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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 242 · 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.Listen to “market”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAR-ket (1st) (b) mar-KET (2nd)
  2. 2.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  3. 3.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) IN-crease (1st) (b) in-CREASE (2nd)
  4. 4.Listen to “winter”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WIN-ter (1st) (b) win-TER (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
  6. 6.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  7. 7.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
  9. 9.Listen to “summer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
  10. 10.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) win-DOW (2nd) (b) WIN-dow (1st)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
  13. 13.Listen to “delete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-lete (1st) (b) de-LETE (2nd)
  14. 14.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “carpet”? (a) car-PET (2nd) (b) CAR-pet (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  17. 17.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  18. 18.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) PRO-test (1st) (b) pro-TEST (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “rabbit”? (a) rab-BIT (2nd) (b) RAB-bit (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
  22. 22.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) be-LIEVE (2nd) (b) BE-lieve (1st)
  24. 24.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) RE-fund (1st) (b) re-FUND (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
  26. 26.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
  27. 27.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “deny”? (a) DE-ny (1st) (b) de-NY (2nd)
  30. 30.Listen to “survive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sur-VIVE (2nd) (b) SUR-vive (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “protect”? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
  32. 32.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  33. 33.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
  35. 35.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  36. 36.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
  37. 37.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “basket”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BAS-ket (1st) (b) bas-KET (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “winter”? (a) WIN-ter (1st) (b) win-TER (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)

Answer key

  1. MAR-ket (1st)
  2. ob-JECT (2nd)
  3. IN-crease (1st)
  4. WIN-ter (1st)
  5. MAR-ket (1st)
  6. sus-PECT (2nd)
  7. CON-duct (1st)
  8. HAP-py (1st)
  9. SUM-mer (1st)
  10. WIN-dow (1st)
  11. pre-FER (2nd)
  12. de-CIDE (2nd)
  13. de-LETE (2nd)
  14. re-CORD (2nd)
  15. CAR-pet (1st)
  16. TEACH-er (1st)
  17. DE-sert (1st)
  18. PRO-test (1st)
  19. PAR-rot (1st)
  20. RAB-bit (1st)
  21. HAP-py (1st)
  22. SIS-ter (1st)
  23. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  24. RE-fund (1st)
  25. PA-per (1st)
  26. YEL-low (1st)
  27. OB-ject (1st)
  28. PIC-ture (1st)
  29. de-NY (2nd)
  30. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  31. pro-TECT (2nd)
  32. RE-cord (1st)
  33. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  34. WIN-dow (1st)
  35. con-TEST (2nd)
  36. per-MIT (2nd)
  37. re-BEL (2nd)
  38. BAS-ket (1st)
  39. WIN-ter (1st)
  40. sur-VIVE (2nd)

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