Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 321 · 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 “return”? (a) RE-turn (1st) (b) re-TURN (2nd)
2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “forgive”? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)
3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) pre-FER (2nd) (b) PRE-fer (1st)
4. 4.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
5. 5.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
6. 6.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
7. 7.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) sub-JECT (2nd) (b) SUB-ject (1st)
8. 8.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) PRO-test (1st) (b) pro-TEST (2nd)
9. 9.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
10. 10.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
11. 11.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
12. 12.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
13. 13.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) IN-crease (1st) (b) in-CREASE (2nd)
14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “prepare”? (a) pre-PARE (2nd) (b) PRE-pare (1st)
15. 15.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
16. 16.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
17. 17.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
19. 19.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
21. 21.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SIS-ter (1st) (b) sis-TER (2nd)
22. 22.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
23. 23.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
24. 24.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) de-CREASE (2nd) (b) DE-crease (1st)
25. 25.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
26. 26.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
27. 27.Listen to “begin”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-GIN (2nd) (b) BE-gin (1st)
28. 28.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
29. 29.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
30. 30.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
31. 31.Listen to “collect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)
32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
33. 33.Listen to “deny”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-NY (2nd) (b) DE-ny (1st)
34. 34.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ap-PLE (2nd) (b) AP-ple (1st)
35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “deny”? (a) DE-ny (1st) (b) de-NY (2nd)
36. 36.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
38. 38.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
39. 39.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
40. 40.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)

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