Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 221 · 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.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) per-FECT (2nd) (b) PER-fect (1st)
2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
3. 3.Listen to “explain”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-plain (1st) (b) ex-PLAIN (2nd)
4. 4.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) win-DOW (2nd) (b) WIN-dow (1st)
6. 6.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
8. 8.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
11. 11.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
12. 12.Listen to “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “delete”? (a) de-LETE (2nd) (b) DE-lete (1st)
14. 14.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)
15. 15.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
16. 16.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “carpet”? (a) CAR-pet (1st) (b) car-PET (2nd)
18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “doctor”? (a) doc-TOR (2nd) (b) DOC-tor (1st)
19. 19.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
20. 20.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
21. 21.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
22. 22.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “winter”? (a) WIN-ter (1st) (b) win-TER (2nd)
24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “protect”? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
26. 26.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
27. 27.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
28. 28.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)
30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
31. 31.Listen to “picture”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PIC-ture (1st) (b) pic-TURE (2nd)
32. 32.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
33. 33.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
34. 34.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
35. 35.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
36. 36.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) re-FUND (2nd) (b) RE-fund (1st)
37. 37.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
38. 38.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
40. 40.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) IN-crease (1st) (b) in-CREASE (2nd)

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