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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 23 · 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.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  2. 2.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  3. 3.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  4. 4.Listen to “winter”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WIN-ter (1st) (b) win-TER (2nd)
  5. 5.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)
  10. 10.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “prepare”? (a) pre-PARE (2nd) (b) PRE-pare (1st)
  12. 12.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) re-TURN (2nd) (b) RE-turn (1st)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)
  15. 15.Listen to “suggest”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sug-GEST (2nd) (b) SUG-gest (1st)
  16. 16.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  18. 18.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) trans-PORT (2nd) (b) TRANS-port (1st)
  19. 19.Listen to “modern”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
  20. 20.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
  22. 22.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SIS-ter (1st) (b) sis-TER (2nd)
  23. 23.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) in-CREASE (2nd) (b) IN-crease (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “forgive”? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “repeat”? (a) RE-peat (1st) (b) re-PEAT (2nd)
  26. 26.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)
  27. 27.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “explain”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-plain (1st) (b) ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) SIS-ter (1st) (b) sis-TER (2nd)
  30. 30.Listen to “respect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-SPECT (2nd) (b) RE-spect (1st)
  31. 31.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  32. 32.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
  33. 33.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-give (1st) (b) for-GIVE (2nd)
  34. 34.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “reply”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-PLY (2nd) (b) RE-ply (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
  38. 38.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  39. 39.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)

Answer key

  1. MON-key (1st)
  2. PROG-ress (1st)
  3. prog-RESS (2nd)
  4. WIN-ter (1st)
  5. DE-sert (1st)
  6. WIN-dow (1st)
  7. for-GET (2nd)
  8. TA-ble (1st)
  9. PAR-rot (1st)
  10. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  11. pre-PARE (2nd)
  12. RE-bel (1st)
  13. re-TURN (2nd)
  14. TEACH-er (1st)
  15. sug-GEST (2nd)
  16. PER-mit (1st)
  17. re-LAX (2nd)
  18. TRANS-port (1st)
  19. MOD-ern (1st)
  20. TEACH-er (1st)
  21. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  22. SIS-ter (1st)
  23. IN-crease (1st)
  24. for-GIVE (2nd)
  25. re-PEAT (2nd)
  26. SUB-ject (1st)
  27. in-SULT (2nd)
  28. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  29. SIS-ter (1st)
  30. re-SPECT (2nd)
  31. RE-cord (1st)
  32. EX-tract (1st)
  33. for-GIVE (2nd)
  34. CON-duct (1st)
  35. re-PLY (2nd)
  36. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  37. YEL-low (1st)
  38. re-BEL (2nd)
  39. in-VITE (2nd)
  40. WA-ter (1st)

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