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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 342 · 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.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
  3. 3.Listen to “prefer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
  4. 4.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
  5. 5.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (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.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
  10. 10.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  11. 11.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
  12. 12.Listen to “picture”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
  15. 15.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) in-CREASE (2nd) (b) IN-crease (1st)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
  18. 18.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)
  20. 20.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) RE-fund (1st) (b) re-FUND (2nd)
  21. 21.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) COL-lect (1st) (b) col-LECT (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “delete”? (a) de-LETE (2nd) (b) DE-lete (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “explain”? (a) ex-PLAIN (2nd) (b) EX-plain (1st)
  25. 25.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) MAR-ket (1st) (b) mar-KET (2nd)
  27. 27.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
  29. 29.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) ex-PORT (2nd) (b) EX-port (1st)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
  31. 31.Listen to “describe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  32. 32.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  33. 33.Listen to “collect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COL-lect (1st) (b) col-LECT (2nd)
  34. 34.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  35. 35.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  36. 36.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
  39. 39.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  40. 40.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ap-PLE (2nd) (b) AP-ple (1st)

Answer key

  1. PER-mit (1st)
  2. PA-per (1st)
  3. pre-FER (2nd)
  4. SIS-ter (1st)
  5. ob-JECT (2nd)
  6. pre-FER (2nd)
  7. IN-sult (1st)
  8. OB-ject (1st)
  9. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  10. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  11. per-MIT (2nd)
  12. PIC-ture (1st)
  13. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  14. en-JOY (2nd)
  15. IN-crease (1st)
  16. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  17. WA-ter (1st)
  18. TEACH-er (1st)
  19. PAR-rot (1st)
  20. RE-fund (1st)
  21. re-CORD (2nd)
  22. col-LECT (2nd)
  23. de-LETE (2nd)
  24. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  25. DE-sert (1st)
  26. MAR-ket (1st)
  27. EX-tract (1st)
  28. WA-ter (1st)
  29. EX-port (1st)
  30. PIC-ture (1st)
  31. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  32. pre-SENT (2nd)
  33. col-LECT (2nd)
  34. SUS-pect (1st)
  35. PRE-sent (1st)
  36. for-GET (2nd)
  37. re-LAX (2nd)
  38. PA-per (1st)
  39. RE-cord (1st)
  40. AP-ple (1st)

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