? (a) de-NY (2nd) (b) DE-ny (1st)
  36. 36.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) PIC-ture (1st) (b) pic-TURE (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “famous”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FA-mous (1st) (b) fa-MOUS (2nd)
  39. 39.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)

Answer key

  1. CON-test (1st)
  2. pro-TECT (2nd)
  3. re-SPECT (2nd)
  4. DE-sert (1st)
  5. RE-cord (1st)
  6. CAR-pet (1st)
  7. per-MIT (2nd)
  8. PAR-rot (1st)
  9. pre-SENT (2nd)
  10. pre-FER (2nd)
  11. YEL-low (1st)
  12. TA-ble (1st)
  13. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  14. en-JOY (2nd)
  15. re-PEAT (2nd)
  16. TA-ble (1st)
  17. de-CIDE (2nd)
  18. for-GIVE (2nd)
  19. for-GET (2nd)
  20. PRE-sent (1st)
  21. in-VITE (2nd)
  22. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  23. TEACH-er (1st)
  24. CON-tract (1st)
  25. OB-ject (1st)
  26. RAB-bit (1st)
  27. PRO-duce (1st)
  28. col-LECT (2nd)
  29. MOD-ern (1st)
  30. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  31. CON-duct (1st)
  32. sus-PECT (2nd)
  33. prog-RESS (2nd)
  34. de-CIDE (2nd)
  35. de-NY (2nd)
  36. EX-tract (1st)
  37. PIC-ture (1st)
  38. FA-mous (1st)
  39. re-CORD (2nd)
  40. PA-per (1st)

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