Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 236 · 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 (1st) (b) trans-PORT (2nd)
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.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
4. 4.Listen to “delete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-LETE (2nd) (b) DE-lete (1st)
5. 5.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
6. 6.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
7. 7.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “deny”? (a) DE-ny (1st) (b) de-NY (2nd)
9. 9.Listen to “respect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
10. 10.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) EX-port (1st) (b) ex-PORT (2nd)
11. 11.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)
13. 13.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) sub-JECT (2nd) (b) SUB-ject (1st)
14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
16. 16.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “repeat”? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)
18. 18.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) de-CIDE (2nd) (b) DE-cide (1st)
20. 20.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
21. 21.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
22. 22.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
23. 23.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
24. 24.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
25. 25.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
26. 26.Listen to “winter”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WIN-ter (1st) (b) win-TER (2nd)
27. 27.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
29. 29.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
30. 30.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
31. 31.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-LIEVE (2nd) (b) BE-lieve (1st)
32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
33. 33.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “respect”? (a) re-SPECT (2nd) (b) RE-spect (1st)
35. 35.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
36. 36.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
37. 37.Listen to “return”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-turn (1st) (b) re-TURN (2nd)
38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “table”? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
39. 39.Listen to “rabbit”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
40. 40.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-PLETE (2nd) (b) COM-plete (1st)

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