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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 318 · 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.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  2. 2.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
  4. 4.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) per-FECT (2nd) (b) PER-fect (1st)
  5. 5.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) in-CREASE (2nd) (b) IN-crease (1st)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
  7. 7.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
  9. 9.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  10. 10.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “describe”? (a) de-SCRIBE (2nd) (b) DE-scribe (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
  14. 14.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
  15. 15.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) FOR-get (1st) (b) for-GET (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “carpet”? (a) car-PET (2nd) (b) CAR-pet (1st)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “winter”? (a) win-TER (2nd) (b) WIN-ter (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “protect”? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
  22. 22.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-peat (1st) (b) re-PEAT (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) win-DOW (2nd) (b) WIN-dow (1st)
  24. 24.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)
  26. 26.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  27. 27.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  28. 28.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
  29. 29.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
  30. 30.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
  31. 31.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “suggest”? (a) SUG-gest (1st) (b) sug-GEST (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “explain”? (a) EX-plain (1st) (b) ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  34. 34.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) pro-TEST (2nd) (b) PRO-test (1st)
  35. 35.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) ap-PLE (2nd) (b) AP-ple (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “reply”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ply (1st) (b) re-PLY (2nd)
  40. 40.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)

Answer key

  1. pre-SENT (2nd)
  2. YEL-low (1st)
  3. HAP-py (1st)
  4. PER-fect (1st)
  5. IN-crease (1st)
  6. PA-per (1st)
  7. IN-sult (1st)
  8. PEN-cil (1st)
  9. GAR-den (1st)
  10. in-SULT (2nd)
  11. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  12. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  13. PEN-cil (1st)
  14. PA-per (1st)
  15. RE-cord (1st)
  16. for-GET (2nd)
  17. in-VITE (2nd)
  18. YEL-low (1st)
  19. CAR-pet (1st)
  20. WIN-ter (1st)
  21. pro-TECT (2nd)
  22. re-PEAT (2nd)
  23. WIN-dow (1st)
  24. ob-JECT (2nd)
  25. col-LECT (2nd)
  26. PRO-duce (1st)
  27. OB-ject (1st)
  28. per-MIT (2nd)
  29. com-PLETE (2nd)
  30. de-SERT (2nd)
  31. con-DUCT (2nd)
  32. sug-GEST (2nd)
  33. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  34. PRO-test (1st)
  35. DE-sert (1st)
  36. re-LAX (2nd)
  37. AP-ple (1st)
  38. TA-ble (1st)
  39. re-PLY (2nd)
  40. re-CORD (2nd)

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