Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 312 · 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 “parrot”? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
2. 2.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)
3. 3.Listen to “prefer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
4. 4.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) IN-crease (1st) (b) in-CREASE (2nd)
5. 5.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “respect”? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
7. 7.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) trans-PORT (2nd) (b) TRANS-port (1st)
8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
9. 9.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
10. 10.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
11. 11.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
12. 12.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
13. 13.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SIS-ter (1st) (b) sis-TER (2nd)
14. 14.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)
15. 15.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “protect”? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “describe”? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
18. 18.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
19. 19.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) MOD-ern (1st) (b) mod-ERN (2nd)
21. 21.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “deny”? (a) DE-ny (1st) (b) de-NY (2nd)
23. 23.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “basket”? (a) BAS-ket (1st) (b) bas-KET (2nd)
25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) be-GIN (2nd) (b) BE-gin (1st)
26. 26.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
27. 27.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
28. 28.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “suggest”? (a) sug-GEST (2nd) (b) SUG-gest (1st)
30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “carpet”? (a) car-PET (2nd) (b) CAR-pet (1st)
31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “table”? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
32. 32.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
33. 33.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) RE-fund (1st) (b) re-FUND (2nd)
34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) sur-VIVE (2nd) (b) SUR-vive (1st)
35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
36. 36.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
37. 37.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
39. 39.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
40. 40.Listen to “respect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)

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