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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 367 · 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.Listen to “summer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
  2. 2.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) de-CREASE (2nd) (b) DE-crease (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “basket”? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
  4. 4.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  7. 7.Listen to “picture”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PIC-ture (1st) (b) pic-TURE (2nd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) COL-lect (1st) (b) col-LECT (2nd)
  9. 9.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
  11. 11.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  12. 12.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  13. 13.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-peat (1st) (b) re-PEAT (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
  15. 15.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) PRO-test (1st) (b) pro-TEST (2nd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “rabbit”? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
  17. 17.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  18. 18.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  19. 19.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  20. 20.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  21. 21.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  22. 22.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)
  24. 24.Listen to “modern”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “begin”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-GIN (2nd) (b) BE-gin (1st)
  26. 26.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
  28. 28.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) re-FUND (2nd) (b) RE-fund (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “survive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
  30. 30.Listen to “rabbit”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) MAR-ket (1st) (b) mar-KET (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  33. 33.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) EX-port (1st) (b) ex-PORT (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ap-PLE (2nd) (b) AP-ple (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-give (1st) (b) for-GIVE (2nd)
  36. 36.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  37. 37.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  38. 38.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  39. 39.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) trans-PORT (2nd) (b) TRANS-port (1st)
  40. 40.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)

Answer key

  1. SUM-mer (1st)
  2. DE-crease (1st)
  3. BAS-ket (1st)
  4. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  5. be-GIN (2nd)
  6. GAR-den (1st)
  7. PIC-ture (1st)
  8. col-LECT (2nd)
  9. CON-test (1st)
  10. SIS-ter (1st)
  11. re-BEL (2nd)
  12. con-TEST (2nd)
  13. re-PEAT (2nd)
  14. HAP-py (1st)
  15. PRO-test (1st)
  16. RAB-bit (1st)
  17. EX-tract (1st)
  18. in-SULT (2nd)
  19. prog-RESS (2nd)
  20. CON-tract (1st)
  21. IN-sult (1st)
  22. de-SERT (2nd)
  23. PAR-rot (1st)
  24. MOD-ern (1st)
  25. be-GIN (2nd)
  26. con-DUCT (2nd)
  27. for-GET (2nd)
  28. RE-fund (1st)
  29. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  30. RAB-bit (1st)
  31. MAR-ket (1st)
  32. PEN-cil (1st)
  33. EX-port (1st)
  34. AP-ple (1st)
  35. for-GIVE (2nd)
  36. TEACH-er (1st)
  37. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  38. PROG-ress (1st)
  39. TRANS-port (1st)
  40. RE-bel (1st)

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