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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 305 · 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 rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “respect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
  3. 3.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
  5. 5.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) EX-port (1st) (b) ex-PORT (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “reply”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ply (1st) (b) re-PLY (2nd)
  7. 7.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)
  9. 9.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  11. 11.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
  15. 15.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
  17. 17.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
  18. 18.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  20. 20.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  21. 21.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  22. 22.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SIS-ter (1st) (b) sis-TER (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
  24. 24.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) win-DOW (2nd) (b) WIN-dow (1st)
  25. 25.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) trans-PORT (2nd) (b) TRANS-port (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
  27. 27.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  28. 28.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) per-FECT (2nd) (b) PER-fect (1st)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “describe”? (a) de-SCRIBE (2nd) (b) DE-scribe (1st)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “explain”? (a) EX-plain (1st) (b) ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “deny”? (a) DE-ny (1st) (b) de-NY (2nd)
  33. 33.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  34. 34.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “basket”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BAS-ket (1st) (b) bas-KET (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
  39. 39.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  40. 40.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)

Answer key

  1. per-MIT (2nd)
  2. re-SPECT (2nd)
  3. con-TEST (2nd)
  4. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  5. EX-port (1st)
  6. re-PLY (2nd)
  7. EX-tract (1st)
  8. TEACH-er (1st)
  9. PEN-cil (1st)
  10. MON-key (1st)
  11. RE-bel (1st)
  12. MAR-ket (1st)
  13. col-LECT (2nd)
  14. in-VITE (2nd)
  15. re-CORD (2nd)
  16. TA-ble (1st)
  17. IM-port (1st)
  18. con-DUCT (2nd)
  19. TEACH-er (1st)
  20. OB-ject (1st)
  21. sus-PECT (2nd)
  22. SIS-ter (1st)
  23. WA-ter (1st)
  24. WIN-dow (1st)
  25. TRANS-port (1st)
  26. HAP-py (1st)
  27. prog-RESS (2nd)
  28. PER-fect (1st)
  29. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  30. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  31. SIS-ter (1st)
  32. de-NY (2nd)
  33. de-SERT (2nd)
  34. HAP-py (1st)
  35. YEL-low (1st)
  36. PAR-rot (1st)
  37. BAS-ket (1st)
  38. for-GET (2nd)
  39. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  40. ex-TRACT (2nd)

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