Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 377 · 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.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
2. 2.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) ap-PLE (2nd) (b) AP-ple (1st)
4. 4.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-get (1st) (b) for-GET (2nd)
5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “forgive”? (a) FOR-give (1st) (b) for-GIVE (2nd)
7. 7.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
8. 8.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
9. 9.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
10. 10.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (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.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) ex-PORT (2nd) (b) EX-port (1st)
13. 13.Listen to “market”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAR-ket (1st) (b) mar-KET (2nd)
14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “table”? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “explain”? (a) EX-plain (1st) (b) ex-PLAIN (2nd)
16. 16.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
17. 17.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) de-CREASE (2nd) (b) DE-crease (1st)
18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)
19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) RE-turn (1st) (b) re-TURN (2nd)
20. 20.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) PRO-test (1st) (b) pro-TEST (2nd)
21. 21.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) de-CIDE (2nd) (b) DE-cide (1st)
23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “deny”? (a) DE-ny (1st) (b) de-NY (2nd)
24. 24.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
25. 25.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)
26. 26.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
27. 27.Listen to “begin”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
28. 28.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) IM-port (1st) (b) im-PORT (2nd)
29. 29.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)
30. 30.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-LIEVE (2nd) (b) BE-lieve (1st)
31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)
32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
33. 33.Listen to “rabbit”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “reply”? (a) re-PLY (2nd) (b) RE-ply (1st)
35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
36. 36.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)
37. 37.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
39. 39.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)

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