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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 303 · 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.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “table”? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
  3. 3.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “winter”? (a) WIN-ter (1st) (b) win-TER (2nd)
  5. 5.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “explain”? (a) ex-PLAIN (2nd) (b) EX-plain (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “suggest”? (a) sug-GEST (2nd) (b) SUG-gest (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-give (1st) (b) for-GIVE (2nd)
  11. 11.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  12. 12.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  13. 13.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
  14. 14.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) per-FECT (2nd) (b) PER-fect (1st)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) SIS-ter (1st) (b) sis-TER (2nd)
  16. 16.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  17. 17.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) sub-JECT (2nd) (b) SUB-ject (1st)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “prepare”? (a) pre-PARE (2nd) (b) PRE-pare (1st)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
  20. 20.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) DE-crease (1st) (b) de-CREASE (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) de-CIDE (2nd) (b) DE-cide (1st)
  23. 23.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  24. 24.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “reply”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ply (1st) (b) re-PLY (2nd)
  27. 27.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  28. 28.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-TECT (2nd) (b) PRO-tect (1st)
  29. 29.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  30. 30.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) IN-crease (1st) (b) in-CREASE (2nd)
  31. 31.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  32. 32.Listen to “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  33. 33.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) re-TURN (2nd) (b) RE-turn (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “delete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-LETE (2nd) (b) DE-lete (1st)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  37. 37.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  38. 38.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) ex-PORT (2nd) (b) EX-port (1st)
  39. 39.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “repeat”? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)

Answer key

  1. PRO-duce (1st)
  2. TA-ble (1st)
  3. per-MIT (2nd)
  4. WIN-ter (1st)
  5. CON-duct (1st)
  6. AP-ple (1st)
  7. YEL-low (1st)
  8. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  9. sug-GEST (2nd)
  10. for-GIVE (2nd)
  11. OB-ject (1st)
  12. GAR-den (1st)
  13. PER-mit (1st)
  14. PER-fect (1st)
  15. SIS-ter (1st)
  16. re-BEL (2nd)
  17. SUB-ject (1st)
  18. pre-PARE (2nd)
  19. pre-FER (2nd)
  20. DE-crease (1st)
  21. be-GIN (2nd)
  22. de-CIDE (2nd)
  23. ob-JECT (2nd)
  24. IM-port (1st)
  25. for-GET (2nd)
  26. re-PLY (2nd)
  27. con-TEST (2nd)
  28. pro-TECT (2nd)
  29. con-TRACT (2nd)
  30. IN-crease (1st)
  31. re-LAX (2nd)
  32. MON-key (1st)
  33. TEACH-er (1st)
  34. re-TURN (2nd)
  35. de-LETE (2nd)
  36. GAR-den (1st)
  37. SUS-pect (1st)
  38. EX-port (1st)
  39. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  40. re-PEAT (2nd)

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