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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 271 · 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.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
  3. 3.Listen to “winter”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WIN-ter (1st) (b) win-TER (2nd)
  4. 4.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  5. 5.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) DE-crease (1st) (b) de-CREASE (2nd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “complete”? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “table”? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
  8. 8.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
  9. 9.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “rabbit”? (a) rab-BIT (2nd) (b) RAB-bit (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)
  13. 13.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  14. 14.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  15. 15.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  16. 16.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) pro-TEST (2nd) (b) PRO-test (1st)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
  19. 19.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
  22. 22.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  24. 24.Listen to “modern”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “delete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-lete (1st) (b) de-LETE (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “explain”? (a) ex-PLAIN (2nd) (b) EX-plain (1st)
  27. 27.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ap-PLE (2nd) (b) AP-ple (1st)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  30. 30.Listen to “famous”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FA-mous (1st) (b) fa-MOUS (2nd)
  31. 31.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) in-CREASE (2nd) (b) IN-crease (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
  33. 33.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (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.Which syllable is stressed in “repeat”? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “reply”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-PLY (2nd) (b) RE-ply (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “respect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
  39. 39.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  40. 40.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-get (1st) (b) for-GET (2nd)

Answer key

  1. CON-test (1st)
  2. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  3. WIN-ter (1st)
  4. RE-bel (1st)
  5. DE-crease (1st)
  6. com-PLETE (2nd)
  7. TA-ble (1st)
  8. PROG-ress (1st)
  9. OB-ject (1st)
  10. GAR-den (1st)
  11. RAB-bit (1st)
  12. for-GIVE (2nd)
  13. pre-SENT (2nd)
  14. con-DUCT (2nd)
  15. con-TRACT (2nd)
  16. PRO-test (1st)
  17. be-GIN (2nd)
  18. SUM-mer (1st)
  19. re-BEL (2nd)
  20. MON-key (1st)
  21. HAP-py (1st)
  22. PA-per (1st)
  23. PEN-cil (1st)
  24. MOD-ern (1st)
  25. de-LETE (2nd)
  26. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  27. AP-ple (1st)
  28. en-JOY (2nd)
  29. TEACH-er (1st)
  30. FA-mous (1st)
  31. IN-crease (1st)
  32. pre-FER (2nd)
  33. in-SULT (2nd)
  34. RE-cord (1st)
  35. re-PEAT (2nd)
  36. re-PLY (2nd)
  37. YEL-low (1st)
  38. re-SPECT (2nd)
  39. prog-RESS (2nd)
  40. for-GET (2nd)

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