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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 334 · 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.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “explain”? (a) EX-plain (1st) (b) ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  3. 3.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
  5. 5.Listen to “decide”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
  6. 6.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) in-CREASE (2nd) (b) IN-crease (1st)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  8. 8.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
  9. 9.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SIS-ter (1st) (b) sis-TER (2nd)
  10. 10.Listen to “rabbit”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
  11. 11.Listen to “modern”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MOD-ern (1st) (b) mod-ERN (2nd)
  12. 12.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) ex-PORT (2nd) (b) EX-port (1st)
  13. 13.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) re-FUND (2nd) (b) RE-fund (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “explain”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-plain (1st) (b) ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
  16. 16.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
  18. 18.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “table”? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “reply”? (a) re-PLY (2nd) (b) RE-ply (1st)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
  23. 23.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) PER-fect (1st) (b) per-FECT (2nd)
  24. 24.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “carpet”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CAR-pet (1st) (b) car-PET (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) re-TURN (2nd) (b) RE-turn (1st)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (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.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
  30. 30.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)
  31. 31.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
  33. 33.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
  35. 35.Listen to “begin”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
  36. 36.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) be-GIN (2nd) (b) BE-gin (1st)
  38. 38.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) TRANS-port (1st) (b) trans-PORT (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “describe”? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  40. 40.Listen to “collect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COL-lect (1st) (b) col-LECT (2nd)

Answer key

  1. CON-tract (1st)
  2. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  3. IM-port (1st)
  4. SUM-mer (1st)
  5. de-CIDE (2nd)
  6. IN-crease (1st)
  7. re-LAX (2nd)
  8. per-MIT (2nd)
  9. SIS-ter (1st)
  10. RAB-bit (1st)
  11. MOD-ern (1st)
  12. EX-port (1st)
  13. RE-fund (1st)
  14. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  15. WIN-dow (1st)
  16. pre-SENT (2nd)
  17. in-VITE (2nd)
  18. IN-sult (1st)
  19. AP-ple (1st)
  20. TA-ble (1st)
  21. re-PLY (2nd)
  22. SIS-ter (1st)
  23. PER-fect (1st)
  24. prog-RESS (2nd)
  25. CAR-pet (1st)
  26. re-TURN (2nd)
  27. PIC-ture (1st)
  28. PROG-ress (1st)
  29. WA-ter (1st)
  30. SUB-ject (1st)
  31. pro-TECT (2nd)
  32. WA-ter (1st)
  33. OB-ject (1st)
  34. HAP-py (1st)
  35. be-GIN (2nd)
  36. in-SULT (2nd)
  37. be-GIN (2nd)
  38. TRANS-port (1st)
  39. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  40. col-LECT (2nd)

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