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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 219 · 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.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) PER-fect (1st) (b) per-FECT (2nd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
  3. 3.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) COL-lect (1st) (b) col-LECT (2nd)
  5. 5.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “complete”? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ap-PLE (2nd) (b) AP-ple (1st)
  8. 8.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
  9. 9.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) pro-TEST (2nd) (b) PRO-test (1st)
  10. 10.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
  11. 11.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
  12. 12.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) IN-crease (1st) (b) in-CREASE (2nd)
  13. 13.Listen to “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) pre-FER (2nd) (b) PRE-fer (1st)
  15. 15.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) PIC-ture (1st) (b) pic-TURE (2nd)
  17. 17.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) IM-port (1st) (b) im-PORT (2nd)
  18. 18.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)
  19. 19.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  20. 20.Listen to “begin”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-GIN (2nd) (b) BE-gin (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
  22. 22.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  23. 23.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) re-FUND (2nd) (b) RE-fund (1st)
  24. 24.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  25. 25.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “prepare”? (a) pre-PARE (2nd) (b) PRE-pare (1st)
  29. 29.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  30. 30.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  31. 31.Listen to “basket”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “winter”? (a) WIN-ter (1st) (b) win-TER (2nd)
  33. 33.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
  35. 35.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  36. 36.Listen to “summer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
  37. 37.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) EX-port (1st) (b) ex-PORT (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
  39. 39.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) trans-PORT (2nd) (b) TRANS-port (1st)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) SIS-ter (1st) (b) sis-TER (2nd)

Answer key

  1. PER-fect (1st)
  2. en-JOY (2nd)
  3. PER-mit (1st)
  4. col-LECT (2nd)
  5. WA-ter (1st)
  6. com-PLETE (2nd)
  7. AP-ple (1st)
  8. per-MIT (2nd)
  9. PRO-test (1st)
  10. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  11. YEL-low (1st)
  12. IN-crease (1st)
  13. MON-key (1st)
  14. pre-FER (2nd)
  15. SIS-ter (1st)
  16. PIC-ture (1st)
  17. IM-port (1st)
  18. TEACH-er (1st)
  19. con-TEST (2nd)
  20. be-GIN (2nd)
  21. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  22. CON-tract (1st)
  23. RE-fund (1st)
  24. OB-ject (1st)
  25. in-SULT (2nd)
  26. WA-ter (1st)
  27. MON-key (1st)
  28. pre-PARE (2nd)
  29. CON-duct (1st)
  30. sus-PECT (2nd)
  31. BAS-ket (1st)
  32. WIN-ter (1st)
  33. com-PLETE (2nd)
  34. HAP-py (1st)
  35. EX-tract (1st)
  36. SUM-mer (1st)
  37. EX-port (1st)
  38. AP-ple (1st)
  39. TRANS-port (1st)
  40. SIS-ter (1st)

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