Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 356 · 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.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
2. 2.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
3. 3.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “prepare”? (a) pre-PARE (2nd) (b) PRE-pare (1st)
5. 5.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
6. 6.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “deny”? (a) DE-ny (1st) (b) de-NY (2nd)
8. 8.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) TRANS-port (1st) (b) trans-PORT (2nd)
9. 9.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
10. 10.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
11. 11.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
12. 12.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
13. 13.Listen to “enjoy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
14. 14.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
16. 16.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “forgive”? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)
18. 18.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
19. 19.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
20. 20.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) IM-port (1st) (b) im-PORT (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.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
24. 24.Listen to “prefer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-FER (2nd) (b) PRE-fer (1st)
25. 25.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
26. 26.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
27. 27.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-TECT (2nd) (b) PRO-tect (1st)
28. 28.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
29. 29.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “basket”? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
32. 32.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
33. 33.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) IN-crease (1st) (b) in-CREASE (2nd)
34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “reply”? (a) re-PLY (2nd) (b) RE-ply (1st)
36. 36.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) re-FUND (2nd) (b) RE-fund (1st)
37. 37.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
40. 40.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)

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