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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 257 · 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 “decide”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-CIDE (2nd) (b) DE-cide (1st)
  2. 2.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (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.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) pro-TEST (2nd) (b) PRO-test (1st)
  5. 5.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  6. 6.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “winter”? (a) win-TER (2nd) (b) WIN-ter (1st)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
  9. 9.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  10. 10.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “repeat”? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SIS-ter (1st) (b) sis-TER (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “deny”? (a) DE-ny (1st) (b) de-NY (2nd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “carpet”? (a) car-PET (2nd) (b) CAR-pet (1st)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) MOD-ern (1st) (b) mod-ERN (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “delete”? (a) DE-lete (1st) (b) de-LETE (2nd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
  19. 19.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) trans-PORT (2nd) (b) TRANS-port (1st)
  20. 20.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)
  22. 22.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
  24. 24.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  25. 25.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  26. 26.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) de-CREASE (2nd) (b) DE-crease (1st)
  27. 27.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “basket”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BAS-ket (1st) (b) bas-KET (2nd)
  29. 29.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) EX-port (1st) (b) ex-PORT (2nd)
  30. 30.Listen to “rabbit”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
  31. 31.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “basket”? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
  33. 33.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-LIEVE (2nd) (b) BE-lieve (1st)
  34. 34.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  35. 35.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) SIS-ter (1st) (b) sis-TER (2nd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “market”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAR-ket (1st) (b) mar-KET (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) ap-PLE (2nd) (b) AP-ple (1st)

Answer key

  1. de-CIDE (2nd)
  2. de-SERT (2nd)
  3. PRE-sent (1st)
  4. PRO-test (1st)
  5. re-CORD (2nd)
  6. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  7. WIN-ter (1st)
  8. SUM-mer (1st)
  9. re-BEL (2nd)
  10. PRO-duce (1st)
  11. WIN-dow (1st)
  12. re-PEAT (2nd)
  13. SIS-ter (1st)
  14. de-NY (2nd)
  15. CAR-pet (1st)
  16. MOD-ern (1st)
  17. de-LETE (2nd)
  18. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  19. TRANS-port (1st)
  20. ob-JECT (2nd)
  21. TEACH-er (1st)
  22. sus-PECT (2nd)
  23. PAR-rot (1st)
  24. con-TRACT (2nd)
  25. GAR-den (1st)
  26. DE-crease (1st)
  27. in-VITE (2nd)
  28. BAS-ket (1st)
  29. EX-port (1st)
  30. RAB-bit (1st)
  31. WA-ter (1st)
  32. BAS-ket (1st)
  33. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  34. RE-cord (1st)
  35. CON-duct (1st)
  36. SIS-ter (1st)
  37. re-LAX (2nd)
  38. be-GIN (2nd)
  39. MAR-ket (1st)
  40. AP-ple (1st)

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