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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 337 · 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.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) sur-VIVE (2nd) (b) SUR-vive (1st)
  2. 2.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) FA-mous (1st) (b) fa-MOUS (2nd)
  4. 4.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) ex-PORT (2nd) (b) EX-port (1st)
  5. 5.Listen to “enjoy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)
  7. 7.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  8. 8.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  9. 9.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  10. 10.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “table”? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
  13. 13.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
  15. 15.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  17. 17.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
  18. 18.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “rabbit”? (a) rab-BIT (2nd) (b) RAB-bit (1st)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) COL-lect (1st) (b) col-LECT (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “describe”? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “complete”? (a) com-PLETE (2nd) (b) COM-plete (1st)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) pre-FER (2nd) (b) PRE-fer (1st)
  27. 27.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) DE-crease (1st) (b) de-CREASE (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “suggest”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUG-gest (1st) (b) sug-GEST (2nd)
  29. 29.Listen to “return”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-TURN (2nd) (b) RE-turn (1st)
  30. 30.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) sub-JECT (2nd) (b) SUB-ject (1st)
  31. 31.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) ap-PLE (2nd) (b) AP-ple (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “delete”? (a) DE-lete (1st) (b) de-LETE (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
  35. 35.Listen to “respect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-SPECT (2nd) (b) RE-spect (1st)
  36. 36.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) be-LIEVE (2nd) (b) BE-lieve (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  39. 39.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) RE-fund (1st) (b) re-FUND (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)

Answer key

  1. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  2. HAP-py (1st)
  3. FA-mous (1st)
  4. EX-port (1st)
  5. en-JOY (2nd)
  6. re-PEAT (2nd)
  7. sus-PECT (2nd)
  8. CON-duct (1st)
  9. pre-SENT (2nd)
  10. re-BEL (2nd)
  11. TA-ble (1st)
  12. in-VITE (2nd)
  13. PA-per (1st)
  14. SIS-ter (1st)
  15. PRE-sent (1st)
  16. GAR-den (1st)
  17. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  18. ob-JECT (2nd)
  19. RAB-bit (1st)
  20. col-LECT (2nd)
  21. MOD-ern (1st)
  22. WA-ter (1st)
  23. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  24. com-PLETE (2nd)
  25. PAR-rot (1st)
  26. pre-FER (2nd)
  27. DE-crease (1st)
  28. sug-GEST (2nd)
  29. re-TURN (2nd)
  30. SUB-ject (1st)
  31. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  32. AP-ple (1st)
  33. de-LETE (2nd)
  34. PEN-cil (1st)
  35. re-SPECT (2nd)
  36. PRO-duce (1st)
  37. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  38. MON-key (1st)
  39. RE-fund (1st)
  40. TEACH-er (1st)

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