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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 266 · 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 “winter”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) win-TER (2nd) (b) WIN-ter (1st)
  2. 2.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  3. 3.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
  4. 4.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “complete”? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
  7. 7.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  8. 8.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
  9. 9.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  10. 10.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) sub-JECT (2nd) (b) SUB-ject (1st)
  11. 11.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) COL-lect (1st) (b) col-LECT (2nd)
  14. 14.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  15. 15.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
  17. 17.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  18. 18.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “market”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
  20. 20.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-peat (1st) (b) re-PEAT (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
  22. 22.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
  23. 23.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “describe”? (a) de-SCRIBE (2nd) (b) DE-scribe (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “survive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sur-VIVE (2nd) (b) SUR-vive (1st)
  26. 26.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-PLETE (2nd) (b) COM-plete (1st)
  29. 29.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) PER-fect (1st) (b) per-FECT (2nd)
  30. 30.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  31. 31.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SIS-ter (1st) (b) sis-TER (2nd)
  32. 32.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)
  34. 34.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “suggest”? (a) SUG-gest (1st) (b) sug-GEST (2nd)
  36. 36.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “table”? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
  38. 38.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  39. 39.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) PIC-ture (1st) (b) pic-TURE (2nd)

Answer key

  1. WIN-ter (1st)
  2. re-CORD (2nd)
  3. in-SULT (2nd)
  4. RE-cord (1st)
  5. com-PLETE (2nd)
  6. MON-key (1st)
  7. RE-bel (1st)
  8. HAP-py (1st)
  9. con-TRACT (2nd)
  10. SUB-ject (1st)
  11. de-SERT (2nd)
  12. MAR-ket (1st)
  13. col-LECT (2nd)
  14. PRE-sent (1st)
  15. PEN-cil (1st)
  16. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  17. pre-SENT (2nd)
  18. con-DUCT (2nd)
  19. MAR-ket (1st)
  20. re-PEAT (2nd)
  21. re-LAX (2nd)
  22. AP-ple (1st)
  23. re-BEL (2nd)
  24. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  25. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  26. IN-sult (1st)
  27. PEN-cil (1st)
  28. com-PLETE (2nd)
  29. PER-fect (1st)
  30. ob-JECT (2nd)
  31. SIS-ter (1st)
  32. IM-port (1st)
  33. TEACH-er (1st)
  34. con-TEST (2nd)
  35. sug-GEST (2nd)
  36. WA-ter (1st)
  37. TA-ble (1st)
  38. CON-tract (1st)
  39. PROG-ress (1st)
  40. PIC-ture (1st)

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