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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 289 · 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.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
  3. 3.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  4. 4.Listen to “delete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-LETE (2nd) (b) DE-lete (1st)
  5. 5.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  6. 6.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) in-CREASE (2nd) (b) IN-crease (1st)
  7. 7.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “delete”? (a) DE-lete (1st) (b) de-LETE (2nd)
  9. 9.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “winter”? (a) win-TER (2nd) (b) WIN-ter (1st)
  11. 11.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) de-CREASE (2nd) (b) DE-crease (1st)
  12. 12.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  13. 13.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  14. 14.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  15. 15.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  16. 16.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) FOR-get (1st) (b) for-GET (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “explain”? (a) EX-plain (1st) (b) ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
  22. 22.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
  23. 23.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  24. 24.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  25. 25.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  27. 27.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) de-CIDE (2nd) (b) DE-cide (1st)
  30. 30.Listen to “respect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-SPECT (2nd) (b) RE-spect (1st)
  31. 31.Listen to “market”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAR-ket (1st) (b) mar-KET (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
  33. 33.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  34. 34.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “rabbit”? (a) rab-BIT (2nd) (b) RAB-bit (1st)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “complete”? (a) com-PLETE (2nd) (b) COM-plete (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “reply”? (a) RE-ply (1st) (b) re-PLY (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “famous”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
  40. 40.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)

Answer key

  1. AP-ple (1st)
  2. SIS-ter (1st)
  3. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  4. de-LETE (2nd)
  5. IN-sult (1st)
  6. IN-crease (1st)
  7. ob-JECT (2nd)
  8. de-LETE (2nd)
  9. re-CORD (2nd)
  10. WIN-ter (1st)
  11. DE-crease (1st)
  12. OB-ject (1st)
  13. RE-cord (1st)
  14. re-LAX (2nd)
  15. con-DUCT (2nd)
  16. CON-tract (1st)
  17. MON-key (1st)
  18. en-JOY (2nd)
  19. for-GET (2nd)
  20. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  21. be-GIN (2nd)
  22. PAR-rot (1st)
  23. con-TRACT (2nd)
  24. PRE-sent (1st)
  25. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  26. GAR-den (1st)
  27. com-PLETE (2nd)
  28. PAR-rot (1st)
  29. de-CIDE (2nd)
  30. re-SPECT (2nd)
  31. MAR-ket (1st)
  32. MON-key (1st)
  33. DE-sert (1st)
  34. GAR-den (1st)
  35. RAB-bit (1st)
  36. com-PLETE (2nd)
  37. in-VITE (2nd)
  38. re-PLY (2nd)
  39. FA-mous (1st)
  40. in-SULT (2nd)

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