Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 273 · 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 “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “reply”? (a) re-PLY (2nd) (b) RE-ply (1st)
3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
4. 4.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
5. 5.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
6. 6.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)
7. 7.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
8. 8.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
9. 9.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-PLETE (2nd) (b) COM-plete (1st)
10. 10.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
11. 11.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)
12. 12.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
13. 13.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
14. 14.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) DE-crease (1st) (b) de-CREASE (2nd)
15. 15.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-give (1st) (b) for-GIVE (2nd)
16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “basket”? (a) BAS-ket (1st) (b) bas-KET (2nd)
17. 17.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) MOD-ern (1st) (b) mod-ERN (2nd)
19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
21. 21.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) pro-TEST (2nd) (b) PRO-test (1st)
22. 22.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) sub-JECT (2nd) (b) SUB-ject (1st)
23. 23.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
24. 24.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) ex-PORT (2nd) (b) EX-port (1st)
25. 25.Listen to “describe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
26. 26.Listen to “decide”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
27. 27.Listen to “return”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-TURN (2nd) (b) RE-turn (1st)
28. 28.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
29. 29.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
31. 31.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
32. 32.Listen to “modern”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
33. 33.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
35. 35.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
36. 36.Listen to “famous”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FA-mous (1st) (b) fa-MOUS (2nd)
37. 37.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) trans-PORT (2nd) (b) TRANS-port (1st)
38. 38.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
39. 39.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
40. 40.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)

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