Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 296 · 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.Which syllable is stressed in “delete”? (a) de-LETE (2nd) (b) DE-lete (1st)
2. 2.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
3. 3.Listen to “return”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-turn (1st) (b) re-TURN (2nd)
4. 4.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) sur-VIVE (2nd) (b) SUR-vive (1st)
6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “winter”? (a) win-TER (2nd) (b) WIN-ter (1st)
7. 7.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
9. 9.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
10. 10.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
11. 11.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) doc-TOR (2nd) (b) DOC-tor (1st)
12. 12.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) DE-crease (1st) (b) de-CREASE (2nd)
13. 13.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)
14. 14.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
15. 15.Listen to “begin”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-GIN (2nd) (b) BE-gin (1st)
16. 16.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
17. 17.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
18. 18.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
20. 20.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
21. 21.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) TRANS-port (1st) (b) trans-PORT (2nd)
22. 22.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
23. 23.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
24. 24.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
25. 25.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
26. 26.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)
27. 27.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) PRO-test (1st) (b) pro-TEST (2nd)
28. 28.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
29. 29.Listen to “collect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COL-lect (1st) (b) col-LECT (2nd)
30. 30.Listen to “prepare”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRE-pare (1st) (b) pre-PARE (2nd)
31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) FOR-get (1st) (b) for-GET (2nd)
32. 32.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
33. 33.Listen to “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
34. 34.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) win-DOW (2nd) (b) WIN-dow (1st)
35. 35.Listen to “prefer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-FER (2nd) (b) PRE-fer (1st)
36. 36.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
37. 37.Listen to “deny”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-NY (2nd) (b) DE-ny (1st)
38. 38.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
40. 40.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)

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