Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 319 · 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.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) RE-fund (1st) (b) re-FUND (2nd)
2. 2.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
3. 3.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
4. 4.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) DE-crease (1st) (b) de-CREASE (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.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
7. 7.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
8. 8.Listen to “summer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “forgive”? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)
10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “table”? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
12. 12.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
13. 13.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
15. 15.Listen to “delete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-LETE (2nd) (b) DE-lete (1st)
16. 16.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
17. 17.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)
18. 18.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
19. 19.Listen to “rabbit”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
21. 21.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
22. 22.Listen to “picture”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “prepare”? (a) pre-PARE (2nd) (b) PRE-pare (1st)
24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “rabbit”? (a) rab-BIT (2nd) (b) RAB-bit (1st)
25. 25.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
26. 26.Listen to “survive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
27. 27.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) PER-fect (1st) (b) per-FECT (2nd)
28. 28.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) trans-PORT (2nd) (b) TRANS-port (1st)
29. 29.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
32. 32.Listen to “famous”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
33. 33.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
34. 34.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
35. 35.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
36. 36.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) sub-JECT (2nd) (b) SUB-ject (1st)
37. 37.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
38. 38.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)
39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
40. 40.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)

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