Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 250 · 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.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)
2. 2.Listen to “begin”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-GIN (2nd) (b) BE-gin (1st)
3. 3.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
4. 4.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
5. 5.Listen to “winter”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WIN-ter (1st) (b) win-TER (2nd)
6. 6.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) TRANS-port (1st) (b) trans-PORT (2nd)
7. 7.Listen to “modern”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
8. 8.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
9. 9.Listen to “rabbit”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rab-BIT (2nd) (b) RAB-bit (1st)
10. 10.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
11. 11.Listen to “suggest”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUG-gest (1st) (b) sug-GEST (2nd)
12. 12.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
13. 13.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) SIS-ter (1st) (b) sis-TER (2nd)
15. 15.Listen to “deny”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-NY (2nd) (b) DE-ny (1st)
16. 16.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
18. 18.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
19. 19.Listen to “basket”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) re-TURN (2nd) (b) RE-turn (1st)
21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
22. 22.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
23. 23.Listen to “market”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAR-ket (1st) (b) mar-KET (2nd)
24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “carpet”? (a) car-PET (2nd) (b) CAR-pet (1st)
25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “doctor”? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)
26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
27. 27.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
28. 28.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
29. 29.Listen to “describe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-SCRIBE (2nd) (b) DE-scribe (1st)
30. 30.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
31. 31.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
32. 32.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
33. 33.Listen to “respect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-SPECT (2nd) (b) RE-spect (1st)
34. 34.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
35. 35.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) de-CREASE (2nd) (b) DE-crease (1st)
36. 36.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
37. 37.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
38. 38.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
40. 40.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)

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